OF FKRXS FROM MABAGASCAK. 199 



Very close to the South-American C, cJilorqpJi^Ua, Sw., with 

 which it quite agrees in texture and sori. 



AniANTUM LUNULATUM, Buvm. 

 A. HISPIDULUM, Sw. 



PELLiEA PECTiNiFOEMis, Baker. 

 P, ANGULOSA, Baker. 



Ptekis CRETICA, li, 



-t 14*. p. EEMOTiFoLTA, Bakev. Stipe |-1 foot long, like the 



rachises, glossj and stramineous. Prond 1-2 feet long and broad, 

 deltoid, bright green, moderately firm in texture, glabrous, simply 

 bipinnate, or in some of the specimens the lowest pinnules dilated 

 and again pinnate. Pinnae 3-7, lanceolate, the lowest the largest, 

 1 J-4 in. broad, caudate at the tip. Pinnules sessile, lanceolate, 

 laxly disposed, 1-2 in. long, 2 lines or (the barren ones) 3 lines 

 broad, cuneate at the base on both sides, subobtuse, the upper ones 

 patent, many lower, more or less deflexed. Yeinlets 15-30-jugate, 

 very distinct, usually forked at the base. Sorus absent from the 

 tip and base of the pinnules. Barren segments entire. 



X This is the plant mentioned in the account of Mr, Pool's collec- 



tion as a probable new species midway between P, quadriaurita 

 and madagascarica, 



P. TBiPLiCATA, Agardh. Miss Gilpin's specimens show con- 

 clusively that the Madagascar P. Melleri, Baker, is conspecific 

 with P. tripUcata, of Mozambique. 



LoMABiA BiFORMis, Baker. Miss Gilpin's gatherings materi- 

 ally widen tbe range of variation here, as in some of the barren 

 fronds the pinnae are quite entire, and in others the upper pinnaa 

 are entire and the lower ones regularly pectinato-pinnatifid. 



Aspleis-ium LTJAirLATuK, Sw. Besides the type, this collection 

 includes characteristic examples of the varieties harjpeodes and 

 Macrwi. 



A. OLTGOPHTLLUM, Kaulf. This is a Brazilian species ; but I 

 cannot distinguish Miss Gilpin's Madagascar specimens and one 

 received in 1874 from Lady Barkly, gathered by Mr. Cameron, 

 from the Brazilian plant. 



A.L^TUM, Sw. This, again, is only known previously in America; 

 and we had it also from Lady Barkly, gathered by Mr. Cameron. 



AFFILE 



sgiilarly 



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