44 Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



Sori reaching from the midrib nearly to the edge, -^ in. 

 long. Bourbon, Balfour. Near A. compressum, Sw. of 

 St. Helena. 



87*. A. Schweinfurthii, Baker, in Balf. Bot. Socot. 328, t. 100. 

 Socotra, Schweinfurth. Balfour. 



88. A. obtusatum, Forst. Under this, as defined in Synopsis Fili- 

 cum, range the Sandwich Island A. Kaulfussii, Schlecht., 

 Hilleb. Fl. Hawaii, 592, and the New Zealand A. anomodum, 

 Colenso, in Trans. New Zeal. Instil. 1882, 309. 



88*. A. cesatianum, Baker, in Malesia, III, 39. New Guinea, on 

 Mount Arfak, Beccari. 



92*. A. sherburgense, Baker, n. sp. Stipes tufted, 3-4 in. long, 

 clothed with deciduous subulate paleae. Fronds oblong-lanceo- 

 late, simply pinnate, moderately firm, glabrous, a foot long, 

 iJ-2 in. broad, rooting at the tip. Pinnae 20 25-jugate, 

 sessile, oblong, crenate, f \ in. long, f in. broad, cuneate on 

 the lower side at the base, slightly auricled on the upper ; 

 rachis thinly clothed with bristly paleae like those of A . crini- 

 caule. Veins erecto-patent, simple except the lowest. Sori 

 regular, simple, parallel, remote from the edge. Indusium 

 glabrous, persistent. Sherburg Island, Upper Guinea, Mrs. 

 Mair. Near A. crim'caule, Hance. 



94. A. falcatum, Lam. I have not seen the Sandwich Island 



A. pseudo-falcatum, Hilleb. Fl. Hawaii, 597, nor the New 

 Caledonian A. fastigiatum and dentato-serratum, Fourn. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. se"r. 5, XVIII, 305. 



95. A. caudatum, Forst. A. decipiens, Kuhn, in Reise Decken. 



Bot. 71, Johanna Island, Hillebrand, 1773, differs from the 



type by its more deeply cut pinnae and frond dwarfed 



gradually at the base. 

 100*. A. oligophlebium, Baker, in Card. Chron. n. s. XIV, 494. 



Japan, Maries. Near A.formosum, Willd. 

 102. A. resectum, Smith. A. unilateral*, Lam. Ency. II, 305 



(1786), is an older name for this species. 

 105*. A. centrifugale, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXV, 360. 



Christmas Island, /. /. Lister. Very near the Indian A. 



planicaule. Wall. 

 105*. A. castaneo-viride, Baker, n. sp. Stipes tufted, castaneous 



below, green above, 2-3 in. long. Frond lanceolate, pinnate. 



