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FILICES. 
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tertiary segments deltoid, parallel with the raehis on the upper side at 
the base, cuneate on the lower, deeply pinnatifid, with obtuse entire 
or toothed lobes. Veins pinnate or forked in the final lobes. Sori 
medial. Involucre glabrous, persistent. Wright in Trans . Roy. Irish 
Acad. xxv. t. 30. 
Seychelles, common in the woods of Mahe, first sent to Kew by Swinburne 
Ward, Esq. Endemic. 
8. N. Hornei , Baker ; Hook, and Raker , Syn. Fit. ed. ii. 500. 
Eootstock and basal scales not seen. Stipes naked, glossy, straw- 
coloured. Frond very large, deltoid, decompound, glabrous, moderately 
firm in texture ; rachises glabrous, straw-coloured. Lowest pinnae del- 
toid, produced on the lower side, attaining a length of 2 or 3 feet ; 
ultimate segments oblong-lanceolate, with oblong obtuse lobes, pro- 
duced on the upper side and parallel at the base with the winged raehis, 
cuneate on the lower. Veins pinnate or forked opposite the final 
lobes. Sori small, nearly marginal. Involucre firm, glabrous, 
persistent. 
Seychelles, common in the shady forests of Mahe and Silhouette, Rome , 182 ! 
685 ! Endemic. 
9. N. crenatum, Baker. Eootstock erect; scales very dense, 
large, lanceolate, bright reddish-brown. Stipes tufted, naked, straw- 
coloured, 6-9 in. long. Frond deltoid, membranous, tripinnatifid, 
densely pilose, ^-1 foot long ; raehis naked, pilose. Pinnae truncate at 
the base, the lowest much the largest, deltoid, produced on the lower 
side ; tertiary segments oblong, obtuse, crenate. Ultimate veinlets 
distant, erecto-patent, forked. Sori medial, filling up nearly the whole 
segment. Involucre pale, persistent, densely pilose. N. odoratum, 
Hook, and Baker , Syn. Fil. 280. Aspidium odoratum and lanuginosum, 
Bojer , Hort. Maur. 391. 
Mauritius, in ravines at Grand Bassin and Trou aux Cerfs. Spread through the 
warmer regions of the Old World. 
10. N. lanuginosum, Besv. Ann. Linn. vi. 262. Eootstock and 
basal scales not seen. Stipes 2-3 feet long, pilose in the upper, scaly 
in the lower part. Frond very large, deltoid, decompound, mem- 
branous, pilose ; raehis scaleless, finely pilose. Lower pinnae reaching 
a length of 1^-2 feet, oblong-lanceolate, or the lowest deltoid, pro- 
duced on the lower side ; ultimate segments adnate, oblong, obtuse, 
crenate or pinnatifid, in. broad. Veins pinnate in the ultimate 
segments ; veinlets erecto-patent, the lower forked. Sori medial. In- 
volucre membranous, densely pilose, fugacious. N. catopteron, Hook, 
and Baker , Syn. Fil. 284. 
Mauritius, Sieber, 48 ! Escalier woods, Lady Barkly ! Also Bourbon, the Cape, 
and through Tropical Asia. 
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