288 41. NEPHRODIUM, §§ EUNEPHRODIUM. 



midrib, villose ; vehis in groups of 8-10 on a side, which are slightly united or 

 quite free. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 64. 2nd Cent. t. 25. A. Franconum, Fourn. 



Hab. Guatemala, Shinner; Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, 5293. 



156. N. Wrightii, Hk. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 4-6 in. 1., firm, erect, greyish ; 

 fr. 6-9 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., lanceolate-oblong, cut down nearly to the rachis above 

 and quite below into close, oblong, entire, or auricled, spreading lobes |-j in. br. ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis and under surface villose ; veinlets in groups of 10-18 

 on a side, sometimes forked ; sori submarginal. — Hk, Sp. 4. _p. 64. t, 239. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright, 824. 



157. N. scolopendrioides, Hk. ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., scaly ; fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 

 1-2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, the point acute, central lobes reaching nearly 

 down to the rachis, oblong, nearly entire, close or with a space between them, 

 lower ones quite free and gradually smaller ; texture papyraceo-herbaceons ; 

 rachis and under side finely hairy ; veinlets of the lobes forked or sometimes 

 slightly pinnate and the groups joining ; invol. very fugacious. — Hk.Sp. 4. p. 65. 

 Fil. Ex. t. 18. Poly pod. L. 



Hab. West Indies. — We include here Goniopt. strigosa, ferax, affinis, and domingensis 

 of F6e. 



158. N. incisum, Baker ; st. tufted, 2-6 in. 1., stramineous, scaly below ; fr. 

 1 ft. or more 1., |-1^ in. br., linear-oblong, lobes triangular or lanceolate, often 

 not reaching more tlian one-third down to the rachis, the frond narrowed very 

 gradually below so as to form a scarcely cut wing to the stem ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; under surface finely villose ; veins in simply pinnated groups of 

 6-12 on a side ; invol. very fugacious. — Polypod. Sw. N. stenopteris, Hk. Sp.4. 

 p. 65. 



Hab. West Indies and New Granada. 



** Fronds large, pinnate ; rhizome wide-creeping. Sp. 159-176. 

 t Lower pinnce hardly, if at all, reduced. Sp. 159-170. 



159. N. Otaria, Baker; st. 6-12 in. I., substramineous ; fr. 1 ft. or more I., 

 with a linear-oblong terminal jnnna 4-6 in. 1., 1-1| in. br,, the apex acuminate, 

 the margin with finely serrated lanceolate lobes reaching ^-\ of tlie way down, 

 and 8-6 distant spreading similar lateral ones on each side, the lower ones 

 stalked ; texture thinly herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins 

 pinnate in each lobe, the groups united from about midway from the midrib to 

 the edge ; veinlets 6-8 on each side, with sometimes a sorus on each. — N. aris- 

 tatum, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 62. t. 238. Anisocampium, Presl. 



Hab. Philippines, Neilgherries, Ceylon. 



160. N. distans, Hk. ; st. 1 ft, or more 1., firm, erect, brownish, slightly 

 villose ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 8-10 in. br. ; piinna; spreading, 3-4 in, ],, | in. br,, very 

 sliglitly lobed, the lower ones rather smaller than the others ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous ; rachis and midrib ])eneath villose and veins slightly so ; veins 

 pinnate in the lol)es, with 5-6 veinlets on a side ; rows of sori filling up nearly 

 the whole space between the midrib and the next row ; caps, naked. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 76. 



Hab. Madagascar, Boivin ; Johanna Island, Dr. Kirk. — This in venation and pinnae 

 comes under Abacopteris, r(5e ; and Dr. Kirk's specimens show that it differs distinctly 

 from iV. glandulosum by its strong wide-creeping rhizome. 



161. N. varians, Fee; st.l ft. 1., smoath, with linear, blackish scales at the 



