164 NEW FERNS FROM THE ANDES OF QUITO. 
at oo scales. Frond oblong, bipinnatifid, 23-3 feet long, 
broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to bo th ends ; rachis 
pale, ‘te nsely ilies with a few large seiitcioon brown scales. Pinne 
lanceolate, sessile, the central ones 5-6 inches long, an inch broad, cut 
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green, glabrous except on the ie benea th. Veins simple, erecto- 
patent, 12-15-jugate. Sori small, medial. Involucre minute, fuga- 
cious. Allied t 
211*. Nepnroprum (Sagenia) Sovtrot, Baker, n.sp.—Rhiz 
short-creeping. Stipe a foot long, grey, naked, except for a few sn 
brown lanceolate scales near the base. Frond oblong-rhomboid, simply 
inna 
1-12 f g. new 7, oblong-lanceolate, the end one the 
largest, the side ones Bane sessile or short-petioled, entire, 
6-10 inches long, 2-24 inches broad. ure moderately firm, both 
faces green an ab ain veins arcuate-ascending, distinct 
to ge, }-2 inch apart; less reg cross-bars 5-6 
— midrib an ; areole with copious free included veinlets. 
ri _ ious, minute, scattered irregularly, 12-15 in a line between 
ee and midrib. Involucre persistent, glabrous. Very near NV. poly- 
morphum of Tropical Asia. 
19*, Potypopium (Phegopteris) Micuartis, Baker, n.sp.—Rhizo 
short-creeping. Stipe 12-15 inches long, dull brown, mee Vice 
14-2 feet long, oblong-deltoid, bipinnatifid ; rachis dull brown, naked. 
Pinne lanceolate, the lowest the largest, Sas. petioled, all except 
i so as to form a i e 
erecto- ori round, placed below the middle of the veins. 
Well- ~~ from all the other “tebe species by its strongly 
decurrent upper and centra 
Bee IU 
; n.sp. —Caudex 
erect. Stipes naked, tufted, slender, grey- green, 2. 5 inches long. 
Frond linear-acuminate, 4-6 inches long, 4-3 inch broad, _ shallow 
obtuse lobes 2-3 lines broad, narrowed to the base. Text e charta- 
‘ ceous ; both sur aces green, glabrous, a. the main veins = neath 
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of the ga groups at the tip. Sori small, round, subcostular. 
Near P. simplicifolium, Hook., of the Philippines and Fiji. 
64*. Por era |G oniopteris) coaLescens, Baker, n.sp.—Caudex 
suberect; scales dense, minute, brown, linear-subulate 
tufted, brownish, half a foot long, with a few scattered lanceolate 
membranous scales. Frond oblong-deltoid, simply ae, 14 foot 
long. Pinnz sessile » lanceolate , 5-6 inches long, 1- a roed, 
mn pubescent ennai Main veins erecto-patent, distinct to the 
ch apart. Veinlets 5- iS setahee the midrib and edge, formirg 
