41. NEPIIRODIUM, §§§§ SAGENIA. 297 



copious free veins ; so)-i rather large but scattereJ, coafmed to the connected 

 veinlets, — Aspid. III-. Sp. 4. p. 52. 



Hab. Polynesia, China, Malaya, Ceylon, Mascarcu Isle3. 



20(5. N. (Sagcn.) jylciotomiim, Bakev; st. 1-1| ft., very ebeneous, naked like 

 rachises ; //•. deltoid, 1-2 ft. each way, tripinnatilid ; lower pinnoe much largest, 

 stalked, deltoid, unequal-sided, pinnatifid, or the base pinnate, with large lan- 

 ceolate pinnl., the lower deeply pinnatifid ; texture menib)'anous ; surfaces 

 bright-green, subglabrous ; areolai copious, tine, distinct, with free included 

 veinlets ; sori minute, compital, irregularly 2-4-seriate between ribs of ultimate 

 lobes. 



Hab. Seychelles, Wrlt/ht, Jlorne ; Madagascar, Bouln. 



207. N. (Sagen.) Lobbii, Baker ; st. G in. or more 1., naked, substramineous ; 

 /;•. about 1 ft. each way, subdeltoid, with an entire terminal pinna 4-6 in. 1., 

 ■|-| in. br., tapering gradually from the middle to each end, and 2 similar lateral 

 ones on each side, the lowest long-stalked and tripartite ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 veins obscure, the primar}^ ones close and very oblique ; areolce without free 

 veinlets ; sori copious, scattered. — Aspid. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 59. t. 232. 



Hab. Borneo. 



208. N. (Sagen.) semibipinnatum, Baker; st. 1 ft. or more 1., pale-brown, 

 naked ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., G-O in. br., with a linear-oblong terminal pinna 6-9 in. 1., 

 1 in. br., entire and narrowed towards both ends, and 4-6 smaller lateral ones on 

 each side, the lowest 1 or 2 pairs tripartite ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; veins 

 inconspicuous, the primary ones lost before they reach the edge, with fine, close 

 areolfe between them, with free included veinlets ; sori minute, scattered, 

 contined to the connected veinlets. — Aspid. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 59. t. 231. 



Hab. Penaug and Borneo. 



209. N. (Sagen.) Met/anthidis, Baker ; rhizome creeping ; st. G-12 in. 1., naked, 

 brownish ; //•. 1-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br., with an acuminate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 sinuated, terminal pinna 6-12 in. 1., 1-1 1 in. br., and 2-4 similar ones on each 

 side, the lowest stalked, sometimes forked ; texture subcoriaceous ; primary veins 

 close, conspicuous, prolonged to the edge ; areolce fine, with copious free veinlets ; 

 so/7 small, scattered, all on the connected veinlets. — Asp. Presl. Hk. Sp. 4. /?. 57. 



Hab. Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Guinea. — la habit and texture this most 

 resembles N. pachyphiillum, differing by its small irregular sori and pinnae narrowed 

 gradually to the base. 



210. N. (Sagen.) irriguum. Baker ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. I., greyish, finely 

 villose ; /;-. 6-9 in. 1., 4-G in. br., subdeltoid, with a large oblong terminal 

 pinna with a pair of deep lanceolate lobes at the base, and below 1-2 pairs of 

 slightly sinuated lateral pinnte, the lowest forked at the base ; texture papy- 

 raceo-herbaceous ; main veins flexuose ; areolce fine, copious, with free included 

 veinlets ; sori small, scattered, often confluent ; inpol. small, fugacious. — Aspid. 

 t/. iSiii. 3Iett. Fil. Ind. p. 239. Poly, menisciicarpon, Hk. Sp. 5. p. 86. {in part). 

 Microsorium tritidum. Fee. 



Hab. Philippines, Cuminr/, 31. — This may be a form of the next species, but the 

 iiTegular confluent sori are peculiar. 



211. N. (Sagen.) pol^morphum, Baker ; rhizome creeping ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., 



2 p 



