42 Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



black. Stipes 1-2 in. long, slender, green, naked. Frond 

 linear-lanceolate, simply pinnate, green, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, 

 \ in. broad. Pinnae rhomboid, sessile, truncate on the lower 

 and inner side, crenate on the upper and outer ; lowest 

 pinnae distant and dwarfed. Veins distinct, flabellate, 5-6 to 

 a pinna. Sori short, broad. Indusium glabrous, persistent. 

 Bourbon, Delisle^ 592. Near A. viride and Kraussii. 



33. A. Sanderson!, Hook. Further material shows that A. Han- 



ningtoni, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1883, 245, from the Usagura 

 Mountains, is a form of this species, and that A. brachy- 

 pteron and Dregeanum, Kunze, are dareoid varieties. 



34. A. dentatum, L. I can only separate as a variety A. jamai- 



cense, Jenm. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 208, from the Mountains 

 of Jamaica. 



37. A. Trichonianes, L. I cannot separate specifically the New 

 Zealand A. melanolepis, Colenso, in Trans. New Zeal. Instit. 

 1888, 227, and the Portuguese A. Caput-serpentis, Henriquez. 



37*. A. Beuteri, Milde, Fil. Eur. 62. Cilicia, Balansa. Not seen. 



42. A. normale, Don. Received lately from Japan, China, Siam, 

 Sumatra, and Madagascar. 



42*. A. leucostegioides, Baker, n. sp. Stipes very short, tufted, 

 castaneous, with a few minute crisped linear-subulate paleae. 

 Fronds lanceolate, membranous, simply pinnate, 2-3 in. long, 

 f-i in. broad, with a few minute paleae on both surfaces. 

 Pinnae sessile, rhomboid-oblong, \ in. broad, very oblique 

 at the base. Veins few, distant, erecto-patent, lower forked. 

 Sori oblong or orbicular, not more than 2-3 to a pinna. 

 Indusium membranous, green, glabrous. East Maui, Sand- 

 wich Isles; F. L. Clarke. Received from Mr. G. E. Daven- 

 port. 



44*. A. parvulum, Mart, et Gal. Stipes densely tufted, short, 

 black, wiry. Fronds lanceolate, simply pinnate, 4-6 in. long, 

 -f in. broad. Pinnae sessile, oblique oblong, auricled on 

 the upper side at the base, cuneate-truncate on the lower 

 side ; lower pinnae gradually smaller. Sori medial, oblong, 

 5 6-jugate in the central pinnae. Mexico and Southern 

 United States. 



48*. A. ludens, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XIX, 294. Solomon 

 Isles, Rev. R. B. Comins. Near A. multilineatum, Hook. 



