278 44. NEPHEODIUM, § LASTEEA. 



oblong-lanceolate ; pinnce 4-5 in. 1., 1-^-2 in. br., largest pinnl. 1 in. 1., | in. br., 

 cut down nearly to the rachis into oblong, blunt lobes with revolute edges ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachises densely fibrillose ; sori in rows close to the midrib 

 of the pinnl.— ja. ,S^. i.p. 123. t. 254. 



Hab. Cashmere, Falconer. — Seems a well-marked species, most like N. fragrans on a 

 large scale. 



ft Fronds subdeltoid. Sp. 102-117. 



102. N. (Last.) stipitattim, Baker ; st. 8-9 in. 1., ilexuose, densely scaly at the 

 base ; /r. 3-4 in. each way, deltoid j pinnce 6-9, the lowest 1^ in. 1., unequal- 

 sided, ovate-lanceolate, cut down to a narrowly-winged rachis into oblong, 

 obtuse lobes, the lowest subpinnate ; veinlets of the lobes 4-6 on a side, the lower 

 ones forked ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; sori close to 

 the midrib; inwl. coriaceous, glabrous, persistent. — Aspid. Mett.p. 60. 



Hab. Ladrones, Mei'tens. — With this we are not acquainted. 



103. N. (Last.) Mrtum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 4-8 in. 1., wiry, brown, densely 

 fibrillose ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., subdeltoid ; lower pinnce much the largest 

 and lowest pinnl. larger than the othersj which are \-\ in. 1., J-f in. br., cut 

 down to the rachis below into spathulate, usually entire, blunt lobes ; texture 

 herbaceous; colour bright-green; rachises fibrillose; under surface glandular; 

 veinlets pinnate in the lower lobes ; sori small, distant from the midrib. — Hk. 

 Sp. 4. p. 128. Cystopteris, Klotzch. 



Hab. West Indies, and gathered also by Mr. Curror in West Tropical Africa. 



104. N. (Last.) squamisetwm, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. 1., densely clothed with 

 linear and upwards with fibrillose scales ; fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 8-9 in. br., 

 subdeltoid ; lower pinnce the largest, subdeltoid, 4-6 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pinnl. 

 lanceolate-deltoid, cut down to the rachis below into pinnatifid, blunt, oblong- 

 deltoid lobes ; textv/re firm, herbaceous ; rachises fibrillose ; both sides naked ; 

 sori in rows near the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 140. t. 268. 



Hab. Fernando Po (4, 000 ft.), 0. Mann. — Most like sparsvm and mexicanum in cutting 

 and texture. Kuhn reports it from Bourbon and Mount Kilimanjaro. 



105. N. (Last.) chineme, Baker ; caud. decumbent ; st. about in. 1., slender, 

 substramineous, clothed throughout with linear dark-bi-own scales; fr. 12-15 

 in. 1., 6-0 in. br., subdeltoid ; pinnce few, the lowest much the largest, 5-6 in. 1., 

 3-4 in. br. ; lowest pinnl. much longer than the others, which are lanceolate, witii 

 distinct, oblong-deltoid, deeply pinnatifid lower segm. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises 

 naked or slightly sfcaly ; under surface almost naked ; sori copious, 4 lin- br., 

 distant from the midrib. — Aspid. subtripinnatum, Miquel, older name. 



Hab. N. China, Col. Vrquhart ; Korea, Wilford ; Japan, Dickens. 



106. N. {Lssi^ glahrwm. Baker ; st. 6-9 in. 1., naked, stramineous above, clothed 

 towards the base with lanceolate concolorous scales ;/r. 1 ft. or more 1., 6-9 in. br. ; 

 lowest pinnce the largest, subdeltoid, 4-5 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pinnl. close, lan- 

 ceolate, cut down to the rachis below into small, oblong, pinnatifid segm. with 

 mucronate feeth ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; sori copious, 

 submarginal ; invol. naked. — Lastrea, Brack, Phegopteris dicksonioides, Mett. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. — ^Very near the preceding. 



107. N. (Last.) tenuifolium, Hk. ; st. about 1 ft. L, slender, clothed throughout 

 with small, grey, lanceolate scales ;fr. 12-18 in. eacli way, deltoid ; lovrer pinnce 

 much the largest, unequal-sided, deltoid ; lowest pinnl. 3-4 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., 

 tlie rest lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below into oblong, bluntly-toothed 

 lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachises and midribs scaly and villose ; both sides 



