41. NEniRODiuir, § lastrea. 283 



the largest, often 1 ft. 1., G in. bi-. ; pinnl. \ in. br., close, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 cut down about halfway to tiie rachis into blunt, entire lobes \ in. or more br. ; 

 texture herbaceous ; under surface mealy, with fine glands ; rachises slightly 

 scaly ; vehdets of the lobes shnple ; sori large ; invol. | lin. br. — Ilk. >Sp. 4. 

 p. 138. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. — This also has a habit not unlike that of the large forms of 

 FiUx-mas. Our description is t.aken from living plants sent by Dr. Hillebiaiid. 



130. N. (Last.) ferrugmewn, Baker; st. 12-18 in. 1., densely clothed 

 throughout with spreading broad ovate concolorous scales ; fr. 2 ft. 1. or more, 

 12-18 in. br., subdeltoid, the main rachis flexuose and pinnce spreading at a 

 right angle, the lowest 6-9 in. 1., 3-5 in. br. ; pinnl. of the under side the largest, 

 close, lanceolate, bluntish, cut down to the rachis into broad ovate scgm. with 

 close subentire lobes g in. br. ; rachises finely pubescent ; both sides nearly 

 naked ; sori large, submarginal, 2-3 in a lobe, confined to the upper half. — 

 Lastrea, Beddome, Fil. S. Ltd. t. 100. 



Hab. Neilgherries, Capt. Beddome. — This has altogether the habit and cutting if 

 Spkairoptens barhata. 



131. N. (Last.) scabrostim, Baker; st. 12-18 in. 1., slender, stramineous, 

 fui'nished throughout with small ovate concolorous scales ; fr. li-2 ft. 1., 

 12-18 in. br. ; low es,t pi7ince deltoid, G-9 in. L, 3-5 in. br. ; pinnl. of the lower side 

 the largest, with free lanceolate segin. ^-1 in. 1., cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into toothed ligulate lobes under 1 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises viscous- 

 pubescent, the hairs sometimes dense and ferruginous ; both sides nearly 

 naked ; sori small, usually one at the base of each ult. division ; invol, sniali, 

 fugacious. — Aspid. Ii;e. Polypodiuni nigrocarpum, Bcdd. Fil, S. Ind. 

 t. 1G9. 



Hab. Neilgherries, Schmidt, Mclvor, Sir F. Adam. 



132. N. (Last.) angustifrons, Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping ; st. 1-2 ft. I., 

 ebeneous, deciduously scaly ; /;-. 2 ft. 1., G-8 in. br. ; pinnce distant, erecto- 

 patent, flexuose, lanceolate, 4-G in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnl. distant, lanceolate, cut 

 down to the rachis below into subquadrangular toothed lobes | in. br. ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; rachises and both sides naked ; veinlets of the lobes forked ; sori 

 in rows close to the midribs of the pinnules.— Lastrea, Moore. 



Hab. Nepaul, Wallich. — This seems a well-marked plant, perhaps nearest on the 

 whole to N. sparsum. 



133. N. (Last.) oppositum, Hk. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., densely clothed with 

 spreading, linear, dark-brown scales ; fr. li-2 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br., subdeltoid ; 

 lower pinncB 6-9 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. close, linear-lanceolate, cut down 

 nearly to the rachis into close, entire, sliu-htly falcate, linear-oblong lobes i in. 

 br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises scaly ; veinlets of the lobes simple ° sori small' 

 submarginal ; invol. thin. — Hk. iSp. 4./>. 136. t. 2GG. ' 



Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon. — This closely resembles the next in cutting, but the 

 spreading scales of the rachis are i in. 1., and the sori are more regular and nearer 

 the edge. 



134. N. (Last.) intermedium. Baker ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., stout, erect, densely clothed 

 at the base with long bright-brown silky fibrils ; //•. 2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br,, 

 subdeltoid ; lower /)?h«cb lanceolate, often 1 ft. 1., 4-5 in. br. ; pinnl. close, 

 lanceolate, with distinct, oblong-lanceolate segin. with ligulate subentire lobes 

 about 1 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous, firm ; rachises sli»htlv fibrillose like tlie 

 stem ; under sutface naked or slightly scaly on the midribs -/sort small, copious, 



