Piate 1609. 
HYMENOPHYLLUM POOLII, Baker. 
Fitices, Suborder Hymenopry.iea. 
ymenophyllum Poolii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. p. 413; 
diacmats filiformi longe repente, stipitibus elongatis gracillimis sursum 
pilosis, frondibus lanceolatis bipivnatifidis me mbranaceis dense stellato- 
pilosis, rachi primaria supra basin anguste alata, pinnis ascendentibus 
integris uninervatis infimis anticis furcatis, soris parvis terminalibus, 
indusii valvis rotundatis. 
Has. Forests of Central Madagascar, Mrs, Pool. 
Stipites 1}-2-pollicares. Lamina 3-5-pollicaris, medio 9-10 lin. 
lata. Pinnce centrales 9-10 lin. lon 
This formed part of the first large collection of ferns which we have 
received of late years from Central Madagascar, which was formed b 
the late Mrs. Pool. It is most nearly allied to the Sonth American 
and New Zealand H. subtilissimum, Kunze.—J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1. Whole plant, “fe size. 2. Apex of forked lower anterior pinnule. 3. Apex 
of pinnule, showing sorus, Both enlarged. 
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