BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



Vol.3. NOVEMBER, 1878. No.ll. 



Fkndlek's Ferxs ok Trinidad. — Mi-. Aiiii^nst Fendler, the veteran collector, 

 MS has been seen from a lettei- of his published in tlie Gazetti!: for July, has been 

 foi- a year or two in 'riinidiul, where he is making a very full and tine collection of 

 Ferns. Sets of about 78 species liave been received, and arc now for sale at the 

 Herbarium of Harvard University. Tlie specimens are ample, and are verj' care- 

 fully prepared. The following is a list of the species now distributed. The omit- 

 ted numbers will be supplied in later distributions. — D. C. Eaton. 



1. Adiaiitnm Kaiilfusaii. Kze. — A. phitijph>illum, Swz., ex Keyserling. 



2. 2a. Adiuvtum intermedium^ Svvartz. 



3. >"ear Adiantum tctrdjihi/llum, VVilld., but has acuminate pinnules, a charac- 

 ter admitted b}' Hooker as belonging to this species. 



4. Adiiintum pulverulenlum, L. (In some sets No. 4 has fruit on the end of the 

 pinnule, and thus recedes from tlie type of this species.) 



5. Adiantum lucidinn, Swartz. 

 C). Adiantum villosum, L. 



7. Cheilunthes radiata, R. Br. 



8. Poll/podium aureum, L. 



9. Ilemionitis palmata, L. 



10. G'/mnoijramme calomelanos, Kaulf. 

 n. Blechnum occidentale, L. 



13. Asplenium Shepherdi, Sprengel. 



14. Aspleniitm grandifolium, Swz. 



15. Aspidium macrophijllum, Swz. 



16. Aspidium suhquinquejidnm, Beauvois. — A.fnnestum, Kunze, Grisebach. 



17. Aspidum molle, Swartz. 



18. Aspidium patens, Swartz. 



19. Aspidium ainplum, Mettenius. 



20. Phegnpteris crenata, Mettenius. 



21. Aspidium megalodus, Mettenius. 



22. Aspidium. )iearest A. conterminum, Willd., but resinous-punctate, and the 

 indusium apparently suppressed. 



23. Phefjopteris draconoptera. — Aspid. draconoptertim, Eaton, Fil. Fendl. and 

 Wright, p. 211. 



24. Lindsma trapesiformis, Dryander. 



25. Hemitelia grandifolia, Spreuge}. 



26. Trichomanes pinnatum, Hedw. 



27. Lygodium mnustum, Swartz. 



28. Duncea ellipjtica. Smith. The distinctions between this and D. nodosa are by 

 no means clear. Mr. Charles Wright, who had good opportunities for observing 

 both in Cuba, considered them forms of but one species. 



29. Selaginella serpens, Spring. 



30. Aneimia Phyllitidis, Swartz. 



31. Lijgodium volubile, Swartz. 



32. Alaophila nitens, J. Smith. Distinct from A. armata, Br., which is repre- 



