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N e p h i io d iu m {Coniinued).
2 longsUghÜy scaly a t tlie baae-fronds 1?. to 3 fret or more long 1-U.
kroad oblon'To-lanceolate, acuminate sub-membranaceous, copiously pinnat^ pinnatifid at the apex, pinnæ numerous approximate, sub-lion
zont il 8 12 Inches long, in the broadest part of an inch broad, from a broad sessile base linear oblong, finely acuminated, glabrous, pin
tiatifid about half way down to the rachis, the acumen entire, segments narrow, dvate or oblong, or oblong linear sub-falcate, entire, sub-aeiiu-.
f rw c s t p a i r s ofveinletsangularly uniting, the rest free, sori copious b u t solitary on the veinlets between the costule and the margin
s t r ic tly c o n fin e d to th e s e gm e n ts , or extending to the lowest veinlets, so that the disk is soriferous, involucres, small reniform glabrous.
Hook Sp F il iv. 7 2—Aspidium raultijugum. Wall. Cat. No. 348 Nepluodium caudiculatum, SieO. Syn. Fil. n . 47.
N ilg ir i s— A n am a lla y s a n d o th e r m o u n ta in o u s tr a c t s .
PLATE No, LXXXV.
3. Nephrodium abruptum (Presl.) Caudex stout, stipes very stout, 2 feet and more long, fronds ample 2-3 feet long, 1 to
feet broad firm coriaceo-chartaceous, ghabrous, pinnated, pinnæ large 6 inches to 1 foot long, f to 1^ inches broad, sub-sessile from a
truncated or short cuneated broad base, oblong, finely acuminated, shortly lobato-pinnatifid at the margin, lobes rounded, obtuse and
sub-erose-truncate, or acute sub-falcate, (inclined towards the apex of the pinnæ,) lowest pinnæ often dwarfed, costules slightly elevaterl,
numerous, veinlets 6, 8 or 10 pairs (according to the space between the costa and the sinus of the lobes) united and then forming a
spurious intermediate costule, 3 or 4 only of the veinlets free within the short lobes, sori copious each on the middle of the veinlets in 2
distinct lines, or series between each pair of costules never extending to the lobes, involucres rotuudato-cordate, sub-ciliate or glabrous,
soon deciduous. Hook. Sp. F il.iv , 78 (the fertile fronds arc sometimes considerably contracted, and sometimes as broad as the sterile
oxiQs). Aspidium multilineatum. Wall. Cat. n. 353 ;—Aspidium prionophyllum. Wall. Gat. n. 355. A variety only.— A, pennigerum. lil.
En. Fil. Jav. p. 15.3 (but not of other authors)—Asp. truncatum. Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Cryp. p. 333 i. 10.
and Carcoor ghats—Nilgiris—Anamallays—a very large
PLATE No. LXXXVI.
4. Nephrodium Arhiscula (Desv.) Caudex creeping, stipites approximate, a span to a foot or more long, fronds firm-mernbra
naceous, scarcely sub-coriaceous, pubescent 1-2 feet long, a span broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate a good deal yet abruptly attenuated
at the basej pinnated, pinnæ approximate sub-petiolate from a dilated base, frequently aaricled above, and rotundate below, narrow-ofalong
gradually and finely acuminated, coarsely crenato-serrate, lower ones (several pairs) dwarfed, remote sub-deltoid and sub-trilobed, three or
four pairs of the veinlets anastomosing, a few free veinlets only in the teetli, sori solitary near the middle of each veinlet except on the
teeth, indusiuin small reniform.—Hook. Sp. F il.iv . 74. Aspidium Hookeri. Wall. Cal.n.ZZè. Asp. puberulum. Wall. Cat. n. 3Z3__
Nephrodium Hookeri. Moore.
An.amallays and Pulneys—beds of rivers at 3 to 4000 feet.
PLATE No. LXXXVH.
5. Nephrodium unitum (Sieb) Root long creeping underground, densely rooting, stipites a span to a foot and more long, stout
glossy brown ¡ fronds 1-2 feet long, rigid-coriaceous oblong acuminate, suddenly contracted and attenuated a t the base (by the dwarfing of
the pinnæ there) glabrous above, cano-tomentose beneath, especially on the rachis costæ and veins, pinnated, pinnæ numerous approximate
4-6 inches long erecto-patent from a truncated sessile sub-hastate base, linear-oblong gradually acuminated 3-6 lines wide the
margm pmnatifid, lobes short, triangular, ovate, acute, rigid, the margins a little retlexed, veinlets very prominent beneath 3 or 4 of the lowest,
pair uniting, and at their junction excurrent and forming as it were a false or intermediate vein reaching to the sinus, sori copious on all
the veins crowded, a t length confluent, involucres small reniform a t length glabrous—¿fooi. S p . Fil. iv. p. 81 ; Sieber Syn. Fil. n. 43- .
Aspidium callosum, Blume ¡—Aspidium lanuginosum, Bory in Hb. Hook, (but not of Willd). Asp. aridnm, Don.—Asp. venulosum. Wall.
Cat. n. 352; Polypodium scabridum, TTa«. n. 302 ¡—Asp. cucidlatum, A/. E n .FU . Jav. p. 151 ¡—Nephrodium caneseens, J.'Sm. m.
Hook. Journ. of Bot. in. p. 411 ¡ (not W a llich)-Asp. pteroides, Bl. (not Sw.) ¡—Nephrodium inucronatum, J . N. Smithianum. Preti.
Nilgiris and Anamallays—not very commou.