494 CONTKIBUTJOXS FKOM THE I^ATIONAL TLEKBARirM. 



Tectaria plantag-inea (JacaO :NraN(>n. 



PoJUpodhim pJantitghicnm Jarq. tV)ll. Bot. 2:104. pi, S. f. U ITSS. 



AsiHdium [ddnlagUiVHm Grisob. Abli. Kun. GesolL Wiss. V.WW. 7: 2W. 1857. 



Driiomenh plnnlaijinca J. Sm, \UA. A'oy. Tlorald 220. 1851, 



FodopcUi.^ phnitayiHca VOv, Geu. Fil. 0. 1S50-52. 



Bathmium phinia<j\nrum Fourn. iUilL Soc. Bot. Franco 19: 254. 1872. 



Aijpears to dilTor from tho moro typi(^al f^pocies of Twtaria (»u]y iu its simple 

 froiuls. There are several well uiarlved forms whicli possibly deserve to ranlv 

 as distiiH-t specios. 



Tectaria purdiaei (Jeumau) ilaxoii. 



Aspid'uitff purdkici Jeuiiuui, Gard. Chron. III. 22: 2S2. 1S07, 



^^cphrod'nnn shermufiuc Jeiunan, Joiirn. r>ot, 25: 09, 1SS7. Not Xcphmdunn 



i^hcrrifigil Jonman, 1870. 



Aspidtian psanimisonon C\ Clir, Tml. Fil. 81). 1005. 



To tliis s]»ecies may b(^ referred :\Iiller and Jolniston's no. 158 and John- 

 ston's mt. 17.*^, both from Jlar^arita Island, Veneznoln. The relationship is 

 clearly wilh TcclarUi .ot^irliuiccn.sLs, The types of both Aspid'non purdiaei and 

 Krjthrodiinfi shcrriugiar were from Trinidad. A. psamtnisf^nan was proposed 

 as a chanijfe of name for llu^ lattt^r. 



NEW SPECIES IN SEVERAL GENERA. 



Asplenium sarcodes Maxon, sp. nov. Tlate LYI, Figurk 3. 



Fronds nnmerons, 12 to 15, borne in a i^erfect crown; rhizome (uu)stly sub- 

 terranean) succulent, erect, 10 cm. and more hi^di (incomplete), about 3 cm. 

 in diameter, at the exposed apex very thickly clothed with narrowly trian- 

 gular lon^^-attenuate slightly lustrous ''mummy brown" scales, 8 to 10 nun, 

 hiuK, the mar^nns entire or by rui)tnre slightly lacerate: stipe stout, 20 cm. 

 long, sulcnie and dai'l^ ^n^^enish brown in dryintr. toward the base beset with 

 very narrow brownish scales; lanuna oblons^% 10 cm. lon^^ at the middle 15 

 to \(y cm, broad, somewhat r(*duce<l below: rachis shnilar to the stipe but 

 narrowly alate, tlattened (in dr'yini^) ; pinme coi'iaceeus (carnose in the livins:; 

 plant), opaque, about 14 pa1r>^. o])i>osite or su]>opposit(% the lowermost pair 

 borne at an anj;le of about 45° and distan.t 5 cm. from tUe second, middle 

 om^s divei'^MMit at a ^^rc^aU^r angle and about 2 cm. apart, upper ones gradually 



smaller but not greatly reduced, giving rise abruptly to a petlolate termhial 

 pinna of similar form ; characteristic middle piniuo cm, long, l.S cm. 

 broad, ni^ai-ly straight (sometimes either falcate or slightly decurved). lanceo- 

 late, petiolate, at the base unefjuah rounded truncate on the superior side, 

 deeply excised below, the marghis lightly, irr(\L:ularly, and obli({uely crenate, 

 more deeply crenate-s<u'rate towai^d the acute apex : under surface (as well 

 as tlie rachis) sparsely covered with deciduous tortu<ise skeleton-like dark 

 brown scales, tliese tiliform from a Itroad substellate base; veins concealed, 

 enu^rging at an angle of about 45°, <Mirved, tln^ liasal otu>s 2 or 3 times forked, 

 the otliers mostly once forked; sori about HJ to IS pairs, nearer the costa 

 than tlie margin, borne on the anterior brancli at or near its p'oint of origin; 

 Indnsia Arm, whitish, broadly ellii)tical, 4.5 to 5.5 nnn. long, 1.5 to 1.75 nun. 

 broad ; sporangia cinnamon-brown, long-pedicellate, naked. 



Type iu the TJ. S. National Herbarium, no. 52ol33, collected at edge of rocky 

 forc^st near llie sunnnit of the I^irallones o£ La I*erla, north of Ja;^ney, Yateras, 

 province of Oriente, Cuba, altitude about 5S5 meters, by William R. Maxon 



(no. 4300), IVlay 2, 10(»7. 

 Tlie following additional specimens may be cited: 



Cuba: Near IMonte Verde, January to July, ISr.!^ Wrif/Itt .^45 (E) : 

 ">Sumnut of Nimanima, on rocks," 185U-1857, ^yrwl(f 845 (E) ; without 



