OF THE GENUS DANAFA 675 
point ; veins mostly simple, occasionally forked close to the mid- 
rib, very close, the intercostal spaces 18-19 to } cm.; margins 
slightly undulate, serrate toward the apex; stipes of sporophylls 
up to 50 cm. long, usually with two nodes ; pinnae about 15 pairs, 
narrow and elongate, 8-9 cm. long, about 7 mm. wide, rounded 
at base, tapering in upper third to a slender point; synangia grow- 
ing smaller and more oblique towards the sterile serrulate apex. 
Mexico: Chinantla, Zzedmann, B. 
GuaTEMALA: Pansamala, H. von Juerckheim (J.D. S. 998), SK. 
This species has been little known since its original collection 
by Liebmann. The fact that there was no specimen at Kew was 
sufficient reason for passing it over in Synopsis Filicum with Moore's 
doubtful reference of the plant to D. stenophylla which is possibly 
its nearest ally but from which it is clearly distinct, There is a 
single fragmentary specimen at Berlin and this compares very 
closely with the later Guatemalan collections, but both were er- 
toneously placed under D. stenophylla. Its specific rank was main- 
tained by Fournier ; further field study will determine its position 
more closely. 
8. Danaga crIspA Endres; Reich. f., Bot. Zeitung, 30: 489. 
1872. (Type from Costa Rica) 
We have seen only scrappy specimens in the herbarium of J. 
Donnell Smith, and can add nothing to the original description. 
122579. Danaea Jamaicensis sp. nov. 
A low, coarse plant with acuminate sterile pinnae and narrow 
Pointed pinnae on the sporophylls. Rootstock unknown ; stipes 
Pale, 18-24 cm. long, with 2-4 nodes; sterile leaves with a ter- 
~Minal and 11-12 pairs of pinnae, about 2 cm. apart except the 
lowest pair which is smaller, 10-14 cm. long, 1.7-1.9 cm. wide, 
_ tapering rather abruptly into a slender deeply serrate acuminate 
_ point ; veins mostly forked, the intercostal spaces about 1 2—14 to 
I cm. (measured above the furcations); sporophylls with about 
8-12 pairs of pinnae, about 2 cm. apart, short-stalked, 5-7 cm. 
long, 5-7 mm. wide, obtuse at base and tapering at apex ; rachis 
Somewhat alate above. 
“Jamaica: Clute, 105, U (type) N; Jenman, 83, K; Purdie, K; 
Harris, 7307, K> Hart, ©. 
This appears to be the species confused by Jenman with D. 
enophylla with which it has little in common, while both the Kew 
