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60. NEPHRODIUM, Sohott, Presl, J. 8m. 



(Aspidii Spec. Auct. Cyclodium, Presl.) 



1. Nephrodium propinquum, R. Br. 



W, stipite elongato Icevi angulato; frondibus pinnatis ; pinnis subpetio- 

 latis ensiformibus acuminatis inciso-pinnatijidis apice integris basi 

 truncato-cuneatis, lohis triangular i-oblo?igis / costa parce paleacea venis- 

 que pubescentibus atomis resinosis conspersis; sorts submarginalibus 

 confluentibus ; indusio piloso. 



Nephrodium propinquum, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 148 ; Hook. & Am. Bot. 



Beech. Voy. p. 74. 

 Polystichum propinquum, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 330 ? 



Hab. Tahiti, Society Islands. Feejee Islands. New South Wales. 



Stipe elongated, usually much longer than the frond, slender, smooth, 

 angular, sulcate in front, and of a chestnut-brown colour. Fronds 

 erect, pinnate. Plnnce subpetiolate, distant at the base, crowded to- 

 wards the summit, somewhat alternate, smooth on the upper surface, 

 ensiform, slightly acuminate, incisely pinnatifid, the base truncate- 

 cuneate, the point entire and crenate. Costa chaffy on the under side 

 with a few scattered fugacious and obtuse palese, and, together with 

 the veins, pubescent, a few resinous globules intermingled with the short 

 hairs. Secondary pair of venules partially uniting at the base of the 

 sinus. Sori co7i fluent, submarginal, produced only on the free venules. 

 Indusium hairy. 



2. Nephrodium resiniferum, Hook. & Am. 



Nephrodium resiniferum, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 105. 

 Aspidium resiniferum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 237. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands : in open marshy grounds ; frequent. 



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