284 44. KEPHRODIUM, § LASTREA. 



nearer the midrib than the edge.; mmf. thin, fugacious, — Aspii. Elume ^ (non 

 Muhl.) ; N. Blumei, Hh. {in part). 



Hab, N. India to Ceylon, Philippines, Malaccas, and Japan. _ 



135. N. (Last.) lepigerum, Baker ; st. 12-18 in. 1., angular, clothed only at 

 the base with long, linear-subulate scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. I., l|-2 ft. br. ; lower 

 pinnce often 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; lowest pinnl. much the largest, sometimes 

 compound, the others lanceolate, cut down to the rachis into broadly-toothed or 

 entire, blunt, linear-oblong segm., the latter 2 lin. br. ; rachises and costse 

 beneath rather densely clothed with linear scales ; texture herbaceous, the rest of 

 the surface naked ; sori small, copious, nearer the edge than the midrib ; invol. 

 thin. 



Hab. Isle of Benin ; received from the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg, and the 

 U. S. Expedition of 1853-6. — Differs from the preceding by its larger lobes, distinct 

 linear basal scales, and scaly under surface. 



136. N. (Last.) obtusitobum. Baker ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, densely clothed 

 with large ovate concolorous scales ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 1.^-2 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 

 often 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, most of the segm. of the lower ones 

 distinct, ovate-oblong, cut down to the rachis into oblong-rhomboidal entire 

 lobes, the largest |- in. deep, ^ in. br. ; texture herbaceous, turning blackish when 

 dried ; rachises slightly scaly, the upper ones, and especially the under surface, 

 more or less glandular ; lower winlets of the entire lobes forked ; sori medial. 



Hab. Ceylon, Dr. Thwaiies, 0. P. 3142. — Most like N. intermedium in size and 

 cutting, but. the scales different, the under side very glandular, and the texture thinner. 



137. N. (Last.) Bmyanum, Baker (non Hk.) ; st. 2-3 ft. ]., stramineous or 

 brownish, deciduously scaly ; fr. ample, 6-8 ft. 1., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 

 12-18 in. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., cut down to a winged i-achis 

 into blunt, spreading, more or less toothed lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous; 

 rachises and under side naked ; veinkts simple or forked ; ,sori in rows near the 

 midrib. — N. divisum. Hi. Sp. 4:. p. 133. 



Hab. Himalayas (up to 7,000 ft.), Madras, Moulmein, Java, Bourbon. See remarks 

 under N. Bojeti. — This is a well-marked plant, and our Mascaren examples quite agree 

 with those from India. 



138. N. (Last.) catopteron, Hk. ; st. 3-4 ft. 1., pubescent ; fr. 4-6 ft. 1., 2-3 ft. br., 

 lower pinnce 12-18 in. 1., oblong-lanceolate, with close lanceolate pinnl. or sub- 

 deltoid, with some of the pinnl. of the lower side compound ; segm. oblong, bluntish, 

 about ^ in. 1., -J in. br., more or less deeply pinnatifid ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachises and both surfaces villose ; iieinlets forked ; sori copious ; invol. firm. — 

 Bib. Sp. 4, p. 137. A. odoratum, Mett. {non WilU.). 



Hab. Cape Colony to Natal, Mascaren Isles, and Guinea Coast. 



189. N. (Last.) setigerum. Baker ; rhizome creeping ; st. 1-2 ft. L, naked 

 upwards or scaly throughout ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1. ; lowest pinnce the largest, often 

 8-12 in. 1., 4-i3 in. br. ; pinnl. close, linear-lanceolate, 1-3 in. 1., ^ in. br., cut 

 down to the rachis into close pinnatifid lobes not more than 1 lin. br. in the 

 broadest form ; texture herbaceous ; main rachis straw-coloured, naked, or more 

 or less fibrillose ; rachises of the pinnl. and under side finely villose ; sori minute, 

 copious, often 8-12 to a lobe ; invol. very fugacious. — Cheilanthes, Blume. — N. 

 tenericaule, Hh. Sp. 4. p. 142. t. 269. Aspid. uliginosum, JCze. Mett. 



Hab. Japan, China, and N.India to Ceylon and Malay, and Polynesia as far east 

 as the Society Isles. — A common plant within its range, very variable in size and vesti- 



