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NEPHR0D1UM. jj 



NePHRODIUM PUNCTATUM. (Parish.) Caudex a creeping rhizome, stipites solitary distant T>g feet long with a few 

 small subulate scales at the base, fronds 3-4 feet high broadly ovate, pinnate throughout their whole length. Pinnse alternate linear 

 apiculate,from 8 inches in the lowest to 12-16 inches long j in the centre over | inches broad, becoming suddenly shorter at top of frond, 

 pinnatifid half way to the costa-pinnules subfalcate ; sori marginal all round the pinnules sunk in the substance of the frond so as to 

 give a punctiform appearance on the upper surface. (Parish.) 



The specimen figured is from Moulmein — (Parish.) 



Hab. Moulmein, damp jungles, rare. 



PLATE No, CXXXI. 



