44. NEPHEODIUM, § LaSTREA. 261 



Hah. Chusan and Hong-Kong. — ^This and the next differ froin the rest of the group by 

 having a distinct terminal pinna similar to the lateral ones. In the others the apex of 

 the frond is pinnatifid. 



9. N. (Last.) Sieboldii, Hk. ; caitd. tufted, with large brown lanceolate scales ; 

 St. 6-12 in. 1., scaly below ; fr. with an entire or slightly toothed lanceolate- 

 oblong terminal pinna 8-12 in. 1., 1^2 in. br., and 2-4 similar ones on each 

 side, the lowest shortly stalked ; texture coriaceous ; racMs and both surfaces 

 naked ; va.ns in pinnated groups ; sori large, copious, scattered. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 87. Fil. Ex. t. 31. Pycnopteris, Moore. 



Hab. Japan. — Pinnee larger and fewer than in the last, and scales different. 



10. N. (Last.) hirtipes, Hk. ; St. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., densely clothed with 

 long, blackish, fibrillose scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 8-16 in. br. ; pinnm 4-8 in. 1., 

 ^1 in. br., with broad blunt lobes reaching from a quarter to a third down, 

 lower ones not reduced ; texture herbaceous ; rachises fibrillose like the stem ; 

 both surfaces naked ; veinlets 4r6 on a side ; swi medial. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 116. 

 t. 249. A. atratum, Wall. 



Hab. Himalayas (up to 6,000 ft.) to Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula and Isles. — This con- 

 siderably resembles N. Filw-mas in general habit. 



11. N. (Last.) sabUauritum, Hk. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., jointed about halfway down, 

 firm, nearly naked ; fr. 12-16 in. 1., 4 in. br. ; pinnoe close, spreading, the 

 longest 2 in. 1., \ in. br., the edge with shallow, blunt lobes, those on both 

 sides at the base larger than the others ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and 

 under side pubescent ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 3-6 veinlets on a side ; 

 sori terminal on the veinlets. — Sh. Sp. 4. p. 86. 



Hab. Bourbon. — This comes nearest N. albopmictatvjm, and has similar white creta- 

 ceous dots above, and a jointed stem, so that it belongs to ArAropteris of J. Smith. 



12. N. (Last.) punetulatum. Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping ; st. 6-9 in. 1., dark 

 chesnut-brown, naked ; fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 4 in. br. ; pinnw 2-2^ in. 1., f-j in. 

 br., bluntly lobed about a quarter of the way down in the lower part ; texture 

 coriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked, the upper marked with white 

 cretaceous dots'; vdns in pinnated groups with 4-6 veinlets on a side ; sori 

 terminating lateral veinlets ; invol. distinctly stalked, persistent. 



Hab. Cameroon Mountains (4,600 ft.), 6. Mann, — ^Thie has very distinct white dots 

 above, but the stem does not appear to be jointed. 



13. N. (Last.) macrotis, Hk. ; st. tufted, 12-18 in. 1., slender, pubescent ; fr. 

 18-24 in. 1., 8-10 in. br. ; pirmoe 4-5 in. 1., |-j in. br., cut about a quarter of the 

 way down into blunt lobes, the apex acuminate, entire, the base with a large 

 auricle (J- J in. 1.) on the upper side, all falcate, and the lower ones much 

 deflexed ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and under side pubescent ; veinlets 3-4 

 on each side ; sori in rows near the main veins. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 86. *. 242. B. 



Hab. E. Peru, Spruce, 3979. — In habit this is most like N. refractum, but different in 

 colour and clothing. The groups of veins join not unfrequently. 



*** Pinn(B cut more than halfway down to the rachis into close, regular, entire, 

 or nearly entire lobes. Sp. 14^73. 



f Veinlets simple. Sp. 14^66. Involucre in many, hui not all the species, thin 

 and fibgadoms. 



K^ Group of N. patens. Lower pinnce hardly, if at aU, reduced. Sp. 14^3. 



14. N. (Last.) subobUquatum, Baker; St. 12-18 in. L, firm, erect, naked ; fr. 

 1^2 ft. 1., 6-10 in. br. ; pinnce 3-6 in. 1., |-1 in. br., unequal-sided below, the 



