44. NEPHRODIUM, § LASTREA. ^"3 



glandular and grey, with short stiff hairs ; sori small, medial. — Hh. Sp. 4. 

 p. 344. 



Hab. Fiji, Brackenridge, Milne. 



108. N. (Last.) edentalum, Baker ; st. stramineous ; fr. upwards of 1 ft. 1. and 

 nearly as br. ; lower pinntB 5^6 in. 1., more than 2 in. br., lanceolate-acuminate ; 

 pinnl. distant, spreading, connected at the base, oblong, obtuse, 1 J in. 1., with 

 oblong, obtuse, entire lobes ; texture thinly herbaceous ; colour deep-green ; 

 under surface fibrUlose on the midribs, the rest naked ; veins 1 to each lobe ; 

 sori close to the midrib, 1 or 2 to a lobe ; irwol. tliin, glabrous, persistent. — • 

 Aspid. Kse. 



Hab. Java. — Onr desoriplion is from Mettenius. 



109. N. (Last.) CBmulum, Baker ; St. tufted, 1 ft. 1. ; scales linear-lanceolate, 

 eoncolorous, dense below ; fr. lanceolate-deltoid, 12-18 in. 1., 6-10 in. br., the 

 lowest pinnee much the largest ; lowest pinnl. larger than the others, which are 

 ovate-lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below into deeply pinnatifid lobes with 

 ar^tate teeth ; texture herbaceous ; rachis slightly scaly ; under surface glandular ; 

 invol. not gland-ciliated. — Polyp. Sol. N. spinulosum y, Rh. Sp. 4:. p. 127. 

 Brit. P. t. 20. N. Faenisecii, Lowe. L. recurva, Newm. 



Hab. Britain, Madeira, Azores. — Smelling like hay when dried, the pinnae and pin- 

 nules with the edge turned upwards in the growing plant. 



110. N. (Last.) Karwinsh/anum, Baker; st. 6-9 in. 1., slender, stramineous, 

 with a few small eoncolorous scales ; fr. 12-15 in. 1., 8-12 in. br., deltoid ; lower 

 pintUB much the largest, oblong-deltoid ; pinnl. close, lanceolate, 1-1 j in. 1., cut 

 down below nearly to the racliis into oblong bluntly-toothed lobes ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis slender, slightly scaly ; under surface mealy, with fine 

 glands ; sori at the base of the lobes ; invol. prominent, ciliated. — Aspid. Mett. 

 p. 59. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. — Differs from sphcerocarpum by its glandular fronds and 

 deltoid outline. 



111. N. (Last.) Napoleonis, Bory ; st. 6-12 in. 1., densely scaly at the base, 

 naked upwards ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 8-12 in. br., subdeltoid ; lower pinnae much the 

 largest ; pinnl, of the under side the longest, \ in. br., linear-lanceolate, close, 

 cut down nearly to the' rachis into slightly-toothed, broad, blunt lobes ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; raxhis and both sides naked ; sari close to the midrib ; invol. 

 naked.— 5^. Sp. 4. p. 123. *. 255. 



Hab. St. Helena. 



112. N. (Last.) Ascensionis, Hk. ; st. tufted, stout, densely clothed with dark- 

 brown linear scales ; /r. 8-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., subdeltoid; pinnee imbricated, 

 the lower ones 3-4 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnl. linear-lanceolate, J in. br., cut down 

 to the rachis into subentire, oblong lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachises scaly ; 



nsori one at the base of each lobe. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 124. t. 257. 



Hab. Island of Ascension. 



113. N. (Last.) cognalum, Hk. ; st. tufted, stout, 1 ft. 1., densely clothed with 

 large ovate scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br., ovate-deltoid ; pinnee close, 

 lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., l^in. br., the lowest pair broadest ; lobes oblong, bluntish, 

 3-4 lin. br., broadly toothed ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachises scaly ; sori in 

 rows midway between the edge and midrib. — Hk. iS^. 4. p. 123. t. 256. 



Hab. St. Helena. 



