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two veinlets, so as to become quite meniscioid, as sometimes occurs 

 in Nephrodium urophyllum, and in the Sumatran Aspidium 

 siifolium. 



Perak, (Dr, King's collector, No. 8659, 8660. Day.) 



(Also in Sumatra, Java and Philippines.) 



This fern is not found in N. India, Mr. Clarke's specimens 

 all belonging to pennigerum. Nephrodium asperum of Blume, 

 united with this in the Synopsis and in Kew Herbarium, is 

 Nephrodium urophyllum with the involucres more persistent than 

 usual ; Nephrodium lineatum (BL), also referred here by the 

 Kew authorities, is a well-marked species described below. 



Nephrodium lineatum. (B/.) Rhizome erect ; stipe 12- 

 20 inches long, of fertile frond often much elongated ; fronds 

 pinnate, the fertile generally contracted, about 1 foot long by 

 3-5-J inches broad, pinnae 12-14 P a i r ; sessile with a truncate base 

 parallel with the rachis, somewhat auricled at the upper base and 

 sometimes at the lower, |f-f inch broad, lanceolate, the apex 

 gradually attenuated and acuminate, margins generally more or 

 less crenated, particularly towards the apex, but sometimes quite 

 entire, sterile pinnae opposite or alternate, sometimes very close 

 and overlapping, fertile pinnae often distant ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachis strigose, surfaces nearly glabrous but glandular, veins 

 3-5 pair all anastomosing, sori soon confluent and becoming 

 meniscioid ; involucres not very fugacious, often setose or glandu- 

 lar. BI. En. Fil. Jav. p. 144. N. afhne, Bl. I. c. 118, typical 

 specimen at Kew. 



Perak, sea level. {Day. Scortechini. King, No. 497.) 



(Also in Java.) 



This is the fern published by me in the List of Mr. Day's 

 Perak terns, Jour. Bot. 1887, as " Stegnogramme aspidioides var., 

 with fertile fronds contracted, perhaps a new species." Scortechini 

 originally sent it under the name of Meniscium auriculatum 

 (S",rL), which he, however, subsequently altered to Stegno- 

 gramme aspidioides. I have now examined better specimens 



