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NEPHRODIUM, 
N EPHRODIUM ARIDUM. (Don.) ; stipe 1 foot or more long, erect, naked; frond 3-4 feet long 12-18 inch broad; ` 
pinnæ 6-9 inch long 2-1 inch broad, cut about one-third of the way down into subtriangular sharp-pointed lobes ; texture coriaceous ; — 
rachis and lower ee naked or slightly hairy ; veinlets 8-10 on a side ; sori in rows about midway between the midrib and edge : ; 
capsules naked.—Aspid. Don. Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 4 ;—A. venulosum, Wall. ;—A. obscurum Bl. ;—Hook. Syn. Fil p. 291. 
The specimen figured is : from the Himalayas It is included by Sir W. Hooker in the “Sp. Filicum” under Nep, unitum; 4 
but separated in the “ Synopsis.” | 5 
Hab. North India, Malay Peninsula, Philippines. 
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