234 ii. NEPIIRODIUM, § LASTREA. 



nearer the midrib than the edge ; invol. thin, fugacious. — Aspid. Blume ? {non 

 -Mulil.) ; N. Biumei, lik. {in part). 



Hab. N. India to Ceylon, Philippines, Malaccas, and Japan. 



135. N. (Last.) lejiigerum, Baker; s^. 12-18 in. 1., angular, clothed only at 

 the base with long, linear-subulate scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., l|-2 ft. br. ; lower 

 jnnnce often 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; lowest pinnl. much the largest, sometimes 

 compound, the others lanceolate, cut down to the rachis into broadly-toothed or 

 entire, blunt, linear-oblong scgm., the latter 2 lin. br. ; rachises and costre 

 beneatli rather densely clothed with linear scales ; texture herbaceous, the rest of 

 the surface naked ; sori small, copious, nearer the edge than the midrib ; invol. 

 thin. 



Hab. Isle of Bonin ; received from the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg, and the 

 U. S. Expedition of 1853-6. — Differs from the preceding by its larger lobes, distinct 

 linear basal scales, and scaly under surface. 



136. N. (Last.) ohtusilohum, Baker ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, densely clothed 

 with large ovate concolorous scales ; fr. 3-1 ft. 1., 1^-2 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 

 often 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; /;»Mz?i^. lanceolate, most of the segm. of the lower ones 

 distinct, ovate-oblong, cut down to the rachis into oblong-rhomboidal entire 

 lobes, the largest j in. deep, ^ in. br. ; texture herbaceous, turning blackish when 

 dried ; rachises slightly scaly, the upper ones, and especially the under surface, 

 more or less glandular ; lower veinlets of the entire lobes forked ; sori medial. 



Hab, Ceylon, Dr. Thwaltes, C. P. 3142. — Most like N, infermcdium in size and 

 cutting, but the scales different, the under side very glandular, and the texture thinner. 



137. N. (Last.) Boryanum, "Baker (non Ilk.) ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., stramineous or 

 brownish, deciduously scaly ; fr. ample, C-8 ft. 1., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 

 12-18 in. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., cut down to a winged rachis 

 into blunt, spreading, more or less toothed lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous; 

 rachises and under side naked ; veinlets simple or forked ; .sori in rows near the 

 midrib. — N. divisum, Hk. Sp. i.p. 133. 



Hab. Himalayas (up to 7,000 ft.), Madras, Moulmein, Java, Bourbon. See remarks 

 under N. Bojeii. — This is a well-marked plant, and our Mascaren examples quite agree 

 with those from India. 



138. N. (Last.) catoptcron, Hk. ; st. 3-4 ft. 1., pubescent ',fr. 4-6 ft. 1., 2-3 ft. br., 

 low ev pinnce 12-18 in. 1., oblong-lanceolate, with close lanceolate p2?i«^. or sub- 

 deltoid, with some of the pinnl. of the lower side compound ; segm. oblong, bluntish, 

 about \ in. 1., \ in. br., more or less deeply pinnatifid ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachises and both surfaces villose ; veinlets forked ; sori copious; invol. firm. — 

 Ilk. Sp. 4. p. 137. A. odoratum, Mett. (non Willd.). 



Hab. Cape Colony to Natal, Mascaren Isles, and Guinea Coast. 



139. N. (Last.) setigernm, Baker ; rhizome creeping ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., naked 

 upwards or scaly throughout ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1. ; lowest pinnm the largest, often 

 8-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinnl. close, linear-lanceolate, 1-3 in. 1., |-J in. br., cut 

 down to the rachis into close pinnatifid lobes not more than 1 lin. br. in the 

 broadest form ; texture herbaceous ; main rachis straw-coloured, naked, or more 

 or less fibrillose ; rachises of the pinnl. and under side finely villose ; son minute, 

 copious, often 8-12 to a lobe ; invol. very fugacious. — Cheilanthes, Blume. — N. 

 tenericaule, J Ik. Sp. 4. p. 142. t. 269. Aspid. uliginosum, Kze. Mett. 



Hab. Japan, China, and N.India to Ceylon and Malay, and Polynesia as far east 

 as the Society Isles. — A commou plant within its range, very variable in size and vesli- 



