discovered or described since 1874. 71 



IV, 55. Philippines, Cumtng, 356. Appears to be specifi- 

 cally distinct from N. pachyphyllum. 



219*. N. amblyotis, Baker, n. sp. Sagenia amblyolis, Moore, herb. 

 Stipe long, naked, castaneous. Frond oblong-lanceolate, 

 simply pinnate, moderately firm, glabrous, a foot long, $ ft. 

 broad ; rachis naked, castaneous. Pinnae 4-jugate below the 

 pinnatifid apex, lanceolate, 45 in. long, ^ i in. broad at the 

 middle, the lowest with a large oblong lobe on the lower side 

 at the base. Main veins faint, with copious intermediate 

 areolae. Sori in two rows near the main veins. Indusium 

 firm, glabrous. Polynesia, Hort. Veitch, 1879. Near N. 

 pachyphyllum . 



219*. N. Lazarzaburii, Sodiro, Recens. Crypt. Vase. Prov. Quit. 

 55. Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. Near N. pachyphyl- 

 lum. 



221*. N. athyrioides, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1884, 363. Costa 

 Rica, Harrison. Habit of Aspidium Irifoliatum. 



221*. N. melanorachis, Baker, in Journ. Bot.- 1888, 325. Sarawak, 

 Borneo, Bishop Hose. 



221*. N. multicaudatum, Clarke, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. I, 

 540, tab. 77 ; Aspidium multicaudatum, Wall. Base of Khasia 

 Hills and Chappedong. 



221*. N. kanakorum, Baker; Bathmium kanakorum,'FouTn. in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat., seV. 4, XVIII, 301. New Caledonia, Balansa, 823. 

 Not seen. 



224*. N. andinum, Baker, n. sp. Stipe naked, stramineous. Frond 

 oblong-deltoid, simply pinnate, membranous, glabrous, i \ ft. 

 long; rachis naked, stramineous. Pinnae 4-jugate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 8-9 in. long, the side ones 2-3 in. broad at the 

 middle, the end one broader. Veins arcuate, parallel, -| in. 

 apart. Sori in regular rows near the main veins. Indusium 

 firm, glabrous. Eastern Andes, Pearce, 307. 



Genus 45. NEPHROLEPIS Schott. 



1*. N. cordifolia, Presl. I cannot separate specifically the 

 New Zealand N. flexuosa, Colenso, in Trans. New 

 Zeal. Instit. 1888, 231. N. Duffii, Moore, in Card. Chron. 

 1878, tab. 113, from North Australia, is apparently a 

 monstrous form of this species, and N. Fluma, Moore, in 



