600 NEPHRODIUM. 



124*. N. (Last.) dimidiatum, Baker ; rUmome wide-creeeping ; st. 1 ft., dull- 

 brown, with a few lanceolate scales at base ; fr. lanceolate-deltoid, 1| ft. 1., 

 3-4-pinnatifid ; racMses dull-brown, puberulent, not scaly ; lower pirmx largest, 

 deltoid , stalked, much acuminated, 8-9 in. 1. ; lowest pmnl. and segm. distant, 

 stalked, lanceolate-deltoid, subdimidiate ; lower segm. 2-3 lin. br., strongly 

 crenate-pinnatifid, with blunt erecto-patent teeth ; teMure rigidly subcoriaceous ; 

 sivrfaces dark-green, subglabrous, except main ribs ; veina pinnate m segm. with 

 medial biserial small sori ; im. glabrous, persistent.— Aspid. Melt. Kuhn, Fik 

 Afr.p. 131; 



Hab. Sierra del Crystal, Upper Guinea, Q. Mamn.—A well-marked species. 



131*. N. (Last.) puMnuliferum, Baker ; basal scales dense, lanceolate-acu- 

 minate, ferruginous ; st. \-\\ ft., stramineous, clothed like rachis with firm 

 spreading bristly dark-brown scales ; fr. 1^-3 ft. 1., deltoid, _ 3-4-pinnatifid ; 

 lower pinnm largest, subdeltoid, produced on lower side ; pinnl. lanceolate, 

 cuneate-truncate on lower side at base | final lobes ligulate-oblong, blunt, largest 

 entire 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture moderately firm ; smfaces glabrous, bright-green ; 

 veins pinnate in final lobes ; sori medial or subcostal ; inv. firm, glabrous, per- 

 sistent. — Lastrea pulvinulifera, Bedd. F. B. I, t. 333. 



Hab. East Himalayas and Ceylon.— Eesembles ^arsum in cutting and texture, but 

 much larger, with different scales and a deltoid outline and fibrillose rachises. 



134*. N. (Last.) Bornei, Baker ; st. and racMses naked, glossy stramineous ; 

 Jr. deltoid, 2-3 ft. each way, 4-pinnatifid ; lower jtim«CB much largest, deltoid, pro- 

 duced on lower side ; \<mest pinnl. and segm. close, lanceolate, acute, stalked, or the 

 latter winged to base ; final lobes close, oblong, blunt, 2-3 lin. br., inciso-crenate ; 

 texture membranous ; surfaces bright-green, glabrous ; veins pinnate in final 

 lobes ; sori minute, submarginal, restricted to the lobes j inv. glabrous, sub- 

 persistent. 



Hab. Seychelles, Eome, 182. 



137*- N. (Last.) Wardii, Baker ; st. and racMses stramineous, naked, 

 glabrous ; fr. deltoid, 2 ft. !., 4-S-pinnatifid ; many pinnoe distinctly stalked, 

 oblong-lanceolate, ^-f ft. 1. ; lower pimnl. deltoid, stalked, cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base ; final lobes close, oblong crenate, largest entire 1-1^ lin. br. ; 

 texture membranous, fragile ; swrfaces bright-green, glabrous ; veins copiously 

 pinnate in final lobes ; sori large, medial ; inv. glabrous, persistent. 



Hab. Seychelles, Ward, Neville, Home, 177. 



138*. N. (Last.) glabratum, Baker ; racMses naked, stramineous ; fr. ample, 

 4-pinnatifid ; lower jjamreas long-stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 1-1 J ft. 1., 6-7 in. br. ; 

 ^jmn?. oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, with a narrow wing to rachis throughout ; 

 segm. distant, adnate, blunt, ligulate-oblong, pinnatifid, with close blunt lobes ; 

 texture membranous ; surfaces bright-green, glabrous ; veins forked or sub- 

 pinnate in final lobes ; sori small, infraraedial ; inv. glabrous, fugacious. — 

 Aspidium, Mett. Kuhn, Ml. Afr. p. 133. 



Hab. Fernando Po, Q. Mam/n. 



142*. N. (Last.) Cmrori, Baker; racte grey-stramineous, finely pubescent ; 

 fr. ample, deltoid, 4-pinnatifid ; lowest pinnoi oblong-lanceolate, stalked, pro- 

 duced on lower side, 15-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnl. subsessile, lanceolate-deltoid, 

 acute, 1-1^ in. br. ; segm. close, adnate, lanceolate-deltoid, cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base, deeply pinnatifid, with close blunt lobes ; texture moderately 

 firm ; both sides dull-green, thinly clothed with shining brown hairs ; veins 



