discovered or described since 1874. 55 



35. A. ascendens, Sw. Here belongs Nephrodium duale, Donnell 

 Smith, in Amer. Bot. Gaz. 1890, 29, tab. 4, gathered in Guate- 

 mala by Baron von Turckheim. 



37. A. aristatum, Sw. I place as a variety A. exile, Hance, in 

 Journ. Bot. 1883, 268, gathered in Che-Kiang, by Stonach. 



40. A. multifldum, Mett. I cannot separate specifically Poly- 



stichum Pearcei, Philippi, in Linnaea, XXXIII, 805, 

 gathered in Chili by Pearce. 



41. A. sikkimense, Baker = Nephrodium sikktmense, Clarke, in 



Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. I, 52. Distributed also as 

 Lastrea bella, Clarke. Like A. varium, this stands on the line 

 between Aspidium and Nephrodium, which I should not in a 

 new book keep up as genera. 



42*. A. caruifolium, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1888, 228. Mount 

 Omei, China, alt. 3000-3500 ft., Faber, 1027. 



42*. A. Wattii, Beddome, in Journ. Bot. 1888, 231. Manipur, 

 Watt, 6715. 



Subgenus Cyrtomium. 



46*. A. Boydiae, Eaton, in Bullet. Torrey Club, 1879, 359. Hawaii, 

 Baldwin. 



Subgenus Euaspidium. 



51*. A. Murray!, Baker, n. sp. Stipe naked, stramineous. Fronds 

 deltoid, membranous, glabrous, a foot long, with a shallowly 

 pinnatifid oblong-cuneate end-segment and two pairs of sessile 

 pinnae, the lowest produced on the lower side and deeply 

 lobed towards the base. Main veins parallel, arcuate, \ in. 

 apart, with copious hexagonal areolae between them, with free 

 included veinlets. Sori small, copious, scattered irregularly. 

 Indusium peltate, persistent, glabrous. St. Lucia, H.B.Murray. 



52*. A. trilobum, Sodiro, Recens. Crypt. Vase. Prov. Quit. 41. 

 Andes of Ecuador. 



53*. A. beccarianum, Baker, in Malesia, III, 43; A. calcareum, 

 Cesati, Fil. Polyn. Becc. 4, non Presl. Island of Andai, off 

 the coast of New Guinea, Beccari. 



53*. A. subrepandum, Baker, n. sp. A. repandum, Sodiro, Recens. 

 42, non Willd. Stipes tufted, naked, above a foot long. 

 Fronds oblong-lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, simply pin- 

 nate, above a foot long; apex pinnatifid. Pinnae 3-4-jugate, 



