44. KEPHRODIUJr, § LASTKEA. ^'''^ 



glandular and grey, with short stiff hairs; sari small, medial. — III: tSp. 4. 

 p. 144. 



H;vb. Fiji, Braclcnr'idyc, Milne. 



lOR. N. (Last.) cdcntidum. Baker ; st. stramineous ; //•. upwards of 1 ft. 1. and 

 nearly as hr. ; \ov,-c\- j'innw 5-0 in. 1., more than 2 in. br., lanceolate-acuminate ; 

 2nnnl. distant, spreading:, connected at the base, oblong, obtuse, 1 j in. 1., with 

 oblong, obtuse, entire lobes ; texture thinly herbaceous ; colour deep-green ; 

 under surface fibrillose on the midribs, the rest naked ; veins 1 to each lobe ; 

 sort close to the midrib, 1 or 2 to a lobe ; invol. thin, glabrous, persistent. — 

 Aspid. Kze. 



Hab. Java. — Our description is from Mettenius. 



109. N. (Last.) cemulum, Baker; s^. tufted, 1 ft. 1.; scales linear-lanceolate, 

 concolorous, dense below ; fr. lanceolate-deltoid, 12-18 in. 1., G-10 in. br., the 

 lowest pinnce much the largest ; lowest pinnl. larger than the others, which are 

 ovate-lanceolate, cut down to the racliis below into deeply pinnatifid lobes with 

 aristate teeth ; texture \\evha.ceo\is ; racJiis slightly scaly ; under s2«»y(Jce glandular ; 

 invol. not gland-ciliated. — Polyp. Sol. N. spinulosum y, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 127. 

 Brit. F. t. 20. N. Faenisecii, Lowe. L. recurva, Newm. 



Hab. Britain, Madeira, Azores. — Smelling like hay when dried, the pinnoe and pin- 

 nules with the edge turned upwards in the growing plant. 



110. N. (Last.) Karwinslcyanum, Baker; st. G-9 in. 1., slender, stramineous, 

 with a few small concolorous scales ; fr. 12-15 in. 1., 8-12 in. br., deltoid ; lower 

 pinnce much the largest, oblong-deltoid ; pinnl. close, lanceolate, 1-1 1 in. 1., cut 

 down below nearly to the rachis into oblong bluntly-toothed lobes ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis slender, slightly scaly ; under surface mealy, with fine 

 glands ; sori at the base of the lobes ; invol. prominent, ciliated. — Aspid. Mett, 

 pi. 59. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. — Differs from sphccrocarpum by its glandular fronds and 

 deltoid outline. 



111. N. (Last.) Napolconis, Bory ; st. 6-12 in. 1., densely scaly at the base, 

 naked upwards ; fr. 12-18 in. !., 8-12 in. br., subdeltoid ; low ev 2nnn(e much the 

 largest ; pinnl. of the under side the longest, \ in. br., linear-lanceolate, close, 

 cut down nearly to the rachis into slightly-toothed, broad, blunt lobes ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; sori close to the midrib ; invol. 

 naked.— i^/i'. Sp. 4. p. l'2Z. t. 255. 



Hab. St. Helena. 



112. N. (Last.) Asccnsionis, Hk. ; st. tufted, stout, densely clothed with dark- 

 hrown linear scales ; /r. 8-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. hr., subdeltoid; pinnce imbricated, 

 the lower ones 3-4 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnl. linear-lanceolate, j in. br., ciit down 

 to the rachis into subentire, oblong lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachises scaly ; 

 sori one at the base of each lobe. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 124. t. 257. 



Hab. Island of Ascension. 



113. N. (Last.) cognatuni, Hk. ; st. tufted, stout, 1 ft. 1., densely clothed with 

 large ovate scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br., ovate-deltoid ; pinnce close, 

 lanceolate, G-9 in. 1., 1^ in. br., the lowest pair broadest ; lobes oblong, bluntish, 

 3-4 lin. br., broadly toothed ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachises scaly ; sori in 

 rows midway between the edge and midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 123. t. 256. 



Hab. St. Helena. 



