44. NEPimODIUM, §§ EUNEPHUODIUM. 293 



1S4. N. cj/athcoidcs, Kaulf. ; 5^ 1-2 ft. 1., strong, naked, glossy, greyish ; /r. 

 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; phince close, spreading, 4-6 in. 1., |-1 in. br., the apex 

 acuminate, the edge irregular, furnished with acute forward-pointing teeth to a 

 depth of 1-2 lin., tlie lowest pair not shorter than the next ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; racliis and both surfaces naked ; veins in pinna- 

 tifid groups of 10-12 veinlets on a side, with often a sorus on each close to the 

 main vein. — Ilk. Sp. 4.2?. 7G. t. 241. A. 



ITab. Sandwich Islands and Sumatra. — Allied to xV. ferox, but less deeply cut, and the 

 stem not fibrillose. 



tt Pinnce cut from one-third to two-tliirds down to the midrib. Sp. 185-106. 



in,5. N. aspknioides. Baker; st. G-9 in. 1., greyish, villose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 

 4-5 in. br., oblong, the lower half pinnate ; upper pinnce close, oblong, entire, 

 blunt, those next in order connected by a wing to the rachis and bluntly lobed, 

 the longest 2-3 in. 1., ^ in. br., bluntly lobed one-third of the way to the midrib, 

 the lowest distant and growing gradually shorter ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 and under surface finely hairy ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 6-8 veinlets on 

 each side ; sori minute, in rows near the midrib. — Polyp. Sio. N. sclerophyllum, 

 Presl. Hk, Sp. 4. p. Go. 



Hab. West Indies. 



186. N. hispidnhim, Baker ; st. tufted, slender, 12-18 in. 1., greyish, villose ; 

 fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6 in. br. ; pimue distant, spreading, 3-4 in, 1., ^-''^ in. br., the 



apex acuminate, the edge cut al)out halfway down into oblong, siiglitly falcate 

 lobes, the lower ones suddenly dwarfed down to mere auricles ; rachis slender 

 and under surface finely villose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 3-4 veinlets on 

 each side, with a large sorus on each near the edge ; caps, naked. — Asp. Decaisn. 

 N. angustifoliura, Presl. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 69. 



Hab. Philippines and Malay Isles. — This is nearest N. Arhuscula, but the pinnje are 

 much narrower and more deeply lobed. 



187. N. molle, Desv. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., rather slender, deciduously 

 hairy ; //•. 1-2 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnce spreading, 4-6 in, 1., | in. br., cut about 

 halfway down to the midrib into scarcely falcate, blunt lobes, the lower pinntc 

 distant and rather shorter than the others ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and 

 surfaces finely villose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 6-8 veinlets on a side ; 

 sori distant from the midrib ; ca2)S. naked, — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 67. {in part). 



Hab. Cuba and Mexico to Peru and Brazil ; Himalayas and Hong-Kong to New Zealand 

 and N. S.Wales ; Mascaren Isles, Cape Colony, Guinea Coast, Azores, Cape Verdes, 

 Madeira. — A variable plant. Of forms not safely separable A. violascens, Link, has an 

 often rather brig;ht-coloured purplish rachis ; the E. Indian P. molUusculum, Wall., and 

 Mauritian N. Hilsenbergii, Prer.l, have the lobes deeper and narrower than in the type ; 

 the S. American N. Jamesoni, Hk., is a less cut reduced form ; the Javan A. pilosius- 

 culum, Mett., has setose capsules ; the Antillenn A. 2'>eUitum, Willd., J. Sm., blunt pinnae 

 only f in. br. ; and the Philippine N. diversllohum, Presl, some of the lobes irregularly 

 dilated and pinnatifid. There seems no reason to doubt this is the Linnsean Polyp, para- 

 siticum; but the name molle is so thoroughly well established for the species, that it 

 seems a pity to drop it. 



188. N. heterocarpon, Moore ; st. tufted, 1-2 ft, 1., slender, villose ; fr. 2-3 ft. 

 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnce 5-6 in. 1., | in. br., cut down halfway or more to the 

 rachis into linear-oblong su])falcate lobes ; lower innnce abruptly dwarfed ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis and under surface villose, and the latter glandular ; 

 veins pinnate in the lobes, with 8-10 veinlets on a side ; sori in rows close to the 

 main vein ; caps, naked. — Aspid. Bl. Mett. Fil. Ind. p. 233. N. molle, Hk. 

 Sp. 4. p. 67. {in part). 



Hab. Hong-Kong and Malaccas. —Very near some of the forms of N. molle, but less 



