6 Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



33*. Cyathea rigidula, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 534. 

 Madagascar, Baron. 



34*. C. ligulata, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1884, 140. North- West 

 Madagascar, Humblol, 299. 



33*. C. hirsuta, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1884, 140. North- West 

 Madagascar, Humblot, 262. 



33*. C. Humblotii, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1884, 140. North- West 

 Madagascar, Humblot, 264. 



33*. C. Hildebrandtii, Kuhn, in Ind. Sera. Hort. Berol. 1875, 20. 

 Johanna Island, Hildebrandt, 1747. 



34*. C. leptochlamys, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 535. 

 Madagascar, Baron. 



34*. C. quadrata, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 411. Mada- 

 gascar, Pool. 



34*. C. appendiculata, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 411. 

 Madagascar, Meller. 



36*. C. sumatrana, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1880, 209. Sumatra, 

 Beccari, 438. 



38*. C. suluensis, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1879, 65. Sulu archi- 

 pelago, Burbidge. 



39. C. sarawakensis, Hook. The Bishop of Singapore and 



Sarawak has sent a series of specimens demonstrating that 

 C. lobbiana, Hook, and Alsophila alternans, Hook, are forms 

 of this species. 



40. C. assimilis, Hook. C. beccariana, Cesati, in Becc. Fil. Born. 



3, belongs here. 



41*. C. philippinensis, Baker; Alsophila philippinensis, Hort. Veitch. 

 Trunk short, slender ; paleae large, linear, pale brown. Frond 

 bipinnate, oblong-rhomboid, 3 ft. long, i ft. broad, narrowed 

 from the middle to the base; rachises of frond and pinnae 

 densely paleaceous. Pinnae lanceolate, central largest, 6-7 in. 

 long, i in. broad; pinnules ligulate, crowded, sessile, in. 

 broad, entire or crenate, with forked veins and a single row of 

 sori between the midrib and edge ; indusium moderately firm, 

 but breaking up into pieces. Philippines, introduced into 

 cultivation by Messrs. Veitch. Described from a plant that pro- 

 duced fruit at Kew in Feb. 1878. 



44*. C. schizochlamys, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1880, 209. Sumatra, 

 Beccari, 439. 



