Descriptions of the Species. 
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105. N. Thelypteris. Veins free, forked. 
§§ Frond three-pinnatifid, or more cut. Veins free. 
106. N. Filix-mas, var. elongatum. Lower pinnae larger than those 
above, with sharply toothed pinnules. Frond triangular, herbaceous. 
107. N. inaequale. Lower pinnae not larger than those above; Frond 
ovate lanceolate, herbaceous ; pinnules sharply toothed. 
108. N. athamanticum. Frond widest below, sub-coriaceous, and with 
bluntly toothed pinnules. 
109. N. Buchanani. Frond three-pinnate, deltoid, herbaceous, with 
the rachises set with spreading hair-like scales. 
no. N. catopteron. Frond three-pinnate, very large, villose on both 
surfaces, and with villose stipe and rachises. Indusium villose. 
in. N. crenatum. Frond three-pinnatifid, deltoid, small. Crown 
clothed in red scales. Indusium reniform, but unequal sided, bristly. 
§§§ Frond two-pinnatifid or two-pinnate. Veins anastomosing freely. 
1 12. N. cicutarium. Frond sub-deltoid. 
100. Nephrodium albo-punctatum. Desv. 
Plate XCV. Natural size. b. Fertile pinnules, enlarged. 
Rhizome long, creeping, slender, fibrillose. Frond herbaceous, 
ovate-lanceolate, two-pinnatifid, strongly and pleasantly scented, 
minutely pubescent on one or both surfaces, twelve to eighteen 
inches long, six inches broad, with a short pubescent stipe, which 
is articulated to the rhizome. Middle pinnae one-half to three- 
quarter inches broad, and about four inches long : lower pinnae 
rather shorter, all sessile, lanceolate acuminate, cut to very near 
the mid-rib into blunt oblong pinnules, all entire except the lower 
ones, which are slightly toothed. Sori mostly in the upper part of 
the frond, one to each pinnule, terminal on the lower veinlet on 
the upper side. The pinnae have a line of white dots near the 
margin on the upper surface, from which the name has originated. 
Nephrodium albo-punctatum. Desv. Ann. Linn. VI. 255 ; Hooker and 
Baker Syn. Fil. 264 ; Wood, Natal Ferns, 27. 
Aspidium albo-punctatum. Bory ; Willd., Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 124. 
Lastrea albo-punctata. Presl., Moore’s Index. 
