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NEPHRODIUM. 561 



N. (Eunephrodium) punctatum — Eu-neph-ro'-di-um ; punc-ta'-tum 

 (dotted), Parish. 



A greenliouse species, of medium dimensions, native of Moiilmein, where, 

 according to the Rev. C. S. Parish, it is found in deep jungles. Its oblong- 

 spear-shaped fronds, 2ft. to 3ft. long and produced from a creeping rhizome 

 (prostrate stem), are furnished with sessile pinnaa (stalkless leaflets) of a 

 parchment-like texture and cut down to a broad wing into sickle-shaped lobes, 

 along the margins of which the sori (spore masses) are disposed. — Hooker^ 

 Synopsis Filicum, p. 503. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 131. 



N. punctilobulum — punc-til-ob'-ul-um (having dotted lobes). A synonym 

 of Dicksonia punctiloha. 



N. (Lastrea) purpurascens — Las'-tre-a ; pur-pur-as'-cens (purplish). 

 Synonymous with N. sparsum. 



N. (Lastrea) Raddianum— Las'-tre-a ; Rad-di-a'-num (Raddi's). This 

 is a synonym of N. vestitum. 



N. (Lastrea) recedens — Las'-tre-a ; rec-e'-dens (receding). Hooker. 



This stove species, of medium dimensions, native of the Philippines, 

 Ceylon, and the Neilgherries (where, according to Beddome, it occurs at 

 4000ft. elevation), is very rare in cultivation. It is a thoroughly distinct- 

 habited Fern, with fronds l^ft. to 2ft. long, 1ft. or more broad, and deltoid 

 (in shape of the Greek delta. A) ; they are borne on erect stalks Ift. long, 

 clothed with soft, woolly scales. The lower leaflets, 6in. to ISin. long and 

 3in. to 6in. broad, have their pinnules (leafits) often 6in. long, 2in. broad, 

 divided into distinct, one-sided, spear-shaped segments, and close, slightly- 

 toothed lobes, all being of a parchment-like texture, more or less woolly 

 underneath, but quite smooth on the upper surface. The sori (spore masses) 

 are disposed six to eight round the edge of the larger lobes. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, iv., p. 135, t. 265. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 98. 



N. (Lastrea) recurvum — Las'-tre-a ; rec-ur'-vum (recurved). This is 

 synonymous with N. cemulum. 



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