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gradually narrowed from the base to the acuminate apex, all sessile, cut down
very nearly to the rachis into erecto-patent, blunt, entire lohes 2 lin. hr. ; textmæ
coriaceous ; rachis and veins beneath densely villose ; vdnlets 6-8 on a side ; sori
marginal ; imol. large, persistent, villose.—Áspid. Fée, F il. A n t. t. 23.
H ab . Guadeloupe, L ’IIe rm in ie r.—A . Oapitainei an d Germani, F é e , a re v e ry closely
allied, b u t in b o th th e v ein lets a re 9-10 in numbe r, an d iu th e la tte r th e caudex is said to
be erect. A . aspemliim, F é e , has n a rrow e r p in uæ an d a d ecum b en t caudex. A ll four
a re from the same island.
38. N. (Last.) triste, H k . ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., naked or slightly villose ; f r .
2-4 ft. 1., 8-18 in. hr. ; pinnæ 4-9 in. ]., 1 - lJ in. hr., cut down two-thirds of the
distance to the rachis into entire, bluntish or acute, subfalcate lobes 2-3 lin. br.,
the lower ones with a distinct sta lk and the lowest lobe narrowed out into a
decurrent cuneate wing to it ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and veins beneath
finely villose ; veinlets 12-1S on a side ; sm'i medial ; invol. small, fugacious.—
m . 'Sp. 4. p. 104.
H a b . Columbia to P e ru an d Bra z il.—D istin g u isb ed b y its rig id te x tu re an d th e d is tin c t
s ta lk of th e lower pinnæ, th e p ag in a of which is n a rrow ed down g rad u ally in to it. A
p la n t au th e n tic a te d by M e tte n iu s as A . mcmostichum, K ze., seems to differ from th is only
by th e sori being confined to one a t each side o f each lobe a t th e base.
39. N. (Last.) tetragomm, H k . ; st. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., finely pubescent ;
f r . 1-2 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br., oblong-deltoid ; pinnæ 4-6 in. 1., |-1 in. br., cut halfway
down to the rachis or more into close entire lobes lJ -2 lin. hr., the lower
lobes gradually reduced and lower pinnoe distinctly stalked ; texture papyraceo--
herbaceous ; rachis and veins beneath pubescent ; veinlets 8-12 on a side ; sori
medial ; invol. small, setose.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 103.
Hab. Columbia to Peru and Brazil.—This agrees with the last in the character of the
lower pinnæ, but the lobes are shorter and blunter, and the texture is more herbaceous.
We cannot clearly distinguish A. lugubre, Mett., although favoured with an authentic
specimen.
40. N. (Last.) c r a s s i f o l i u m , H k . ; S t . tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., glossy, slightly
villose ; f r . lJ -2 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; p i n n æ 4-6 in. 1., 1 - lJ in. br. ; l o h e s blunt,
falcate, 2-3 lin. br., reaching from half to two-thirds down to the rachis, the
lower ones distinctly stalked ; t e x t u r e subcoriaceous ; both s i d e s glossy, h u t the
rachises finely villose ; v e i n l e t s 10-12 on a side, with the s o r i close to the midrib.—
H k . Sp. 4. p . 114.
Hab. Philippines and Malaccas.—A closely-allied plant from Borneo (N. Motleyanum,
Hk. MSS.) has the pinnæ not cut more than halfway down, with medial sori, with the
groups of veinlets free in the fertile, but invariably anastomosing in the barren frond.
41. N. (Last.) ecMnatum, Baker ; st. 1 ft. 1., clothed with long, spreading,
brown, lanceolate-subulate scales, scabrous when they fa ll;/® . 1 ft. 1., 8-9 in.
hr., lanceolate-deltoid ; lowest pinnæ stalked, 5 in. 1., 7 lin. hr., cut down to a
narrowly-winged rachis into close, linear-ohlong, entire lohes ; texture coriaceous ;
rachis scaly like the stem ; under surface th in ly pubescent and glandular ;
veinlets 7-8 on a side ; sori nearer the midrib th an the edge.—Aspid. Mett. F il.
In d . p . 230.
Hab. Borneo, Kmthals.—lv. this, as in the three preceding, the lowest veinlets some-
times join.
42. N. (Last.) Leprieurii, I lk . ; S t . 1-2 ft. 1., grey, deciduously villose ; f r . 2-3
ft. 1., 12-16 in. br. ; pinnæ 6-8 in. 1., 1J in. hr., cut down within a short distance
of the racliis into entire subfalcate lobes 2 lin. hr., furnished with a prominent
gland at the base, the lower ones sessile and lower lohes scarcely reduced ;
texture coriaceous ; rachis and under side finely villose ; veinlets prominent, about
12 on a side ; sori medial ; invol. firm, villose.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 106.
Hab. Guiana, Leprieur ; Andes of N. E. Peru, Spruce.
43. N. (Last.) subfuscum, Baker ; st. 1 ft. or more I., greyish, villose ; f r . 2-3
ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnoe 6-8 in. 1., 1 in. or more br., cut down to a
broadly-winged rachis into spreading, blunt, entire lobes 2 lin. br., with a large
acute gland at the base, the lower ones sessile and lower lobes not reduced ;
texture herbaceous ; rachis and under side finely villose ; veinlets immersed, about
8 on a side ; sori medial ; invol. small, fugacious.
Hab. Cayenne, Leprieur.
B. Group o f N . conterminum. Lower pinnoe conspicuously reduced. Sp. 44-66.
44. N. (Last.) sanctum. Baker ; st. densely tufted, slender, 2-3 in. 1., naked
upwards ; f r . 6-9 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., lanceolate ; pinnæ distant, J-1 in. 1.,
lJ -3 lin. br., the point bluntish, the edge more or less deeply pinnatifid, the
lobes sometimes close and linear-oblong, sometimes distinct, linear, or spathulate ;
texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis naked ; nnder side slightly glandular ;
veinlets simple ; sori minute ; invol. very fugacious.—Polyp. Sw. Hie. Sp. 4.
p . 252.
Hab. West Indies and Guatemala.
45. N. (Last.) exiguum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 6-9 in. 1., slender, grey, naked ;
f r . 8-10 in. 1., lJ -2 in. br. ; pinnæ 1 in. 1., J - f in. hr., blunt, cut down halfway
to the rachis or more into close blu n t lobes ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ;
rachis villose ; veinlets obscure, 2-3 on each side ; sori near the midrib.—Hk .
Sp. 4. p. 92.
Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 251, 272.—An obscure plant.
46. N. (Last.) canum, Baker ; St. densely tufted, 6-8 in. l., slender, finely
villose ; f r . 8-12 in. L, 3-4 in. br. ; central pinnæ 2 in. 1., J in. hr., gradually
narrowed from the base to the point, cut down nearly to the rachis into close,
slightly crenated lobes J in. br. ; lower pinnæ distant and dwindling down
gradually ; texture herbaceous ; rachis slender, finely villose, and both sides
slightly so ; veinlets 6-8 on a side ; sori suhmarginal ; invol. thin, fugacious.—
Lastrea, J . Sm.
Hab. Himalayas.—Habit of N. molle, buta more slender plant, with gradually-reduced
lower pinnæ and free veins. If it is Wallich’s canum at all, it is so in part only, as some
of the specimens clearly belong to N. molle.
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47. N. (Last.) Beddomei, Baker ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping ; st. 6-9 in.
1., slender, glossy ; f r . 6-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., oblong-lanceolate ; central pinnoe
the largest, lJ -2 in. 1., f in. hr., cut dowm to the rachis into close, ra th e r acute,
entire lobes under 1 lin. hr. ; lower pinnæ distant and dwindling down very
gradually ; texture firm ; veins beneath villose ; veinlets 4-5 on a side, the sori
close to the incurved margin.—A. gracilescens, Thwaites (non Blume). L. gra-
cilescens, Beddome, t. 110.
Hab. Neilgherries, Ceylon (C. P. 1287), and Java.—This comes nearest the next
species, but is smaller and more slender, with much fewer veins, and the texture is
firmer.
48. N. (Last.) Noveboraeen-se, Desv. ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping ; si.
about 1 ft. 1., slender, stramineous ; f r . 1-2 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinnæ spreading,
2-3 in. 1., J in. br., cut down very nearly to the rachis into linear-ohlong lobes,
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