41. NEPlinODIUM, §§ EUXEPURODIUM. 291 



lialfway down into acute siil)falcate lobes ; texture suhcoriaceous ; racJiis and 

 under surface finely pubescent ; veinlcts 10-12 on a side ; sori subterniinal. — 

 A. inultilineatum, Mctt. Fil. Ind. p. 232. {non IVall.) 



Hab. Ceylon, Malaya, Fiji. — Much larger and less hairy than the last, with more 

 nunieroua veins, and a very fugacious involucre. 



173. N. mnhijitr/itm, Baker ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, erect, subglabrous ; fr, 3-4 

 ft. ]., 12-15 in. br. ; pinnce 6-8 in. 1., |-J in. br. ; cut two-tliirds of tbe way down 

 to tbe racliis into close, acute, subfulcate lobes ^ in. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and botli sides nearly naked ; veinlets 10-12 on a side ; sori near the 

 midrib. — Aspidiuni, Wallidi. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula. — This comes very near the last, but is nearly naked and 

 more deeply cut, with the sori in a different position. 



174. N. hirsutum, J. Sm. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., grey, villose ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 

 li ft. br. ; piiDue very close and numerous, spreading, tbe largest 10 in. 1., 

 I in. br. ; cut down halfway to the rachis into entire, linear-oblong, subfalcate 

 lobes ; the lower ones with a gland beneath at the base ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis densely clothed with soft spreading hairs ; under surface glandular ; 

 veins 6-8 on each side ; sori medial. — Uk. iSp. 4. p. 70. t. 240. B. {not Don). 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 82. — Habit of the two last, but the veins much fewer, sori 

 medial, and lower pinnae with a large gland at the base. 



175. N. arichim, Baker ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., erect, naked ; /?•. 3-4ft. 1., 12-18 in. 

 br. ; piniice G-9 in. 1., |-1 in. br., cut about one-third of the way down into sub- 

 triangular sharp-pointed lobes ; texture coriaceous ; racliis and lower surface 

 naked or slightly hairy ; veinlets 8-10 on a side ; sori in rows about midway 

 between the midrib and edge ; caps, naked. — Aspid. Von Prod. Fl. Ncp. p. 4. 

 A. venulosum, JVall. A. obscurum, Bl. 



Hab. N. India, Philippines, Malayan Peninsula. — This differs from the three preceding 

 by the under side being nearly or quite naked, and in the position of the sori. A. callosum, 

 Elume, quite afrrees with this, except that there is a large prickle-like gland at the base 

 of the pinnae, and sometimes also of the veins. 



176. N. venulosum, Hk. ; st. 1^ ft. 1., naked, greyish, sharply angled ; fr. 

 4 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br. ; pinnce numerous, the lowest short and very distant, the 

 largest 8-9 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down halfway to the rachis into slightly-toothed 

 oblong lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; both surfaces naked ; colour bright-green ; 

 veins about 9 on each side, conspicuous above, with a sorus on each midway to 

 the edge. — Hk. Sp. i. p. 71. 



Hab. Fernando Po. — A large plant, most like N. (runcatum in habit and texture, but 

 the rhizome creeping. 



•;:-3!::- Pronds large, pinnate ; caudcx erect or subercct. Sp. 177-1 9G. 



t Pinnce entire or slightlr/ lohed, so that most of the veinlets unite. Sp. 177-184. 



177. N. glandulosum, J. Sm. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., naked or slightly 

 villose;//-. 1 foot or more 1., 4-G in br., with 8-12 spreading pinnce on' each 

 side, those of the barren fr. the largest and closest, 2-3 in. 1., |-1 in. br., the 

 margin entire or slightly lobed, the base abruptly truncate and sometimes 

 a.m-\c\eA ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and under surface naked or 

 slightly villose, sometimes glandular ; fertile pinnce contracted, the main veins 

 not more than 1 lin. apart ; veinlets 4-8 on a side, with the sori close to the 

 midrib. — Ilk. Sp. 4. p. 7G. Abacopteris, Fee. 



