44. NEPHRODIUM, § LASTREA. 271 



H Veinlets forked. Sp. 66-73. 



66. N. (Last.) Thdyptcris, Desv. ; rhizome slender, -nide-creeping ; St. about 

 1 ft. 1., slender, stramineous : fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinnce spreading, 2-3 

 in. Iv, ^ in. br., cut down very nearly to the rachis into entire spreading linear- 

 oblong lobes, those of the barren frond the broadest ; lower pinruB equalling the 

 others ; upper veinlets simple, lower ones forked ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both 

 sides naked ; sort small, not confluent, in rows near the recurved edge.; — Brit. F. 

 1. 13. — ^, N. sguamulosum, Hk. ; rachis of the pinnse slightly scaly. — Hi. Sp. 4. 

 p. 88. Hemestheum, Nevmn. Lastrea Fairbankii, BeiA. Fil. Brit. Ind. t. 254. 



Hab. Norway to Spain, Italy, Cashmere (5-6,000 ft.), and Amnr-land j Cape Colony, 

 Natal, Angola, New Zealand ; United States, Canada, Bermuda, Japan. 



67. N. (Last.) montanum, Baker ; st. short, tufted ; Jr. 1^2 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; 

 pinnm 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. br. at the base, cut down to a broadly- winged rachis into 

 close, blunt, oblong lobes ; lower pinnae distant, and gradually dwarfed down to 

 mere auricles ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, or slightly scaly below, under 

 surface glandular ; lovKr veins forked ; sori in rows near the edge. — Polyp. Vogler. 

 N. -Oreopteris, Desv Hk. Sp. 4. p. 90 ; Brit. F. t. 14. Hemestheum, Neum. 



Hab. Lapland to Spain, Greece, and Georgia. 



68. N. ('Last.) apiciflortim, Hk. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., clothed throughout with 

 linear spreading scales ; Jr. 2-3 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnm close, lanceolate, the 

 largest 4-6 in. 1., j-J in. br., cut down to the rachis iirto uniform, close, blunt, 

 subentire lobes j in. br. ; rachis more or less scaly ; texture herbaceous, under 

 side naked ; sori 6-8 to a lobe, confined to the upper third ; invol. firm, prominent. 

 —Hk. Sp. 4. p. 112. t. 248. 



Hab. N. India up to 9,000 ft. — Like N. Filix-maa in general habit, but remarkable in 

 the sori being restricted to the tip of the lobes. 



69. N. (Last.) microsorum, Hk. ; sf. 1 ft. or more 1., fibriUose, especially below ; 

 fr. 2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; pinnce 6 in. 1., l^-lg in. br., cut down to the rachis below 

 into close, blunt, entire lobes \ in. br., lower ones not reduced ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachis fibrillose, those of the pinnse and lobes viUose, under surface naked ; veinlets 

 8-9 on a side, most of them forked ; sori midway between the edge and midrib. — 

 Hk. Sp.i.p. 106. 



Hab. Foot of Mount Chimborazo, Spmce. 



70. N. (Last.) griseum. Baker ; st. firm, erect, grey, villose upwards ; fr. l\-7, 

 ft. 1., 8-9 in. br., oblong-lanceolate ; pinnm close, 3-4 in. 1., j-| in. br., narrowed 

 gradually from the base to the apex, cut down nearly to the rachis into blunt, 

 entire lobes 2 lin. br., with recurved edges ; tenure subcoriaceous ; rachis villose, 

 and veins beneath slightly so ; veinlets about 10 on a side, mostly forked ; sori 

 small, submarginal ; invol. ciliated. Lastrea, Bedd. Fil. JBrit. lad. t. 335. 



Hab. Cochin, S. Hindostan, Rev. Mr. Johnstone. 



71. N. (Last.) sagenioides. Baker ; st. tufted, slender, 6-12 in. 1., dark chesnut- 

 hrown, scaly below ; fr. 12-24 in. 1., 6-12 in br., oblong-lanceolate ; pinnce 3-6 

 in. L, 1 in, br., the lowest pair rather shorter than the others, and deflexed ; lobes 

 cut down to a broadly-winged centre, linear-oblong, blunt, entire or slightly 

 crenate ; texture pap3aaceo-herbaceous ; rachis polished, like the stem ; veinlets 

 6-8 on a side, the lower ones forked ; sori in rows near the edge ; invol. fugacious. 

 — ^Aspid. Mett. N. melanopus, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 110. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula and Isles. — A very distinct plant, resembling some of the 



