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ON A COLLECTION OF FERNS MADE IN MADAGASCAR. 327 



Dicksonia Henrietta, Baker. Tanala. 



D. hjpolepidoides, Baker. Tauala, and forest of Andrangaloaka. 

 Davalliaferruijinea, Desv. Tanala, and between Tamatave and 

 Antananarivo. 



D. Speluncm, Baker. Tanala. 



IK eleyans, Sw. 



D. thecifera, H. B. K. Tanala. 



D. tenuifolia, Sw. Tanala, &c. 



Lindsaya cultrata, Sw. Between Tamatave and Antananarivo ; 



the same form gathered by Dr. Meller. 



AdianUun athiopicum, L. Ambositra (Betsileo), and Ankaratra 



Mountains. 



A. emulation, L. Ibara country. 



Hijpolepis tenuifolia, Bernh. Tanala. I cannot distinguish 

 this from the well-known Australian and Tropical Asian plant. 



Lonehitis madaaascariemix, Hook. Tanala. 



Cheilanthes (Adianto]>sis) Streetice, Baker; Notochlana Str<rti<c, 

 Baker olim. Mr. Kitching's better specimen shows that this is 

 really a Cheilanthes of the Adiantopsis section. 



22 :|: . Pelljea (Allosoeus) Kitchingh, Baker n. sp. Caudex 

 not seen. Stipe wiry, naked, bright brown, 9-10 in. long, with 

 a few small lanceolate brown scales at the very base. Frond 

 oblong- deltoid, tripinnate, 3-4 in. long, very thick and rigid in 

 texture, naked on both surfaces, the rachis light brown and quite 

 naked, like the stipe. Lower pinnae the largest, deltoid, unequal- 

 sided, the segments of the upper side simple, of the lower 

 produced and again pinnate ; all the pinna* above the lowest only 

 simply pinnate ; ultimate segments contiguous, lanceolate, ascend- 

 ing, entire, J-J in. long, adnate to the rachis by a dilated base. 

 Midrib of the ultimate segments bright brown, the other veins 

 quite hidden. Sori continuous from the base to the very tip oi the 

 segments ; involucre moderately broad, persistent, brown, glabrous, 

 firm in texture, entire at the margin. Betsileo country. Most like 

 the Himalayan P. vitidula, Baker, but much thicker in texture, 

 with a long brown stipe and an entire involucre. 



P. dura, Baker (P. Baikeana, Baker olim.) Betsileo country, 

 and between Tamatare and Antananarivo. . 



P. eomnhrina, Hook. Tanala, and between Tamatare and 



Antananarivo. 



P. calomelanos, Link. Ibara country. 



P. hastata, Link. Tanala, Betsileo and Ibara land, and between 



Tamatare and Antananarivo. 



P. awjulosa, Baker. Tanala, and between Tamatare and Anta- 

 nanarivo. 



Pterin cretiea, L. Tanala. 



P. quadriaunta, Betz. Forest of Andrangaloaka, and between 



Tamatare and Antananarivo. 



P. nuuhujascariea, Ag. Tanala, and between Tamatave and 



Antananarivo. m , _ , „ A • , , 



P. remotifolia, Baker. Tanala, and Forest oi Andrangaloaka. 



I'.pedata, L. Ambohidratrimo. 



