NEPHRODIUM. 



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N. (Eunephrodium) extensum — Eu-neph-ro'-di-um ; ex-ten'-sum 

 (stretched out), Hooker. 

 A very massive-looking, greenhouse species, native of Ceylon and 

 Southern India, where, according to Beddome, it is found on the jSTeilgherries, 

 the Anamallays, and other mountainous tracts. Its large and copiously- 

 pinnate fronds, 2ft. to 4ft. long, 1ft. to l^ft. broad, and borne on robust 

 stalks 1ft. to 2ft. long, slightly hairy, and of a brownish colour, are produced 

 from a wide-creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) of a fleshy nature. The 

 leaflets, which are numerous and closely set, are disposed almost horizontally ; 

 they are of a soft, papery texture, Gin. to Din. long, and cut about two- 

 thirds of the way down to the midrib into narrow-oblong lobes, the under- 

 surface of which is naked or slightly hairy. The sori (spore masses) are 

 disposed in rows, nearly terminal on the veins, and not confined to the lobes. 

 The whole plant is of a pleasing bright green colour.— i]rc>6i/(:t^r, Species 

 FiUcum, iv., p. 72, t. 210a. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 440, 



N. (Lastrea) Falrbankii — Las'-tre-a ; Fair-bank'-i-i (Fairbank's). 

 Synonymous with N. Tlielypterls. 



N. (Lastrea) Falconeri — Las'-tre-a ; Fal-con-e'-ri (Falconer's), Hooker. 



This well-marked, greenhouse species, native of Cashmere, has the 

 outward appearance of N. fragrans on a large scale. Its oblong-spear-shaped' 

 fronds, IJft. to 2ft. long and Sin. to lOin. broad, are produced from an 

 upright crown and borne on stalks 1ft. long, densely clothed throughout with 

 somewhat egg-shaped scales. The leaflets, 4in. to 5in. long and Jin. to 2in. 

 broad, have their largest pinnules (leafits) cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 oblong, blunt lobes, with edges revolute (turned back). The sori (spore 

 masses) are disposed in rows and situated close to the midrib of the pinnules. 

 — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 123, t. 254. Beddome, Ferns of British 

 India, t. 41. 



N. (Eunephrodium) Fendleri — Eu-neph-ro'-di-um ; Fend'-ler-i 

 (Fendler's), Hooker. 

 A stove species, of medium size, native of Venezuela, with fronds 2ft. 

 to 3ft. long, 1ft. or more broad, borne on greyish, naked stalks 1ft. to 



