NEPIIRODIUM. 493 



often restricted to upper side of pinna? ; inv. large (^ lin. br.), convex, mem- 

 branous, dark-brown, gIal)rous. — Dccad. j.p. 3-il. 



Hab. Japan and Manchuria, 



lo"'. A. auriadatum, o A. ohliqimm, Don ; dwarfer tlian type, seldom above 

 \ ft. higli, simply pinnate ; pinnce shorter and broader, narrowed more suddenly 

 to an often bluntish point, and more bluntly toothed. — A. csespitosum, Wall. 



Hab. Himalayas. 



37*. A. aristatum, d A. assamicum, Kuhn ; /;'. subcoriaceous, tripinnatifid ; 

 \owQY pinnl. distant, long-stalked, oblique, lanceolate-acuminate, deltoid-cunLate 

 at base, 3-4 in. 1., cut down nearly to racliis into crenate ascondiii^^ oljlung-lan- 

 ceolate segm. ^-| in. 1., half as broad. — Linn. 36. p. 108. 



Hab. Assam, Falconer. 



49*. A. nicnragiiensc, Baker ;//•. dimorphous ; st. of barren 4-6 in., castaneous, 

 ■v\'ith a few lanceolate scales near base ; blade oblong-lanceolate, entire, 6-9 in. 1., 

 2^-3 in. br., acuminate, rounded or cordate at base ; texture firm, membranous ; 

 surfaces naked, bright-green ; main veins erecto-patent, distinct nearly to edge, 

 with copious distinct areola?, with forked or simple included veinlets ; fertile fr. 

 smaller, longer-stalked ; sori in rows close to the main veins, 6-10 between mid- 

 rib and edge. — Bathmium nicaraguense, Fonrnier, Bot. Zcit. 1873. /a 7. 



Hab. Chontales, Ralph Tate, 40 ; Levy, 451. 



XLIV.— NEPPIRODIUM. Page 259-300. 



6*. N. (Last.) Sancti-gahrieli, Baker ; st. 18 in. 1., pale-brown, with a few lan- 

 ceolate scales near the base ;/r. lanceolate-deltoid, 2 ft. 1., simply pinnate ; pinnw 

 numerous, lowest largest, linear-ligulate, short-stalked, narrowed gradually to 

 the point, 5-6 in. 1., ^-g in. br., crenate, square, and much auricled on the upper, 

 cuneate-truncate on the lower side at the base ; texture thin, but firm ; surfaces 

 dark-green, naked ; veins pinnate in lower lobes ; sori 2-4-serial between edge 

 and midrib, 5-6-serial in lowest lobe ; inv. fugacious. — Polypodium, edit. 1. 

 p. 304. 



Hab. Amazon Valley, Spruce, 2153. 



13*. N. (Last.) Walkerce, Baker; st. \-\\ ft., substramineous, clothed throughout 

 with linear scales ; fr. \\-S ft. I., oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate ; pinme nu- 

 merous, linear-ligulate, short-stalked, acuminate, crenate^ lower 5-6 in. 1., |-1 

 in. br., square or broadly cuneate on upper, cuneate-truncate on lower side at 

 base ; textxire subcoriaceous ; surfaces dull-green, naked ; veins in pinnated groups; 

 sori 2-3-seriaI between midrib and edge ; inv. very fugacious. — Polypodium, 

 edit. 1. 2y. ^^5. 



Hab. Ceylon, C. P., 3276. — Besides the type as described, there are two striking 

 varieties, — one with similar pinnre, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis below into 

 blunt oblong-Iigulate lobes, and a second with lanceolate lower pinnae 2-3 in. broad, with 

 20-30-jugate lanceolate-crenate pinnules. 



17*. N. (Last.) Lindeni, Baker ; ^t. 3-6 in., tufted, slender, grey-stramineous, 

 densely clothed near base with spreading linear brown scales ; /;•. lanceolate, 6-i) 

 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., bipinnatifid ; lower 2nnn(B lanceolate, short-stalked, 1-1| in. i., 

 |-| in. br., cut down nearly to midrib into inciso-crenate close blunt lobes 1-1^ 

 lin. br. ; lowest pinnee and their lowest j9m?«^. rather reduced ; rachis slender, 

 with a few scattered scales ; texture membranous ; midrib on both sides obscurely 



