44. NEPHRODIUM, § LASTREA. 271 



tt Veinlctsforkad. Sp. GG-73. 



GG. N. (Last.) Theli/pteris, Desv. ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping ; st. aliout 

 1 ft. 1., slender, stram'ineous ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 4-G in. br. ; pinnce spreading, 2 ,3 

 in. 1., \ in. hr., cut down very nearly to the rachis into entire spreadinjr linear- 

 oblong lobes, those of the barren frond tlie broadest ; lower pinnce equalling the 

 others ; upper veinlets simple, lower ones forked ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and l^oth 

 sides naked ; sori small, not coniluent, in rows near the recurved edge. — Brit. F. 

 t. 13.— /3, N. squaimilosum, Ilk. ; rachis of the pinnoc slightly scaly. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 88. Hemestheum, Newm. Lastrea Fairbankii, Bedd. Fil. Brit. Ind. t. 254. 



Hab. Norway to Spain, Italy, Cashmere (5-6,000 ft.), and Amur-land ; Cape Colony, 

 Natal, Angola, New Zealand ; United States, Canada, Bernmda, Japan. 



67. N. (Last.) montanum. Baker ; st. short, tufted ; /;•, 1^-2 ft. ]., G-8 in. br. ; 

 pinme 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. br. at the base, cut down to a broadly-winged rachis into 

 close, blunt, oblong lobes ; lower pinna? distant, and gradually dwarfed down to 

 mere auricles ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, or slightly scaly below, under 

 surface glandular ; lower veins forked ; sori in rows near the edge. — Polyp. Voglcr. 

 N. Oreopteris, Desv. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 90 ; Brit. F.i. 14. Hemestheum, Neum. 



Hab. Lapland to Spain, Greece, and Georgia. 



68. N. (Last.) apiciflortim, Hk. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., clothed throughout with 

 linear spreading scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnce close, lanceolate, the 

 largest 4-G in. 1., |-§ in. br., cut down to the rachis into uniform, close, blunt, 

 subentire lobes ^ in. br. ; rachis more or less scaly ; texture herbaceous, under 

 side naked ; sori G-8 to a lobe, confined to the upper third ; invol. firm, prominent. 

 —Hk.Sp. 4. p. 112. t. 248. 



Hab. N. India up to 9,000 ft. — Like N. Filix-mas in general habit, but remarkable in 

 the sori being restricted to the tip of the lobes. 



69. N. (Last.) microsorum, Hk. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., fibrillose, especially below ; 

 fr. 2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; pimice G in. 1., I5-II in. br., cut down to tiie rachis below 



into close, blunt, entire lobes J in. br., lower ones not reduced ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachis fibrillose, those of the pinnae and lobes villose, under surface naked ; veinlets 

 8-9 on a side, most of them forked ; sori midway between the edge and midrib. — 

 Ilk. Sp. 4. p. lOG. 



Hab. root of Mount Cbiniborazo, Spruce. 



70. N. (Last.) griseum. Baker ; St. firm, erect, grey, villose upwards ; fr. l|-2 

 ft. 1., 8-9 in. br., oblong-lanceolate ; pinnce close, 3-4 in. 1., f-J in. br., narrowed 

 gradually from the base to the apex, cut down nearly to the rachis into blunt, 

 entire lobes 2 lin. br., with recurved edges ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis villose, 

 and veins beneath slightly so ; veinlets about 10 on a side, mostly forked ; sori 

 small, submarginal ; invol. ciliated. Lastrea, Bedd. Fil. Brit. Ind. t. 335. 



Hab. Cochin, S. Hindostan, Rev. 3[r. Johnstone. 



71. N. (Last.) sagcnioides, Baker ; st. tufted, slender, 6-12 in. 1., dark chesnut- 

 brown, scaly below ; fr. 12-24 in. 1., G-12 in br., oblong-lanceolate ; pinnce 3-G 

 in. 1., 1 in. br., the lowest pair rather shorter than the others, and deflexed ; lobes 

 cut down to a broadly-winged centre, linear-oblong, blunt, entire or slightly 

 crenate ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis polished, like the stem ; veiidets 

 6-8 on a side, the lower ones forked ; sori in rows near the edge ; invol. fugacious. 

 — Aspid. Mett. N. melanopus, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 110. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula and Isles. — A very distinct plant, resembling some of the 



