discovered or described since 1874. 63 



93*. N. tricholepis, Baker, in Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot. Ill, 

 651. Guatemala. 



94. N. sparsum, Don. I cannot separate specifically Aspidium 

 pellucidum, Franchet, PI. David. II, 157. Moupine, Tibet, 

 David. 



101. N. Falconer!, Hook. Further material shows this is a more 

 compound variety of N. barbigerum. 



103*. N. Layardi, Baker, n. sp. Caudex erect. Stipes densely 

 tufted, naked, a foot long. Frond deltoid, tripinnate, a foot 

 long, membranous, glabrous ; rachis naked. Lower pinnae 

 the largest, deltoid, unequal-sided, all cuneate-truncate on the 

 lower side at the base. Largest pinnules oblong, sessile, 

 obtuse, crenate, \-^ in. broad. Upper veinlets of tertiary 

 segments simple ; lower forked. Sori small, medial. In- 

 dusium minute. Polynesia, probably Fiji, Layard. Near 

 N. hirtumzn& chinense. 



105. N. chinense, Baker; Aspidium Forbesii, Hance, in Journ. 

 Bot. 1875, 198, cannot be separated. 



105*. N. gymnophyllum, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1887, 170. Nanto, 

 China, Dr. Henry. Between N. chinense and sparsum. 



117. N. odoratum, Baker=A r . crenatum^ Baker, Fl. Maurit. 497, 

 its oldest name being Polypodium crenatum, Forsk. 



117*. N. Fordii, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1889, 177. Kwantung, 

 China, Ford, 104. Very near N. crenatum. 



118*. N. Henderson!, Baker, n. sp. Stipe pubescent, 4-5 in. long. 

 Frond deltoid, tripinnate, 5-6 in. long, very hairy, especially 

 on the rachis and midrib of the pinnae beneath. Lowest 

 pinnae the largest, much produced on the lower side, the rest 

 lanceolate and simply pinnate, their pinnules oblong-rhomboid, 

 obtuse, in. broad, the lower inciso-crenate. Veinlets distant, 

 distinct, erecto-patent. Sori small, medial. Indusium minute, 

 fugacious. Fernando Po, Henderson. Near pubescens and the 

 small forms of subquinquefidum. 



123. N. decompositum, R. Br. Kirk wishes to separate as 

 a species the New Zealand N. pentangularum, Colenso, 

 which has a creeping rhizome. It is figured and described 

 under the name of decompositum by Field, Ferns New Zeal. 

 131, tab. 5, fig. 7. 



126. H". dissectum, Desv. Clarke separates as a species in Trans. 



