WEPHRODFUM. 493 



often restricted to upper side of pinni ; inv. large (§ lin. br.), convex, mem- 

 branous, dark-brown, glabrous. — Decad. 7. p- 341. 



Hab. Japan and Manchuria. 



13*. A. auricutatum, c A. obliqttum, Don ; dwarfer than type, seldom above 

 ^ ft. high, simply pinnate ; pinnm shorter and broader, narrowed more suddenly 

 to an often bluntish point, and more bluntly toothed, — A. csespitosum, WaU. 



Hab. Himalayas. 



37*. A. aristatum, S A. assamicum, Kuhn ; fr. subcoriaceons, tripinnatifid ; 

 lower pimU. distant, long-stalked, oblique, lanceolate-acuminate, deltoid-cuneate 

 at base, 3-4 in. 1., cut down nearly to rachis into crenate ascending oblong-lan- 

 ceolate seym. ^-f in. 1., half as broad. — Linn. 36. p. 108. 



Hab. Assam, Fcdconer. 



49*. A. nicaraguense. Baker •,fr. dimorphous ; si. of barren 4r6 in., castaneous, 

 with a few lanceolate scales near base ; Vtade oblong-lanceolate, entire, 6-9 in. 1., 

 25-3 in. br., acuminate, ronnded or cordate at base ; texture finn, membranous ; 

 surfaces naked, bright-green ; main reins erecto-patent, distinct nearly to edge, 

 with copious distinct areolse, with forked or simple included veinlets \ fertile fr. 

 smaller, longer-stalked ; sort in rows close to the main veins, 6-10 between mid- 

 rib and edge. — Bathmium nicaraguense, Foumier, Bot. Zeit. 1873. p. 7. 



Hab. Chontales, Salph Tale, 40 ; Levy, 451. 



XLIV.— NEPHRODIUM. Page 259-300. 



6*. N. (Last.) Sancti-gdbridi, Baker ; St. 18 in. I., pale-brown, with a few lan- 

 ceolate scales near the base ; fr. lanceolate-deltoid, 2 ft. 1., simply pinnate ; pinnw 

 numerous, lowest largest, linear-ligulate, short-stalked, narrowed gradually to 

 the point, 5-6 in. 1., J-| in. br., crenate, square, and much anricled on the upper, 

 cuneate-tmncate on the lower side at the base ; texture thin, but firm ; surfaces 

 dark-green, naked ; veins pinnate in lower lobes ; sori 2-4^serial between edge 

 and midrib, 6-6-serial in lowest lobe; inv. fugacious. — Polypodium, edU. 1. 

 p. 304. 



Hab. Amazon Valley, Spruce, 2153. 



13*. N. (Last.) WalkercB, Baker; st. 1-1 J ft., snbstramineous, clothed throughout 

 with linear scales ; fr. IJ-S ft. L, oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate ; pinnw nu- 

 merous, linear-ligulate, short-stalked, acuminate, crenate, lower 5-6 in. 1., |-1 

 in. br., square or broadly cuneate on upper, cuneate-truncate on lower side at 

 base ; texture subcoriaceons ; surfaces dull-green, naked ; iseins in pinnated groups; 

 sori 2-3-serial between midrib and edge; inv. very fugacious. — Polypodium, 

 edit. l.p. 305. 



Hab. Ceylon, C.P., 3276. — Besides the type as described, there are two striking 

 varieties, — one with similar pinnae, cnt down nearly or quite to the rachis below into 

 blnntoblong-lignlate lobes, and a second with lanceolate lower pinnae 2-3 in. broad, with 

 20-30-jngate lanceolate-crenate pinnules. 



17*. N. (Last.) Lindeni, Baker ; st. 3-6 in., tufted, slender, grey-stramineous, 

 densely clothed near base with spreading linear brown scales ; fr. lanceolate, 6-'J 

 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., bipinnatiiid ; lower /)»rare<B lanceolate, short-stalked, 1-1^ in. 1., 

 |-f in. br., cnt down nearly to midrib into inciso-crenate close blunt lobes 1-1^ 

 fin. br. ; lowest pinnae and their lowest pinnl. rather reduced ; rachis slender, 

 with a few scattered scales ; texture membranous ; midrib on. both sides obscurely 



