88 Baker. A Summary of tJte new Ferns 



254*. P. nancgalonse, Sodiro, Recens. Crypt. Vase. Prov. Quit. 65, 

 Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. Near P. attenuaium, H. B. K. 

 Not seen. 



259*. P. Sampsoni, Baker, sp. n. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, 

 firm, glabrous, with only a few lanceolate membranous paleae. 

 Stipe naked, i|-2 ft. long. Frond oblong, simply pinnate, 

 moderately firm, glabrous, above a foot long, 7-8 in. broad. 

 Pinnae n, oblong-lanceolate, entire, cuspidate, sessile, cuneate 

 at the base, the largest 4-5 in. long, an inch broad, the lowest 

 dwarfed. Main veins erecto-patent, distinct to the edge, ^ in. 

 apart ; areolae and sori 56 between each main vein, the 

 latter superficial, globose. West river, Canton, Sampson 

 (Herb. Hance). Near P.fraxinifolium, Jacq. 



260. P. menisciifolium, L. & F. I should not now separate this 

 as a species from P. neriifolium. 



261*. P. xantholepis, Harringt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVI, 36. 

 Oroya railway, Andes of Peru, Dr. Steere. 



Subgenus Phlebodium. 



263*. P. nematorhizon, Eaton, in PI. Fendl. Trinit. No. 73. Trini- 

 dad, Fendler : and gathered long ago in the same island by 

 Aldridge. Habit of P. lycopodioides. A plant gathered by 

 Bridges in 1846 in the Andes of Bolivia is either the same 

 species or very near it. 



266. P. decumanum, Willd. Has been found lately in Mexico 

 and Jamaica. 



Subgenus Campyloneuron. 



269. P. sphenodes, Kunze. Has been found in Guatemala by 

 Salvin and Colman, and in Peru by Dr. Steere. 



273. P. Phyllitidis, L. This very common and well-known 

 Tropical American species has lately been found in the island 

 of St. Thomas, in West Tropical Africa, by M. Moller. We 

 are indebted for a specimen to Dr. Henriquez. 



Subgenus Niphobolus. 



276. P. confluens, R. Br. The true plant of Robert Brown proves 

 to be 316. P.glabrum, Mett. I now look upon 276 as merely 

 a smaller, more slender variety of 277. P. serpent, Forst. 



