44. NEPHRODIUAI, §§ EUNEPHRODIUM. 289 



base ; fr. 1 ft. 1., 10 in. br., witli 13-15 pinnm on each side, the lower ones 5 in. 

 1., § in. br., the point acmninate and toothed, the edge lower down bluntly lol)ed 

 \ of the way to the rachis, the base subcuneate ; rachis and both sides naked ; 

 veins pinnate in the lobes, with 3-4 veinlets on a side ; sori medial. — Fee, Fil. 

 Ant. t. 24. 



Hab. Trinidad, Germain. 



162. N. unitiim, R. Br. (non Sieb.) ; st. 12-18 in. 1., brownish, naked ; fr. 2 ft. 

 or more 1., 0-8 in. br. ; jnrmce 4-5 in. 1., \ in. br., the edge cut from a third to 

 halfway down into spreading, triangular, sharp-pointed lobes ; low ev piniice not 

 dwindling down ; texture coriaceous ; veins pinnate in the broad lobes, with 6-8 

 veinlets on each side, with sori near the extremity principally in the lobes; caps. 

 naked. — Polyp. L. fide Mctt. Aspid. Mctt. Fil. Ind. p. 230. — a, A. gonaylocles, 

 Schk. ; rachis and under side naked.- /3, A. propinqimm, R.Br.; rachis andi 

 under side villose. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 70. 



Hab. Florida and West Indies to Brazil and Peru ; Polynesian Isles ; Hong-Kong 

 and Himalayas to Australia and New Zealand ; Mascaren Isles, Natal, Cape Colony, 

 Angola, Guinea Coast, Algiers. — We follow Mettenius in nomenclature, but the unitwm 

 of the Linntean herbarium is Sieber's plant, our cucuUatum. 



103. N. sophoroides, Desv. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., slender, substramineous, 

 pubescent ; /r. 1-2 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br. ; pinna? spreading, 4-6 in. I., ^-| in br., the 

 apex acuminate, the edge cut about one-third of the way down into oblong- 

 triangular suljfalcate lobes ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and under 

 surface finely villose ; veins pinnate in groups, with 8-10 veinlets on a side, 

 with sori distant from the midrib ; caps, naked. — Polyp. Thunb. A. moile, 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 68. {in part). 



Hab. Japan to Hong-Kong and Formosa. — Very near the preceding in the shape of 

 its pinnse and lobes, but smaller and thinner in texture, and less rigid. 



164. N. pteroides, J. Sm. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., slender, stramineous or greyish, 

 slightly scaly below ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce spreading, 4-8 in. 1., 

 ^ in. br., the apex acuminate, the edge cut one-third or halfway down into 

 oblong or subtrianglar lobes ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both 

 sides nearly naked ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 8-10 veinlets on each side ; 

 sori quite marginal and confined to the lobes. — Polyp. Retz. N. terminans, 

 Ilk. Sp. 4. p. 73. (in part). 



Hab. Himalayas, Neilgherries, Ceylon (Gardner, 1106), Malaccas, Philippines (CawiiH^r, 

 48, 293), China, Queensland, Polynesia. — This has, like the two preceding, oblong-trian- 

 gular lobes 14-2 lin. br., not reaching more than one-third down, and differs from them 

 by having the sori quite confined to the lobes. 



165. N. extensum, Hk. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., naked or slightly pubescent, brownish ; 

 fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br. ; pinnw 0-9 in. 1., f-| in. br., cut about two-thirds 

 down to the rachis into linear-oblong lobes ; lower jnnnce scarcely shorter 

 than the rest ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; under surface naked or slightly 

 villose ; veinlets 0-8 on a side, often only the lowest pair united ; sori in rows, 

 nearly terminal in the veins, and not confined to the lobes. — Hk. Sp.4.p.11. 

 t. 24.6. A. (in 2)a?-t). As\)kl. Bl. / A. conioneuron, 7I/t«. 



Hab. Ceylon (Gardner, 1362), N. India, Malaccas, Neilgherries (Beddome, t. Sii), 

 Philippines {Cuminff, 391). — This is joined to the preceding by Mettenius. The texture 

 is more herbaceous, and the lobes are much narrower and deeper, with a considerable 

 epace between them. 



166. N. Serra, Desv.; st. 1 ft. or morel., firm, glossy, substramineous; f: 

 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce spreading, 6-12 in. 1., j-^ in. br., cut down 



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