56 Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



lowest the largest, produced on the lower side, the others 

 lanceolate acuminate, sessile, 6-8 in. long, an inch broad at 

 the middle. Main veins fine, erecto-patent, under \ in. apart, 

 with copious hexagonal areolae between them. Sori in two 

 rows near the main veins, 3-4 in a row. Indusium large, 

 peltate, persistent. Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. 



Genus 44. NEPHRODIUM, Rich, 

 Subgenus Lastrea. 



4*. N. brachypodum, Baker, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. II, 

 290. Roraima, im Thurn. 



4*. N. longicaule, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1881, 204 ; Hook. Ic. tab. 

 1658. Antioquia, New Granada, Kalbreyer, 1454. 



6*. N. Dickinsii, Baker ; Aspidium Dickinsii, Franch. et Savat. 

 Enum. Jap. II, 236, 639. Japan and China. 



6*. N. Fafoeri, Baker, n. sp. Stipe stramineous, 6-8 in. long, clothed 

 up to the top with ovate brown membranous paleae. Frond 

 oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, moderately firm, \ ft. long, 

 3 in. broad, scattered over with scales beneath ; rachis 

 paleaceous. Lower pinnae longest, lanceolate, sessile, \-\ in. 

 broad, auricled on the upper side at the base, rounded on the 

 lower side. Veins obscure. Sori principally in two rows 

 near the midribs of the pinnae. Indusium small, evanescent. 

 Ningpo, China, Faber, 205. Near N. decipiens and Dickinsii. 



6*. N. parallelum, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 417. Central 

 Madagascar, Pool, Kitching. 



7*. N. Sheareri, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1875, 200; N. isolation, 

 Baker, in Card. Chron., n. s., XIV, 494. Kiu-Kiang, China, 

 Shearer, Maries ; Ningpo, Hancock. 



8*. N. enneaphyllum, Baker, n. sp. Stipe 8-9 in. long, densely 

 scaly at the base ; paleae lanceolate, bright brown. Frond 

 deltoid, simply pinnate, moderately firm, glabrous, 8- 9 in. long 

 and broad. Pinnae about 9, lanceolate, petioled, truncate at 

 the base, crenate, the lowest the largest, 4 in. long, an inch 

 broad. Veins in pinnate groups, free ; veinlets 3-4-jugate, 

 ascending. Sori small, almost restricted to the central half of 

 the pinnae. Ichang, China, Henry, 3217. Between N. po- 

 dophyllum and Sieboldii. 



