ON A COLLECTION OF FERNS MADE IN MADAGASCAR. 820 



A. Poolii, Baker. Tanala, and forest of Andraugaloaka. 



A. anisophyllum, Kunze. Tanala. 



A. latum, Sw. Tanala, and between Tamatave and Anta- 

 nanarivo. 



A. Serra, L. & F. Between Tamatave and Antananarivo. 



A. dimidiatum, Sw. Forest of Andrangaloaka, and between 

 Tamatave and Antananarivo. 



A. affine, Sw. (var. tanalense, Baker). Tanala, a dareoid variety 

 and a curious form receding from the type in an opposite direction 

 with pinnas like those of A. lucidum, acuminate and only inciso- 

 serrate in the upper half, shallowly lobed lower down, with the 

 lobes of the very base only reaching down nearly to the midrib, 

 so that the cutting is similar to that of the Polynesian A. lobu- 

 lation, Mett. 



A. hsrpetopteris, Baker. Tanala ; two varieties. 



A. protenswn, Schrad. Tanala and Betsileo-land. 



A. cuneatum, Lam. Between Tamatave and Antananarivo. 



A. auritnm, Sw. Tanala. 



A.furcatum, Thunb. Tanala and Betsileo-land. 



A.'nigripes, Blume. Forest of Andrangaloaka. 



A. nemoralis, Baker. Forest of Andrangaloaka. 



Aspidium aculeatum, Sw. Tanala. 



A. capense, Willd. Tanala, and between Tamatave and Anta- 

 nanarivo. 



A. falcatum, Sw. Tanala and forest of Andrangaloaka. 



Didywochhma lumdata, Desv. Forest of Andrangaloaka. 



Nephrolepu cordifolia, Presl. Between Tamatave and Anta- 

 nanarivo. 



X. acuta, Presl. Between Tamatave and Antananarivo. 



Oleandra articxdata, Car. 



Nephrodium parallehim, Baker. Tanala. Complete specimens 



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rhizome like that of X<>prolepis ramom. 



N. albo-punctatuM, Desv. Forest of Andrangaloaka. 



N. prolixum, Baker. Between Tamatave and Antananarivo. 



.V. patens, var. madafjascari^ise, Baker. Between Tamatave and 



n ^lw^ias, Rich. Tanala, forest of Andrangaloaka, and 

 between Tamatave and Antananarivo ; both the type and the var. 



dona at um. - . . 



N. vmtum, K. Br. Between Tamatave and Antananarivo. 



N. molle, Desv. Ibara country. 



183*. Nephrodium (Eunephrodium) eurostotrichum, bake,, 

 n. sp. Caudex not seen. Stipe reaching a foot in length, square 

 with a few short broad palee. Lamina oblong-lanceolate simply 

 pinnate, 1-2 ft. long, 6-9 in. broad, densely p.lose, especially on the 

 lower surface, the rlchis densely clothed with short brown deflexed 

 bristly hairs. Piniue distant, lanceolate, sessile 10-12-jugate 

 acuminate, 3-5 in. long, 9-10 lines broad, cut about * do** to foe 

 midrib into orbicular lobes, truncate at the base ; the lowest pair ol 

 pinnae shorter, broader, deflexed, auncled on the upper side at the 



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