NEPHEODIUM, 499 



scales, like those of the stem ; lower pinnoe largest, deltoid, unequal-sided, the 

 others equal, lanceolate ; pinnl. lanceolate, lowest stalked ; final lobes llgnlate- 

 oblong, blunt, 1-2 lin. br., faintly toothed on outer edge, narrowed on upper, 

 decurrent on lower side at base ; texture moderately firm ; surfaces naked, bright- 

 green ; veins pinnate in final lobes with forked venules ; sori rather large, costular, 

 absent from lower part of pinnules ; inv. glabrous, persistent. — ^Lastrea crinita, 

 Boivin. 



Hab. Bourbon, Bohin; Natal, BtuJianan if: McKen. 



105*. N. (Last.) vih. Baker ; rhizome oblique ; scales subulate, ferruginous ; 

 St. 6-8 in., clothed like rachises with blackish subulate scales ; fr. ovate-acu- 

 minate, 1 ft. 1., tripinnatifid ; pinnas stalked, lowest largest, deltoid, produced 

 below, 3-4 in. 1. ; pinnl. ovate-oblong, obtuse, lowest stalked, deeply pinnatifid ; 

 seffm. close, ligulate, l-nerved ; texture membranous ; surfaces setulose, sub- 

 glandulose ; sori nearer midrib than edge ; inv. minute, ciUated. — ^Aspid. jEse. 

 Jittings, tab. WJ.fig. 5.- tab. US. fiff. 8. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger, 1602. 



105*. N. (Last.) Maximowiczii, Baker ; st. 6-8 in., castaneous, glossy with 

 scattered lanceolate scales throughout ; fr. deltoid, 1 ft. 1., quadripinnatifid ; 

 rachises stramineous ; lower pinna! much largest, long-stalked, produced on the 

 lower side, the others lanceolate-cuneate truncate on lower side at base ; lowest 

 pinnl. and seffm. deltoid, stalked, cuneate on lower side at base ; final lobes rhom- 

 boid-oblong, unequal-sided, 1^3 lin. br., dentate ; texture membranous ; surfaces 

 green, glabrous ; venules erecto-patent ; sori small, placed just below final 

 sinuses ; inv. glabrous, persistent. — ^Aspidium sanctum, Maxim. MSS. 



Hab. Japan, Yokohama, Maaamouncz, 98. 



115*. N. (Last.) niffriiamim. Baker ; st. and rachises naked stramineous ; fr. 

 ovate-deltoid, 1^2 ft. I., tripinnatifid ; lower pinnce largest, oblong-lanceolate, 

 short-stalked, 7-8 in. L ; pinnl. sessile, lanceolate, f-f in. br., cut down to a 

 broad wing into close,'hlunt, slightly-toothed lobes 2-3 Im. br. ; fea*Mr« moderately 

 firm ; surfaces green, the lower thinly clothed with shining yellow-brown hairs ; 

 reins pinnate in segm. ; sori small, medial ; inv. fugacious, glabrous. — Aspid. 

 Mett. kiihn, Fil. Afr. p. 138. 



Hab. Princes Island, Barter, 1906. 



124*. N. (Last.) apicale. Baker ; st. and rachises substi-amineous, shortly 

 densely glanduloso-pilose ; fr. deltoid, 1 ft. 1., quadri^nnatifid ; lower pinnce 

 much largest, deltoid, distinctly stalked, erecto-patent, subequilateral, ^ ft. 1. ; 

 lowest /«"««/. and segm. deltoid, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base, acute, the 

 latter sessile ; final lobes close, lanceolate, the largest entire 1 lin. br. ; texture 

 firm but thin ; surfaces green glabrous beyond the pilose main ribs ; sori at tb*. 

 base of the final sinuses on the lower side ; inv. small, glabrous, persistent. 



Hab. Lord Howe's Island, C. 'Moore. — ^Near recedens, &om which it differs in textnre, 

 shape of segments, and position of sori. 



124*. N. (Last.) lancilobum. Baker; si. 1 ft. I., castaneous near base, the rest 

 and rachises grey-stramineous, densely grey-downy ; /r. deltoid, 1-2 ft. each 

 way, 4^pinnafifid; lower pinnce much largest, stalked, produced on lower side ; 

 lowest pinnl. and segm. lanceolate, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base, the 

 latter sessile ; final lobes lanceolate, close, the largest entire 1 lin. br. ; texture 

 chartaceous ; surfaces dark-green, finely pubescent aU over ; sori smaU^ in two 

 rows near border of final lobes ; inv. minute, fugacious. 



Hab. Queensland, BaUachy, Hutchinson. — More rigid than vdutinum, less densely 

 pubescent, with narrower more acute final lobes. 



