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14.5. N. (Last.) villosum, P re sl; st. tufted, 2-3 ft. or more 1., stout, usually
villose and densely clothed with spreading scales ; f r . 4-6 ft. or more 1., 2-3 ft.
or more br. ; pinnæ often 2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, cut down^ to the
rachis into close, oblong, pinnatifid segm.; largest entire lobes J in. 1., J in. br. ;
teccture herbaceous ; rachises densely villose and both sides also more or^ less
pubescent ; sori copious ; invol. flat, | lin. br., often suppressed.—7 f t. Sp. 4.
p . 134. t. 264.
Hab. West Indies southward to Peru and Chili.—A very fine plant, said to attain
sometimes a height of 18 ft. The involucre is as often suppressed as developed.
P. suiincisvm, Karstenianum, Berteroanum, and vestitum of the Species Filicum appear
to be all villose forms of this without an involucre, and P. spectabiie a subglabrous
form. See Grisebach’s West Indian Flora, p. 691.
146. N. arhorescens, B a k e r; caud. 10-12 ft. high ; / r . ample ;_ lower ?)*«««
12-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, distinctly stalked, 3-4 in. 1., 1-1J in.
br., cut down to the rachis, except a t the point, into lanceolate deeply pinnatifid
segm. f - J in. br., which are obliquely truncate on th e lower side a t the base ;
raahis slightly scaly ; tecrtiire herbaceous ; both surfaces naked ; veinlets pinnate
in the lobes of the segms. ; sori small, medial ; invol. naked, firm, persistent,
very distinctly reniform.
Hab. Samoa, P-CV. T. Powell.
+ t Texture coriaceous. Sp. 147-153.
147. N. (Last.) Triance, Baker ; st. smooth, s.traraineons or reddish ; f r .
lJ -2 ft. 1., 9-10 in. hr., broadly oblong, acuminate, tripinnatifid ; pinnæ distant,
7 L . 1., 2-2J- in br., sublaneeolate ; pinnl. numerous, I J in. 1., J in. br., unequalsided,
cuneate on both sides a t the base, pinnatifid or subpinnatifid, with close,
oblong, u sua lly entire lobes ; textnre subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides
naked ; ultimate veins simple, the lower ones on the upper side of the midrib
falling short of the edge ; sori dorsal or submarginal ; invol. large, membranous.
■—Aspid. Mett. F il. Nov. Gran. p . 243.
Hab. New Granad.a, Triaiia.—Distinguished by the shape of its pinnules and lower
veins not reaching the edge.
148. N. (Last.) acutum, H k . ; S t . 2 ft. or more 1., firm, smooth, polished ;
f r . 2 ft. or more 1., 12-18 in. br. ; lower p innæ oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 3-4 m.
br. ; pinnl. linear-lanceolate, in. br., cut about one-third down to the rachis
into blu n t falcate lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ;
sori copious, principally iu rows close to the midrib.—7 f t. Sp. i . p . 147. t. 2/1.
Hab. Brazil and Peru.—In outline tbis comes nearest to N. furcatum, but it is quite
naked, and more rigid in texture.
149. N. (Last.) platypus, H k . ; st. 1-3 ft. or more 1., smooth, glossy», with
a dense tu ft of bright-coloured scales at the base ; f r . lJ -2 ft. 1., 1 it. and more
hr., deltoid; low-er pinnæ 6-9 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. deltoid, obliquely
tru n c a te on the lower side a t the base ; lower segm. often free, J - J in.^ hr., ovate-
oblong ; teeth mucronate ; texture subcoriaceous ; raehis and both sides naked
and glossy ; sori large, copious, in rows close to the midrib.—7 f t. Sp. 4. p. 149.
Hab. Java, Moulmein, Khasia.—A doubtful plant, some of tbe specimens of winch
are veiy like some of tbe forma of Aspid. aristatum, but witb a large, distinctly-remform
iuvolucre.
150. N. (L a st.) hispidum, H k . ; rhizome stout, creeping ; st. 12-18 in. 1., brown,
densely clothed with squarrose, fibrillose, nearly black scales ; f r . 12-18 in. I,
8-12 in. br., subdeitoid ; pinnæ lanceolate, the lowest deltoid ; lowest pmnl.
larger than the others, which are lanceolate, with lanceolate segm. cut down
to a winged rachis into small, oblong, or linear, sharply-toothed lobes ; tefiure
coriaceous ; rachises ¿b rilló se ; both surfaces glossy ; sorz copious, tl k . Sp. 4.
p. 160.
Hab. New Zealand, Australia (very rare), Mauritius, Bouton.—A well-marked plant.
151. N. (Last.) denticulatum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1 it. or more 1., densely clothed
with linear scales a t the base, naked above ; f r . 1 - 2 ft. 1., 8 - 1 2 in. br., deltoid ;
lower pinnæ much the largest ; lowest pinnl. larger th an the others, w-hich are
lanceolate or subdeitoid, with segm. which are again pinnate, with spathulate or
subrhomboidal lobes with spinose teeth ; texture coriaceous ; and both
sides naked, glossy ; sori scattered, copious.—77/. Sp. 4. p . 147. A. Klotzschii,
77/. 2nd Gent. t. 23.
Hab. W. Indies aud Guatemala to S. Brazil,—There is a very rigid variety (A. dissectum,
Fée) with linear, mucronate alternate divisions.
152. N. (Last.) davallioides. Baker ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping ; si. strong,
I-I- - 2 ft. 1 ., brownish, naked, the dense fibrillose scales confined to the base ; f r .
3 - 4 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br., deltoid; lower p>innæ often 1 ft. 1. by nearly as
broad ; Mnnl. deltoid, with lanceolate or deltoid segnfr tbe lobes of which are
again deeply pinnatifid ; all the divisions unec(ual-sided, the ultimate ones
sSiall, sublinear, mucronate ; texture subcoriaceons ; raclas and both sides nearly
naked ; sori small, copious ; invol. firm, reniform— Lastrea, Brack, p . 202.
Hab. Fiji, Tahiti, and Samoa.—The aUiance of this is with the next species, but it is
much more finely cut.
153. N. (Last.) effusum. Baker ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. 2 ft. 1. or more,
polished, slightly scaly below;/®. 3-4 f t.l., ,2 ft. or more br. 4-6 pmnatifid ;
lower pinnce 12-18 in. 1., often 1 ft. br. ; pznnl. close, lanceolate, acuminate ,
segm. lanceolate or subdeitoid, unequal-sided, the lower ones cut ¿o™
rachis into oblong, pinnatifid, bluntish lobes, often 4 m. h r . , ioe»®e subcoriaceous
; rachises u sua lly scaly ; both sides pale-green, glossy, naked son
copious, sc a tte red ; invol. generally absent. - Polyp, divergens
». 205. N. amplissimiim, 7 f t. Sp. 4. p . 14 5 .-/3 , 77. excultmn, l l b ; f r . often
tripinnatifid only, the ult. divisions always broader and less deeply cu t.—77*.
Sp. 4. p . 149.
Hab. Cuba and Mexico to Brazil and P e r n .-P . effusum aoA « « I tem appear to be
less, and P. divergens more divided forms of the same plant. F diUtatm, Lmbm.
Hk. Sp. 4. p. 264, does not differ materially. N. macrostegmm, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 148, m
apparently ¿ coriaceous variety, with firm, distinotly-deve oped remform involucres.
We have a single specimen of a plant from West Tropical Africa, gathered by Di.
Curror, whicli may be this species.
Eunephrodium. Lower vemlets o f contiguous groups united. Sp. 154-190.
* Fronds ligulate, not cut down to the rachis unless at the very base. Sp. 154-158.
164. N. Guminqianum, J . Sm. ; st. tufted, slender, naked 2-4 in. 1.; f r . 3-4
in. 1., J - f in. br., lanceolate-obloug, narrowed gradually at both ends,^ entiie 0 1
slightly sinuated ; texture subcoriaceous ^ both surfaces naked ; vems pniiiate, in
groups of 2-3 on a side.—I lk . Sp. 4. p. 63.
Hab. Panama.
165. N. Skinneri, H k . ; st. tufted, slender, villose, 2-3 in. 1.; />;. 6-8 in. 1
f-1 in. hr., lanceolate-acuminate, terminating abruptly below», with ob on -
falcate subentire lobes reaching halfway down m the centre, and often quite to
the raohis a t the base ; texttire papvraceo-herbaceous ; lower side, especially the
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