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beneath finely villose ; veinlets about G on a side, with a sorus on eacli midway
between midrib and edge; invol. coriaceous, persistent.—Iltc. Sp. 4. p . 111.
2nd Cent. t. 93.
Hab. Borneo.—Habit of N. flaccidum, but quite different in texture and mode of
growth, in which it approximates towards Eudavallia, in whioh it is placed by J . Smith.
82. N. (Last.) Salvini, B a k e r ; st. tufted with a tu ft of long hrown_linear
scales at the base, and a few upwards, 6-9 in. 1. ; f r . 12-18 in. 1., 3-4 in. hr.,
lanceolate ; pinnæ close, lanceolate, lJ -2 in. 1., | in. hr., cut down to the rachis
below into imbricated oblong pinnl. with b lu n t lobes reaching about halfway
down ; texture herbaceous, firm ; rachis and midrib of the pinnæ slightly scaly ;
veinlets forked ; 'so n at tlie base of the lobes often 1 to each ; invol. naked, firm.
Hab. Guatemala, Salvin and Godman.—Most like N. flaccidum in cutting, but quite
different in other respects.
83. N. (Jjaal.) flaccidum, H k . ; st. tufted, 1 ft. or more slender, stramineous,
naked ; f r . 12-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. hr. ; pinnæ 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. hr., cu t down to
a rachis with a narrow distinct wing into oblong lobes 2 lin. hr. cut about h a lfway
down ; lower pinnæ distant, shorter th an the others and deflexed ; texture
herbaceous ; the stramineous rachis and under side villose ; vemlets forked or in
the lower lobes subpinnate ; sori about midway between the edge and midrib.—
H k . Sp. 4. p . 133. t. 263.
Hab. Himalayas (up to 6,000 ft.) to Ceylon and Java.—General habit of some of the
least-cut forms of A. Filix-foemina.
84. N. (Last.) Brunonianum, H k . ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., hlack, densely clothed
with large dark-hrown lanceolate sc ales; f r . 12-18 in. 1., 2-4 in. br., with
numerous, close, subequal, ohlong-lanceolate, blunt pinnoe, the lower ones reduced,
the largest lJ -2 in. 1., | in. hr., cu t down nearly to the rachis into sharply-
toothed blu n t lobes lJ -2 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises ebeneous and
more or less clothed with long fibrillose scales _; under surface naked ; sori
copious, about midway between the edge and midrib.—H k . S p . 4. p . 113. t. 261.
Hab. Himalayas, 12-15,000 ft.
86. N. (Last.) harUgerum, H k . ; St. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., densely clothed with
large hright-brown scales and soft silky hairs ; f r . 2-3 ft. 1., 6-12 in. br. ; pinnæ
close, lanceolate, 4-6 in. 1., 1 - lJ in. br. ; pinnl. close, oblong, blunt, the lower
ones pinnatifid, the lobes with copious aristate teeth, the edge often incurved ;
texture herbaceous ; rachises clothed like the stem ; midrib beneath ra th e r scaly ;
sori in rows close to the midrib of the pinnules.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 113.
Hab. Himalayas, 11-18,000 ft,—This and the preceding are closely allied to one
another, but not likely to be confused with anything else.
86. N. (Last.) setosum, Baker ; St. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., densely clothed with
fibrillose scales ; f r . 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. hr. ; lowest p innæ the largest, deltoid,
4-6 in. 1., 2-3 in. hr. ; pinnl. lanceolate, lJ - 2 in. !., cu t down to the rachis below
into erecto-patent, entire, linear segm. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises densely
fibrillose ; both surfaces naked ; vemlets of the segments 6-6 on a side, the lower
ones fo rk e d ; sori in a line close to the midrib. — A. setosum, B lum e ! {non
Swartz).
Hab. Java, Blume, Millett.
87. N. (Last.) Welwitzschii, Baker ; sl. G-12 in. 1., pubescent and fibrillose ; f r .
18 in. 1., 1 ft. hr. ; lower pinnm ovate-lanceolate, 6-8 in. 1., 2 in. br., cut down
nearly or quite to the rachis into linear-oblong pinnl. J - f in. br., of which the
central ones are the largest, and cut into close lohes more th an halfway down to
the rachis, but the upper and lower ones nearly entire ; texture herbaceous ;
rachises finely fibrillose, under side opaque, and scattered over with short, stiff,
sliining hairs ; veinlets forked or subpinnate in the lobes ; sori in rows a short
distance from the midvein of the la tte r ; invol. small, hairy.
Hab. Angola, Welwitzsch.—This seems a very distinct plant.
(Group o f N . spinulosum; caudex erect, fronds small or middle-sized,
tri- or quadripinnatifid; involucres firm, persistent. Sp. 88-117. Lophodium,
Newm.
•j- Bronds oblong-lanceolate or oblong-deltoid. Sp. 88-101.
88. N. (Last.) viridescens. Baker ; st. tufted, 12-18 in. 1., naked, polished,
hrownish, glossy, with a few lanceolate scales near the base ; f r . lJ -2 ft. 1., 1 ft.
br. ; lower pinnæ the largest ; pinnl. oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifid, with broad,
blunt lohes with a few sharp teeth, the lowest 2-3 in. k, and cut down nearly to
the rachis ; texture herhaceous ; colour bright green ; rachis polished ; both sides
naked ; sori in rows near the midribs of the pinnls. ; invol. J lin. hr., naked.
Hab. Japan, Oldham, 89, 877.—A connecting link between this group and the last.
89. N. (Last.) f r a g r a n s , Rich. ; S t . densely tufted, very short, clothed with
large ovate concolorous scales ; f r . 6-9 in. 1., lJ -2 in. hr., ohlong-lanceolate ;
p i n n æ |-1 in. 1., J - f in. hr., cut down nearly to the rachis below into oblong
lobes, which are again toothed or pinnatifid ; lower pinnæ reduced gradually ;
t e x t u r e coriaceous ; r a c h i s e s densely scaly ; v e i n s subpinnate in the lower lobes of
the pinnules, the lovver p a rt of which is often quite covered with the s o r i ; i n v o l .
very large and membranous.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 122. H k . S; Gr. t . 70.
Hab. Caucasus to Kamschatka, and Arctic America to Wisconsin.
Desv: ; S t . tufted, 6 in. 1., densely clothed below with
texture herbaceous ; rachises usually» scaly ; under .xe/e slightly glandular ; veinlets
subpinnate in the lower lobes of the pinnules ; sori close to the midrib ; invol.
firm, prominent, fringed w ith glands.—U k . Sp. 4. p . 160. B . F . t. 16.
Hab. Britain to Spain, Greece, Syria, and Asia Minor ; California, N.W. Mexico.—
The S. Europeana nd American forms {A. pallidum. Link, and A. argutum, Kaulf.) have
the lower pinnules often 1-1.( in. 1., with the veins copiously pinnate in the lower lobes.
91. N. (Last.) spmulosum, Desv.; S t . tufted, about 1 ft. 1., sparingly clothed
with ovate concolorous scales ; f r . 12-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. hr., oblong-lanceolate ;
low at pinnæ subdeitoid, 3-4 in. 1., lJ -2 in. br., the lowest pair about equal to the
next ; pinnl. ovate-lanceolate, the largest about 1 m. 1., J in. br., cut down to
the rachis below into close ohlong lobes w'ith copious aristate teeth ; texture
herbaceous ; rachis stramineous, scarcely scaly ; under surface not glandular ;
colour pale-greeii ; invol. not gland-ciliated.—Hh. B r it. F . t. 20.—?, N . dita-
tatum, Desv. ; scales denser and narrower, dark-brown in the centre ; f r . ovate-
lanceolate or subdeitoid, larger and more deeply cut, the colour a darker and
brighter green, the pinnæ closer, the under surface often finely glandular, the
invol. gland-ciliated.—« / . B . F. 1.19.—y, N . remotum (A. Br. suh Aspid.) ; scfies
lanceolate, concolorous, extending to the ra c h is ; / r . o b l o n g - lanceolate, about
2 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; p innæ lanceolate, close; pinnl. ovate-oblong, only the lowest
free, the largest about 1 in. 1., J in. br., cut halfway down to the rachis or
more, spinulose teeth few ; under side and invol. not glandular.—« / . B n t. I .
t. 22.—S, N . Boottii (Tucker., sub Aspid.) ; habit and scales of a ; pinnoe distant,
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