78 Baker. A Summary of the new Ferns 



obliteratum, Sw., and gathered it in both the West Indies and 



Guiana. 

 70*. P. granulosum, Presl. Reliq. Haenk. tab. 4, fig. 2. Timor, 



Haenke. 

 74. P. reptans, Sw. Mettenius long ago referred this to Aspidium, 



and in 1882 Mr. Sime sent specimens from Jamaica showing 



the presence of a reniform indusium when the plant is very 



young. If placed in Aspidieae its position will be Nephro- 



dium 177*. 

 76*. P. imponens, Cesati, Fil. Becc. Polyn. 5. Mount Arfak, New 



Guinea, Beccari. Habit of Nephrodiumferox. 



77. P. stegnogrammoid.es, Baker, Sandwich Islands, proves to be 



identical with P. polycarpum, Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beech. 104 

 =.Phegopteris polycarpa, Hilleb. Fil. Haw. 560. 



78. P. pennigerum, Forst. I cannot separate specifically P. sub- 



simile, Colenso, in Trans. New Zeal. Instit. 1888, 238. 



78*. P. Metcalfei, Baker, sp. n. Rootstock not seen. Stipe stra- 

 mineous, 3-4 in. long, with a few lanceolate paleae at the 

 brown base. Frond oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatifid, mem- 

 branous, above 2 ft. long, 9-10 in. broad, obscurely hairy 

 beneath. Pinnae lanceolate, many of the lower ones much 

 dwarfed; largest 5-6 in. long, in. broad, cut down to a 

 broad wing into entire linear-oblong lobes | in. broad. Veinlets 

 distinct, io-12-jugate, about the three lower uniting. Sori 

 small, medial. Santa Cruz, New Hebrides, P. H. Metcalfe. 

 Near P. pennigerum. 



80*. P. heterophlebium, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1884, 363. Costa 

 Rica, Harrison. Near P. tetragonum. 



80*. P. lunanianum, Heward, in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1838, 460. 

 Jamaica, Lunan. Habit of Nephrodium amboinense. 



80*. P. Lebeufli, Baker, n. sp. Rootstock not seen. Stipe i-i ft. 

 long, naked, pale brown. Frond oblong-lanceolate, bipinna- 

 tifid, membranous, finely pilose, 15-18 in. long, 4-5 in. broad 

 at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Pinnae sessile, 

 lanceolate, f-i in. broad, cut down to a broad wing into lobes 

 in. broad. Veinlets io-i2-jugate. Sori nearer the midrib 

 than the edge. Cambodia, Godefrqy-Lebeuf, 69. Near P. 

 tetragonum, but lobes longer, and lower pinnae distant and 

 much dwarfed. 



