io Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



OLD WORLD SPECIES. 



38*. Alsophila alata, Fourn., in Ann. Sc. Nat. se'r. 5, XVIII, 349. 

 New Caledonia, Balansa, 1589. Not seen. 



40*. A. dissitifolia, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1886, 182. Fiji, Sir J. 

 B. Thurston. 



41. A. Novae-Caledoniae, Mett. Fournier, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 se'r. 5, XVIII, 349, refers this to Fourniera, but neither 

 Mr. Wright nor I can find any trace of an indusium. Four- 

 niera lepidotricha, Fournier, loc. cit., New Caledonia, 

 Balansa, 1592, not seen, is said to be extremely near to 

 F. Novae-Caledoniae. 



43*. A. woolsiana, F. Mull. Fragm. VIII, 179. Queensland. Near 

 A. Leichardiiana. 



47*. A. Hornei, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1879, 293. Fiji, Home, 



47*. A. polyphlebia, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 104. Ami 

 Islands, Mosehy (Challenger expedition). 



48*. A. denticulata, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1885, 102. Formosa, 

 Hancock, 55. 



56*. A. dubia, Beddome, in Journ. Bot. 1881, i t. 279 A. Perak and 

 Borneo. Very near A.podophylla, Hook. 



58*. A. rheosora, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1890, 292. Tonquin, 

 Balansa, 1803, 1861. 



58*. A. formosana, Baker, n. sp. Frond ample, tripinnatifid, 

 moderately firm, glabrous, green on both surfaces, rachis of 

 pinnae naked, castaneous. Pinnae oblong-lanceolate, i-i 

 ft. long, 5-6 in. broad. Pinnules sessile, lanceolate, nearly 

 an inch broad, cut down to a broad wing into oblong lobes 

 ^-in. broad. Veins 6 8-jugate. Sori medial. Formosa, 

 Hancock^ 113. Near A. glabra, Hook. 



58. A. glabra, Hook. I cannot separate A. vexans, Cesati, Fil. 

 Recens. Born. 4. 



59*. A. albo-setacea, Beddome, Handb. 16. Nicobar Isles, Kurz, 



59*. A. Kingii, Clarke ; Beddome, Handb. 473. Perak. A. Bakeri, 

 Zeiller, in Bull. Bot. Soc. France, XXXII, 71, is probably the 

 same species. 



59*. A. modesta, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1880, 210. Sumatra, Bee- 

 can, 434. 



