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218 22. DKTOPTERIS. § 2. NEPHRODIUM. 



Ind. Ferns, 277, p. p.; Aspidium abortivum, BL, Enum., 154; — var. puberula 

 & tomentosa; var. B ^ C, Bl., 1. c. 



Rhizome + erect. Stipes tufted, 15 — 30 c.M. long, firm, erect, naked. 

 Fronds 30 — 60 c.M. long or longer, 15 — 30 c.M. broad. Central pinnae?— 15 

 c 31. long, 1 •/, — 2 c.M. broad, acuminate, cut to + '/a of ^^'^ ^^^Y down into 

 close, truncate lobes; lobes oblong, entire, or crenulate at the apex, the lower 

 ones sub-abbreviate, + 74 — Vs ^■^- hroad. Lower pinnae distant, reduced 

 suddenly into mere auricles. Texture firm-herbaceous; lacbis uaked, or pube- 

 ous on the upper side; costae puberous above; veins + 6 — 8 on each side 

 of the main veins. Sori medial. 



Var. puberula : Pinnae long-acuminate. Rachis puberulous throughout. 



Yar. tomentosa: Pinnae short and narrow. Rachis tomentose 

 and sparingly paleaceous above. 



Malaya. 



* (87) D. inegaphylla, C. Chr., Ind ¥\\.; Nephrodmm'pmnigei^m, 

 Moore (not Hk), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 190; A', ahruptum, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. 

 LXXXVI; Aspidium pennigerum, BL, Christ, Fanikr. d. Elrde, 248; A. me- 

 gaphyllum. Melt., (oldest name), Ann. Mus. Rot. L.. B., I, 233. 



Rhizome short-creeping or suberect, clothed with firm, blackish-brown, 

 lanceolate, entire scales. Stipes approximate, stout, 15 — 100 c.M. long, finely 

 or miuutely villose, scaly at the base. Fronds 50 — 120 c.M. long, 20 — 60 

 c.M. broad, linear-lanceolate or oblong. Pinnae numerous, oblique, 1 — 4 c.M. 

 broad, the apex acuminate, the edge cut '/e ~ V4 or rarely to '/s of the 

 way down to the midrib into oblong, falcate lobes, the base truncate-cuneate 

 lower pinnae suddenly dwarfed, distant, occupying + the upper \ — %. of 

 the stipe. Texture herbaceous to papyraceous; rachis and margins villose 

 villooo) or the under surface slightly hairy on the costae and veins only; veins 

 6 — 10 on each side, the 5 — 4 lower anastomosing. Sori medial on the veins, 

 5 — 7 to a row; sporangia often setose. 



Malaya; North. India, Ceylon, Comores, South. Africa. 



» (88) D. arbuseula, O.Mtme, C. Chr., Ind. ¥i\.; ISephrodium 



Arbuscula, Desv., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 189; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LXXXVII ; 



Aspidium Eookeri, Wall., Hk., Icon. PL, X, tab. CMXXII; A. Arbuscula, 



Willd., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 249. See Supplement l.| 



■ Rhizome ohopt orooping op oroot} ' clothed with narrow, lanceolate scales. 



