36 Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



Fronds oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, glossy, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, 2-3 ft. long. Pinnae linear, 6-7 in. long, \ in. 

 broad, very acuminate, obscurely serrulate at the tip, the 

 upper single, the lower 3-4 -jugate. Veins subpatent, very fine, 

 and close. Mountains of New Guinea, Beccari. P. pellu- 

 ct'da, Cesati, loc. cit., is a more luxuriant form of the same 

 species. 

 6*. Fteris sumatrana, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1881, 367. Sumatra, 



Curtis. Near P. hookeriana and serrulata. 

 7. P. dactylina, Hook., has been found recently in Szechwan by 



Faber, and Yunnan by Delavay. 



9. P. serrulata, L. fil. Has been found lately in Alabama and 

 Guadeloupe. Can it be a mere variety of cretica ? 



10. P. ensiformis. Burm. P. Victoriae, Hort. Bull., is a beautiful 

 variety of this species, with fronds variegated with white. 



10*. P. Balansae, Fourn., in Ann. Sc. Nat. s^r. 5, XVIII, 320. New 

 Caledonia, Balansa, 797. Not seen. 



10*. P. polymorpha, Fourn., in Ann. Sc. Nat. seV. 5, XVIII, 320. 

 New Caledonia, JBalansa, 831, 2686. Not seen. 



12*. P. inaequalis, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1875, 199. China and 

 Japan. Between P. semipinnata and longipinnula. 



13*. P. appendiculata, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1881, 366. Mada- 

 gascar, Curtis. Like P. triplicata in texture and general 

 habit. 



14*. P. remotifolia, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVI, 199. Mada- 

 gascar, Miss Helen Gilpin. 



16*. P. dissitifolia, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1890, 262. Tonquin, 

 Ealansa, 1970. Near inaequalis and semipinnata. 



16*. P. formosana, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1885, 103. Formosa, 

 Hancock, 83. Near semipinnata. 



22. P. quadriaurita, Retz. P. subindivisa, Clarke, in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. I, 467, tab. 56, fig. i, Himalayas, and P. 

 reducta, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1880, 211, Sumatra, are pro- 

 bably forms of quadriaurita with a simply pinnatifid frond. 

 Clarke and Beddome agree in separating as a species P. 

 grevilleana, Wall. See Clarke, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. I, 466. 



22*. P. furcans, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1888, 324. Borneo, Bishop 

 Hose. 



