to a narrow wing to the rachis, which is purplish in colour 
and clothed on the under side with spreading paleae, like 
those of the stipe. Pinnae lanceolate, one-quarter to one- 
third of au inch broad, toothed towards the tip, several of 
the lower ones reduced in size. Texture moderately firm. 
Both surfaces glabrous. Veins fine, close, distinet, erecto- 
Patent, usually once forked. Sori reaching from the midrib 
= the edge, few double. Involucre narrow, persistent, gla- 
rous, 
Asplenium (Diplazium) xiphophyllum, Baker, 
2. sp. Caudex suberect. Stipes close, reaching a foot in 
length, naked except at the base, where they have a tuft 
of large brown linear scales. Lamina oblong-deltoid or del- 
toid, simply pinnate, one foot to one and a half long, with 
an end pinna like the side ones. Pinnae thirteen to twenty- 
five, subsessile, lanceolate, reaching a length of eight to nine 
inches, and a breadth of nine to fifteen lines, toothed and 
much acuminated at the point, cuneate at the base. Texture 
subeoriaceous. Both surfaces glabrous and free from scales. 
'Yeins in the fully developed pinnae in pinnate groups of 
ee to four, Sori running all the way from the midrib 
to the edge, few diplazioid. Involucre narrow, glabrous, 
Persistent. 
_.. Nephrodium (Sagenia) nudum, Baker, n. sp. 
Rhizome not seen. Stipe about two feet long, pale brown, 
naked. Frond oblong-deltoid, one and a half to two foot 
long, a half to one foot broad ‚ with nine to eleven distant 
Be the lowest two to four two- or three-forked from the 
€, the rest simple; the end one like the others, but larger, 
‚anceolate, six to twelve inches long, three-quarters to one 
inch broad, very acuminate, narrowed gradually to the base, 
Not repand, all except the lowest sessile. Texture membra- 
nous. Both surfaces and rachis free from hairs and scales. 
ain veins erecto-patent, distinet to the edge at a distance 
0% a quarter to one-third of an inch from each other; co- 
_ Pious small irregular areolae between them furnished with 
free included veinlets. Sori middle-sized, in regular rows 
Near the main veins. Involucre glabrous, persistent. 
_  Polypodium (Eupolypodium) minimum, Baker, 
2. sp. Densely tufted. Fronds simple, sessile, ligulate, half 
to one inch long, under a line broad, entire, obtuse, subco- 
_ Haceous in texture, glabrous on the upper surface, slightly 
Pubescent beneath, narrowed gradually from the middle to 
‚the base. Veins simple, erecto-patent, exten from the 
 midrib beyond the sori, but stopping short of the margin. 
ti round, superficial, close, forming a single row close to 
