52 Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



culated at the base. Frond simple, cordate-ovate, mem- 

 branous, 4-5 in. long ; basal lobes orbicular, an inch broad ; 

 costa ebeneous. Veins immersed, anastomosing towards the 

 margin of the frond. Sori ascending, medial, irregular, at 

 most an inch long, all single. Hainan, Formosa, B. C. 

 . Henry. 



268*. A. Forbesii, Baker, n. sp. Rootstock not seen. Stipe naked, 

 5-6 in. long. Frond deltoid, simply pinnate, a foot long, 

 glabrous, moderately firm. Pinnae 3-jugate, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, entire, sessile, ft. long, z-z\ in. broad, cordate 

 at the base. Veins 3~5-jugate, anastomosing towards the 

 margin of the frond. Sori linear. Java : Province of Bantam, 

 H. 0. Forbes, 459. Near A. Itneolaium, Mett. 



271*. A. macrodictyon, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1877, 193. Andes 

 of Quito, Sodiro. 



271*. A. hemionitideum, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1877, 163. Andes 

 of Ecuador, Sodiro. 



273*. A. fuscum, Baker; A. fuliginosum, Sodiro, Recens. Crypt. 

 Vase. Prov. Quit. 40, non Hook. Andes of Ecuador, 

 Sodiro. 



274*. A. esculentum, Presl. Further material shows that A. 

 vitiense, Baker, is a form of this species, and I cannot from 

 the description separate A. dietricbianum, Luerss. in Mus. 

 Godef. V, 1 6. Queensland. 



275*. A. platyphyllum, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1890, 264. Ton- 

 quin, Balansa, 1847. 



Genus 41. SCOLOPENDRIUM, Smith. 



1*. S. Delavayi, Franchet, in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXII, 29 ; 



Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXV, t. 41. Yunnan, Delavqy. 



Manipur, Waft, Clarke. Frond small, orbicular; midrib none; 



veins free. 

 5*. S. Balansae, Baker, in Hook. Ic. t. 1653. Paraguay, Balansa, 



2885. 



Genus 41*. DlPLORA, Baker. 



D. integrifolia, Baker, Solomon Isles, is figured Hook. Ic. t. 

 1651. 



