discovered or described since 1874. 87 



231. P. amoenum, Wall. Has lately been found in China by Dr. 



Henry. 

 231*. P. yunnanense, Franchet, in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1885, 29. 



Yunnan, Delavqy. 

 231*. P. subamoenum, Clarke, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. I, 



550, tab. 82, fig. 2. Ridge between Sikkim and Nepal, alt. 



11,000-12,000 feet. 



237. P. translucens, Kunze. We have received from Messrs. 



Veitch a curious monster with the lower pinnae deeply pin- 

 natifid, gathered in Juan Fernandez by Downton. 

 237*. P. columbianum, Baker, sp. n. Rootstock epigaeous, in. 

 diam., clothed with dense lanceolate membranous pale brown 

 paleae. Stipe naked, wiry, 3-4 in. long. Frond oblong- 

 lanceolate, simply pinnate, membranous, glabrous, 6 10 in, 

 long, 4-7 in. broad. Pinnae 6-9-jugate, sessile, linear, 

 obscurely crenate, 2-4 in. long, \ in. broad, the lowest not 

 dwarfed. Areolae and sori in a single row. Columbia, 

 Moritz, 191, 194. Near P. translucens. 



238. P. lachnopus, Wall. I cannot separate specifically Gonio- 

 phlebium fleldingianum, Moore, Ind. Fil. 389. 



242. P. Catherinae, F. & L. I cannot specifically separate P. 



Weisbaurii, Sodiro, Recens. Crypt. Vase. Prov. Quit. 65, and 

 now think it would be better to treat P. Catherinae as a 

 mere variety of P. loriceum. 



243. P. loriceum, L. Kalbreyer has gathered in the Andes of New 

 Guinea a curious monstrous form with deeply pinnatifid pinnae. 



243*. P. chartaceum, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1877, 166. Andes of 

 Ecuador, Sodiro. 



246*. P. remotum, Baker, sp. n. Stipe 9-12 in. long, naked, 

 stramineous. Frond oblong, simply pinnate, moderately firm, 

 glabrous, 9-12 in. long, 6-9 in. broad. Pinnae 15-20, remote, 

 linear, acuminate, sessile, spreading, 3-5 in. long, - in. broad, 

 entire or lobed at the base. Areolae and sori in a single row, 

 the latter small, superficial, globose. New Granada, Kalbreyer, 

 843. Demerara, /<?za, 1434. Near P. surrucuchense, Hook. 



252. P. vermcosum, Wall. Has lately been found in Queensland 

 and New Guinea. 



253*. P.P tachiroanum, Luerss., in Engl. Jahrb., 1883, 362. Kiu- 

 siu archipelago, south of Japan, Tachiro. Not seen. 



