3^0 Kryptogamen. — Gefässkryptogamen,. 



the edge; areolac copious, minute, with abundant free included veinlets. Sori % l ine broad, 

 round superficial, crowded, Alling up tue whole of the upper half or two thirds of the 

 frond distinctly visible on the upper side. — (Kleine Kei-Insel.) — Nahe dem P. irioides, 

 jedoch durch das lederartige Blatt und die reichlichere Fructification ausgezeichnet. 



Polypodium (PhymatodesJ rampans Bak. n. sp. Rhizome very wide- creeping, 

 1 / 2 line thick, clothed only with a few minute, adpressed, linear, dark-brown scales. Stipes 

 naked, very short. Lamina simple, lanceolate ligulate, 4—6 inches long, s / 4 — l 1 /,» inch broad 

 at the middle, acute, narrowed gradually to the ends, membranous, both surfaces quite 

 naked. Main veins erecto- patent two thirds of the way to the edge, thenn uniting in an 

 arch- areolae rather large, very distinct, each with an included knobbed free veinlet. Sori 

 not present. — (Admiralitätsinseln.) — Am nächsten verwandt mit P. lycopodioides. 



Polypodium (PleuridiumJ phlebiscopum Bak. n. sp. Rhizome woody, flexuose, 

 short -creeping, '/s mcü thick, clothed with membranous, erect, lanceolate acuminate pale 

 brown scales 2 inches long. Stipes 1 — 3 inches, rigid, naked, stramineous, grooved down 

 the front. Lamina simple, oblong or ovate-oblong, entire, l ] / 2 — 3 inches long, 8 15 lines 

 broad at the middle, blunt, or subacute, deltoid at the base, rigidly coriaceous, naked on 

 both surfaces. Main veins erecto - patent , quite distinct to the edge, erecto -patent, i jg— i U 

 inch apart; intervening areolae fine, immersed. Sori superficial, 3 — 4 in a Single row between 

 each erecto -patent vein, round; if Single, a line or more broad; often confluent, and then 

 forming an oblong mass 2 — 3 lines broad. — (Ternate, Gipfel.) -- Nahe dem Neu-Caledonischen 

 P. selligueoides und ähnlich schmalem P. Griffithianum; aber leicht zu unterscheiden durch 

 die in Reihen stehenden Sori. 



P. (Pleuridium) Moseleyi Bak. n. sp. Rhizome not seen. Stipes 6—9 inches long, 

 stramineous, naked. Lamina quadrangular or rhomboid, simple pinnate, 8—15 inches long, 

 8 - 12 inches broad, naked, subcoriaceous. Pinuae 4— 6-jugate, linear-acuminate, all dilatato- 

 adnate at the base, erecto patent or subpatulous, 4—6 inches long, i j 2 — 3 U mcn broad, the 

 terminal one like the rest but often larger, the margin horny and irregularly repand, the 

 costa and main ribs glossy and stramineous. Main veins of pinuae 3—4 lines apart, erecto- 

 patent, very distinct nearly to the edge; areolae immersed, rather large, with copious, 

 knobbed, free, included venules. Sori round, slightly immersed, under a line broad, one 

 between each main vein nearer the edge than the midrib. — (Am Ternate, bei 2000—4000'.) 

 — Am nächsten dem P. palmatum, jedoch durch die entfernter stehenden Sori und Nerven 

 ausgezeichnet. 



Acrostichum (PhotinopterisJ Thomsoni Bak. n. sp. Fronds subsessile, membranous, 

 glabrous, the barren part lanceolate, 2 — 3 feet long, 6 — 8 inches broad, cut down to a 

 broad wing into lanceolate or deltoid lobes; those of the centre of the frond 2—3 inches 

 deep, l ] / 2 — 2 inches broad at the base, erecto patent, narrowed gradually to an acute point, 

 those near the base more shallow. Pinnae each with a distinct costa and erecto -patent 

 main veins 3 — 4 lines apart distinct to the edge, connected by several distinct cross bars as 

 in Campyloneuron ; the final areolae quadrate, minute, furnished with copious, knobbed, 

 free, included venules. Fertile portion of the frond extending over the upper half-foot of 

 the rachis, which bears about 20 pairs of subulate lomarioid pinnae VI 2 -2 inches long. 

 Rachis brown-stramineous. Both surfaces quite destitute of hairs and scales. — (Admiralitäts- 

 inseln.) — Dem Acrostichum drynarioides ähnlich; aber dünnhäutiger und schmäler. 

 20. J. G. Baker. Die Farne, welche S. J. Whitmee in Samoa gesammelt hat. 1. Abth. 

 (No. 2.) 



Unter der reichen Sammlung von Farnen, welche Whitmee von Samoa mitgebracht 

 hat, finden sich folgende neue Arten, von welchen wir die Original -Diagnosen Baker's bei- 

 gegeben haben. 



Cyathea samoensis Bak. n. sp. Frond ample, tripinnate. Rachises castaueous, those 

 of the pinnae matted with brown tomentum. Pinnae oblong -lanceolate, 1 — IV2 foot long, 

 5 — 6 inches broad at the middle. Pinnules sessile, ligulate, caudate, the largest 2 , / 2 — 3 

 inches long by 1 l 2 — 5 k mcn broad, cut down to the rachis into close, blunt, deeply crenate, 

 tertiary segments J / 8 inch broad. Texture coriaceous; both surfaces slightly furfuraceous. 



