496 NEPHRODIUM, 



siibfalcate lobes 2-2| lin. br. ; texture firm, membranous ; surfaces naked, bright- 

 green ; veitis 9-12-jugate, very distinct ; sori small, medial; inv. minute, fuga- 

 cious. — Fl. Bras. fuse. 49. p. 474. Aspidium, Kze. 



Hab. Kio Janeiro, Gardner, 16 ; Lkut. Carr. 



89*. N. (Last.) Gardnerianum, Baker ; st. \ ft., slender, grey, glabrous ; fr. 

 oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatifid, f-1 ft. 1. ; racMs grey, slender, finely downy ; 

 piiince subdistant, lanceolate, lower subsessile, mucli reduced at base, 2^-8 in. 1., 

 |-§ in. br., lowest deflexed, cut down to a broad wing into close subacute entire 

 lobes 2 lin. br, ; texture thin but firm ; surfaces finely downy on ribs, glossy, 

 dull-green ; veins 8-9-jugate, very distinct ; sori small, medial ; inv. glabrous, 

 persistent. — ¥1. Bras. fasc. 49. p. 474. Aspidium, Kze. 3I&S. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, Gardner, 190. 



49*. N. (Last.) Funlii, Baker ; short 5^ and rachis densely pubescent and 

 clothed throughout with firm spreading, linear, dark-brown scales ; fr. lan- 

 ceolate, 1 ft. 1., 2-2^ in. br. at middle, bipinnatifid ; pinnw sessile, lanceolate, 

 bluntish, truncate at base, central Ij in. 1., f in. br., cut down to a narrow wing 

 into subentire blunt lobes 1 lin. br., many lower reduced gradually ; texture 

 moderately firm ; surfaces rather downy, and midrib beneath scaly ; reins 

 5-6-jugate; sori supra-medial ; i7iv, minute, fugacious. — Aspidium, Mett. Fil. 

 Nov. Gran. p. 54. 



Hab. New Granada, Funk, 502 ; Lindig, 239. 



49*. N. (Last.) rigidulum, Baker ; st. 2-4 in., tufted, grey, naked ; basal 

 scales lanceolate, dull-brown ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, 1)ipinnatifid, 12-1.5 in. 1., 

 4-5 in. br. ; rachis grey, finely downy ; pinnce sessile, ligulate-caudate, narrowed 

 below middle, but dilated and truncate at base, central 2^-8 in. 1., ^ in. br., cut 

 down to a narrow wing into ascending blunt entire lobes, 1-lj lin. br., lower 

 distant and much reduced ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked, 

 bright-green; sori supra-medial; inv. distinct, densely bristly. — Aspidium, 

 Alett. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 109. 



Hab. Cuba, G. Wright, 820. 



49*. N. (Last.) Ptormzca, Baker ; st. 4-5 in., reddish-brown, with a few lan- 

 ceolate scales near base ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. 1., 4-5 in. br., bipinnatifid ; 

 rachis brown, naked ; pinnce ligulate-caudate, many lower short-stalked, with 

 basal lobes reduced, central 2^-3 in. 1., ^ in. br., lowest distant and much reduced, 

 cut down to a narrow wing into close bluntish ascending entire lobes 1 lin. br. ; 

 texture firm but thin ; surfaces naked ; veins 5-6-jugate ; sori medial, rather 

 large ; inv. minute, fugacious. — Ft. Bins. fasc. id. p. 479. Aspid. Kze. Mett. 

 Aspid, /). 80. 



Hab. South Brazil. — Like some of the forms of conlcrmiamn, but many lower pinnce 

 stalked and reduced at base. 



49*. N. (Last.) Fischeri, Baker ; st. 2-3 in. 1., tufted, \ 

 stramineous ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatifid, G-8 in. 1., 2^- 

 short-stalked, central 1^ in. 1., ^ in. br., cut down to a narro\ 

 entire blunt lobes 1-1^ lin. br., lowest distant, much reduc( 



49*. N. (Last.) Fischeri, Baker ; st. 2-3 in. 1., tufted, like rachis naked 



2^-3 in. br. ; pinnce 

 row wing into close 



., .-„ - -^ „.., .^„ „. , .„ uced ; texture thin, 



but firm; surfaces glabrous; veins 5-G-jugate ; sori medial; inv. persistent, 

 glabrous. — Fl. Bras. fasc. 4fd.p. 479. Aspid. Mett. 



Hab. Brazil, 



49'^. N. (Last.) microbasis, Baker ; caud. erect ; St. short, grey, naked ; fr. 

 oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatifid, ]|^ft. 1., 5-G in. br. ; rachis densely pubescent 



