282 44. NEPIIRODIUM, § LASTREA. 



lower />?'««« much the largest, G-12 in. 1., 3-G in. br, ; pinnl. of the lowest side 

 the largest, often G in. 1., 2 in. br., with distinct, one-sided, lanceolate segm. 

 with close slightly-toothed linear-oblong lobes ; texture firm ; rachises villose ; 

 under side nearly naked ; sori small, 6-8 round the edge of the larger lobes. — 

 Hk. Sj). 4, p. 185. t. 2G.5. 



Hab. Philippines, Neilgherries, and Ceylon. — In its mode of growth this agrees 

 with the two preceding. Our description is taken from living specimens sent by 

 Dr, Thwaites, 



125. N. (Last.) Vieillardii, Baker ; st, strong, erect, slightly fibrillose towards 

 the base; /r. 12-18 in. 1., 1 ft. or more br., deltoid; lowest /»«??«« 6-8 in. 1., 

 8-5 in. br., the lowest pinnl. the largest, the others lanceolate, cut down nearly 

 to the rachis at the base into entire or toothed linear- obiong lobes ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; sori small, medial. — Aspid. Mett. Fil. 

 Nov. Cal. p. 75. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Vieillard, 1604, 1610. Largest uncut ultimate lobes 2 lin. br., 

 3 liu. deep, and texture like that of Polysiichum. 



******* Fronds ample {more than l|-2 ft. L, 1 ft. br.), decompound. 

 Sp. 126-153. Involucre often small and fugacious. 



t Texture herbaceous. Sp. 12G-146 



126. N, (Last.) dissectum, Desv. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., rather slender, 

 glossy, clothed with linear dark-brown scales towards the base ; fr. 1-5 ft. 1., 

 1-3 ft. br., deltoid ; lower pinnce vai'ying from simply pinnatifid, with broad 

 blunt lobes, to 1 ft. L, witii similar pinnatifid pinnl., the centre usually uncut for 

 a breadth of j-^ in., and the uncut bluntish or acute ult. divisions as broad ; 

 colour bright-green ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces 

 nearly naked ; sori copious, generally submarginal ; invol. flat, -^-f lin. br. — 

 Polypodium, Foi'st. ! N. membranifolium, Presl. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 131. 



Hab. N. India and Philippines to Samoa, New Caledonia, Ceylon, S.W. Australia, 

 and Madagascar. — Habit of A'', cicutarium, and similarly variable in size, but the veins 

 only casually uniting. A. Gardnerimium, Mett., is doubtless the same, and P.Milnei 

 is evidently a compound non-indusiate form. Probably it is A. sinuatum, Labill., but 

 the figure represents the stem as too scaly and the involucre as orbicular. 



127. N. (Last.) Milnei, Hk. ; st. 1 ft. or morel., naked, polished, ebeneous ; fr. 

 1^-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br., subdeltoid ; lower jnnnce much the largest, 6-9 in. 1., 

 4-5 in. br. ; pin72l. close, lanceolate, cut down throughout to a narrowly-winged 

 racliis into narrowly-oblong, crenated or pinnatifid lobes ; texture subcoriaceous; 

 rachises ebeneous ; both surfaces naked ; colour deep green ; veinlets immersed; 

 the sori terminal on short lateral branches. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 143. 2nd Cent. t. G2. 



Hab. Fiji, Milne. — Somewhat doubtfully distinct from the preceding, but the texture 

 is firmer and the stem ebeneous. 



128. N. (Last.) splendcns. Ilk. ; st, 2-3 ft. 1., stout, polished, chesnut-brown 

 or nearly black, deciduously scaly ; fr. 3-4 ft. I., 1^-2 ft. br. ; lower pinnae 

 often 1 ft. 1., 2 in. br., close, lanceolate ; pinnl. lanceolate-oblong, unequal-sided, 

 blunt, a broad central portion uncut ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked, 

 chesnut-brown ; both sides naked ; veinlets forked ; sori in rows near the midrib. 

 —Hk. Sp. 4. p. 126. 



Hab; Sikkim, Bootan, Malaccas. — In habit this comes nearest the large compound 

 forms of Filix-mas, but the dark-coloured polished rachis will at once distinguish it. 



129. N. (Last.) latifrons, Hk. ; caud. oblique; st. about 1 ft. 1., strong, 

 densely clothed with deciduous scales; fr. 2-3 it. I., subdeltoid ; low Q\ pinnae 



