414 MR. J. G. BAKEB ON A COLLECTION OF FERNS 



Davallia Goudotiana, Kunze. 



This and the last are little-known endemic Madagascar species. 



71*. D. (Stenoloma) flabellifolia, Baker, n. sp. Stipe casta- 

 neous, naked. Frond deltoid, half a foot long and broad, 3-4- 

 pinnatifid. Pinnae lanceolate, the lowest the largest, and produced 

 on the lower side, the others equilateral. Ultimate divisions flabel- 

 late, the fan with a short-winged petiole, the lower half cuneate and 

 entire, the upper cut into 4-6 one-nerved ligulate segments 1 y-| in. 

 broad, which are widest at the tip. Texture chartaceous. Both sur- 

 faces bright green, and quite free from hairs or scales. Sori terminal on 

 the segments, round or transversely oblong, the deltoid tip of the seg- 

 ment just overtopping them. Valve of the involucre reniform, mem- 

 branous, naked, persistent, free at the sides. 



About midway between D. bifida and tenuifolia. 

 Adiantum jethiopicum, Linn. 



PELLiEA CALOMELANOS, Link. 

 HYPOLEPIS ANTHRI8CIFOLIA, Presl. 

 LONCHITIS MADAGASCARICA, Hook. 



Mr. Pool's fine specimens show, I think, conclusively that 



this is distinct specifically from L. pubescens. They are fully 



3-pinnate, with lanceolate-deltoid pinnse above a foot long, the 



pinnules, except the highest, distinctly petioled, and the oblong 



fully developed tertiary segments not at all adnate to the rachis, 



which is never the case in the many forms of L. pubescens. The 



texture is chartaceous, and both surfaces bright green and nearly 

 naked. 



1*. L. polypus, Baker, n. sp. Frond ample, fully tripinnate. Pinnae 

 lanceolate-deltoid, reaching a length of 2 feet and a breadth of 8-9 

 inches. Pinnules lanceolate. Lowest tertiary segments lanceolate- 

 deltoid, distinctly petioled, acute, with shallow obtuse round lobes. 

 Texture as in L. pubescens. Lower surface and rachiscs clothed 

 with short rusty tomentum. Veining and sori of L. pubescens. 



Pteris madagascarica, Agardh. 



And a probable new species, of which the specimens are not 



complete enough to describe, midway between this and P. quadri- 

 aurita. 



P. QUADRIAURITA, Retz. 



P. biaurita, Linn. 



29*. P. macro don, Baker, n. sp. Stipe 6-9 in. long, glossy, naked, 

 bright chestnut-brown. Frond subdeltoid, bipinnate, 6-9 in. long, 



