44. NEPHEODIUM, §§ EUNEPHRODIUM. 293 



184. N. cyatheoides, Kaulf. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, naked, glossy, greyish; /r. 

 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnas close, spreading, 4^6 in. I., j-1 in. br., the apex 

 acuminate, the edge irregiilar, furnished with acute forward-pointing teeth to a 

 depth of 1-2 lin., the lowest pair not shorter than the next ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins in pinna- 

 tifid groups of 10-12 veinlets on a side, with often a soiiis on each close to the 

 main vein.— Hi: Sp. i.p. 76. *. 241. A. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands and Sumatra. — Allied to jV. ferox, but less deeply cut, and the 

 stem not fibriUose, 



tt Pinnw cut from one-third to two-thirds down to the midrib. Sp. 185-196. 



185. N. asplenioides. Baker; st. 6-9 in. 1., greyish, vUIose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 

 4-5 in. br., olilong, the lower half pinnate ; upper pinncB close, oblong, entire, 

 blunt, those next in order connected by a wing to the rachis and bluntly lobed, 

 the longest 2-3 in. 1., ^ in. br., bluntly lobed one-third of the way to the midrib, 

 the lowest distant and growing gradually shorter ; feature subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 and under surface finely hairy ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 6-8 veinlets on 

 each side ; sori minute, in rows near the midrib. — Polyp. Sw. N. sclerophyllum, 

 I'resl. Si. Sp. i. p. 63. 



Hab. West Indies. 



186. N. hispidulum. Baker ; st. tufted, slender, 12-18 in. 1., greyish, villose ; 

 fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinruB distant, spreading, 3-4 in. 1., |-f in. br., the 

 apex acuminate, the edge cut about halfway down into oblong, slightly f^eate 

 lobes, the lower ones suddenly dwarfed down to mere auricles ; rachis slender 

 and under surface finely villose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 3-4 veinlets on 

 each side, with a large soms on each near the edge ; caps, naked. — Asp. Decaisn. 

 N. angustifoUum, Presl. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 69. 



Hab. Philippines and ^falay Isles. — ^This is nearest N. Arhuscula, but the pinnae are 

 much narrower and more deeply lobed. 



187. N. moUe, Desv. ; St. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., rather slender, deciduously 

 hairy ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnce spreading, 4-6 in. 1., j in. br., cut about 

 halfway down to the midrib into scarcely falcate, blunt lobes, the lower pinnse 

 distant and rather shorter than the others ; texture herbaceons ; rachis and 

 surfaces finely villose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 6-8 veinlets on a side ; 

 sori distant from the midrib ; caps, naked. — Sk. Sp. 4. p. 67. (in part). 



Hab. Cuba and Mexico to Peru and Brazil ; Himalayas and Hong-Kong to New Zealand 

 and N. S. Wales ; Mascaren Isles, Cape Colony, Guinea Coast, Azores, Cape Verdes, 

 lladeira. — A variable plant. Of forms not safely separable A . riolascens. Link, has an 

 often rather bright-coloured purplish rachis ; the E. Ijadian P. molliusculam, WalL, and 

 Mauritian N. HUseribergU, Presl, hare the lobes deeper and narrower than in the type ; 

 the S. American N. Jamesom, Hk., is a less cut reduced form ; the Javan A. pHosiiis- 

 culum, Mett., has setose capsules ; the Antillean A. pdlUv/m, Willd., J. Sm., blunt pinnae 

 only t in. br. ; and the Philippine N. diversilobum, Presl, some of the lobes irregularly 

 dilated and pinnatifid. There seems no reason to doubt this is the Linnsan Polyp, para- 

 siiicum; but the name moUe is so thoroughly well established for the species, that it 

 seems a pity to drop it. 



188. N. heterocarpon, Moore ; St. tufted, 1-2 ft. 1., slender, villose ; fi: 2-3 ft. 

 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinncB 6-6 in. I., | in. br., cut down halfway or more to the 

 rachis into linear-oblong subfalcate lobes ; low^ pinnw abruptly dwarfed ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis and under surface villose, and the latter glandular ; 

 veiris pinnate in the lobes, with 8-10 veinlets on a side ; sori in rows close to the 

 main vein ; caps, naked. — Aspid. Bl. Mett. Fil. Ind. p. 233. N. moUe, Hi. 

 Sp. 4. p. 67. {in part). 



Hab. Hong-Kong and Malaccas. —Very near some of the forms of N. molle, but less 



