44. NEPHRODIUM, § LASTREA. 283 



the largest,, often 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinnl. ^ in. br., close, lanceolate-acuniinatej 

 cut down about halfway to the rachis into blunt, entii-e lobes J in. or more br. ; 

 texture herbaceous ; under surface mealy, with fine glands ; rachises slightly 

 scaly ; veinlets of the lobes simple ; sori large ; invol. j lin. br. — HL Sp. 4. 

 p. 138. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. — This also has a habit not unlike that of the large forms of 

 Pilix-mas. Our description is taken from living plants sent by Dr. Hillebrand. 



130. N. (Last.) ferrugineum, Baker ; gt. 12-18 in. 1., densely clothed 

 throughout with spreading broad ovate eoncolorous scales ; fr, 2 ft. 1. or more, 

 12-18 in. br.j subdeltoid, the main rachis flexuose and pinnm spreading at a 

 right angle, the lowest 6-9 in. 1., 3-6 in. br. ; pinnl. of the under side the largest, 

 close, lanceolate, bluntish, cut down to the rachis into broad ovate segm. with 

 close subentire lobes i in. br. ; rachises finely pubescent ; both sides nearly 

 naked ; sori large, submarginal, 2-3 in a lobe, confined to the upper half. — 

 Lastrea, Beddome, Fil. S. Ind. 1. 100. 



Hab. Neilgherries, Capt.\Beddome. — This has altogether the habit and cutting of 

 Sphceroptmis Im-lata. 



131. N. (Last.) 'scabrosum, Baker; st. 12-18 in. 1., slender, stramineous, 

 furnished throughout with small ovate eoncolorous scales ; fr. li-2 ft. 1., 

 12-18 in. br. ; lowest pinnce deltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 3-6 in. br. ; pinnl. of the lower side 

 the largest, with free lanceolate segm. J-1 in. 1., cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into toothed ligulate lobes under 1 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises viscous- 



- pubescent, the hairs sometimes dense and ferruginous ; both sides nearly 

 naked ; sori small, usually one at the base of each ult. division ; invol. small, 

 fugacious. — Aspid.' Kze. Polypodium nigrocarpura, Bedd. Fil, S, Bid. 

 t. 169. 



Hab. Neilgherries, Schmidt, Mclvor, Sir F. Adam. 



132. N. (Last.) amgustifrons. Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping ; st, 1-2 ft. 1., 

 ebeneous, deciduously scaly ; fr. 2 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnce distant, erecto- 

 patent, flexuose, lanceolate, 4-6 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnl. distant, lanceolate, cut 

 down to the rachis below into subquadrangular toothed lobes J in. br. ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; rachises and both sides liaked ; veinlets of the lobes forked • sori 

 in rows close to the midribs of the pinnules.— Lastrea, Moore. 



Hab. Kepaul, Wallioh. — This seems a -well-marked plant, perhaps nearest on the 

 whole to N. sparsum. 



133. N. (Last.) oppositum, Hk. ; st, 1 ft. or more ]., densely clothed with 

 spreading, linear, dark-brown scales ; fr. l\-'2 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br., subdeltoid • 

 lower jomracE 6-9 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. close, linear-lanceolate, cut down 

 nearly to the rachis into close, entire, slightly falcate, linear-oblong lobes i in. 

 br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises scaly ; veinlets of the lobes simple ; sori small' 

 submarginal ; invol. thin. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 136. t. 266. ' 



Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon. — This closely resembles the next in cutting, but the 

 spreading scales of the rachis are 4 in. 1., and the sori are more regular and nearer 

 the edge. 



134. N. (Last.) intermedium, Baker ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., stout, erect, densely clothed 

 at the base with long bright-brown silky fibrils ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br. 

 subdeltoid; lower pinnce lanceolate, often 1 ft. 1., 4-5 in. hr.; pinnl. close' 

 lanceolate, with distinct, oblong-lanceolate segm. with ligulate subentire lobe's 

 about 1 lin. br. ; textme herbaceous, firm ; rachises slightly fibrillose like the 

 stem ; under surface naked or slightly scaly on the midribs ; sori small, copious, 



