FERNS COLLECTED IN MADAGASCAR BY M. HUMBLOT. 189 
Generis, meo sensu, admodum naturalis, a cunctis —— 
veris (inclusis Phegopteridibus) sororum situ terminali optime 
one — tantum hucusque mihi certe innotuerunt species: 
has in 
yeS 1. Pt. pone cekii, sp. nov,—Cwspitosa, foliis tenuiter coriaceis 
in sicco oliva ay cisions petiolo ik gps sordide stramineo 
paleis pattie. inact pallidis hinc inde tecto lamina 8-pollicari 
lanceolat ata preter segmentum srastot infimum 24 pol- 
licare iterum pinnatisectum simpliciter pinnatisecta ae 
numerosis approximatis patenti-divergenti 5 ongis 
m versus tantum dentata superiore auriculata trapezio-ovata 
ovato-lobulata lobulis setaceo-mucronatis postico nunc subdistincto 
nervis seme] furcatis, soris ad rami antici apicem sitis margini 
potius quam costule excentrice approximatis 
In dorso montium juxta Tam-sui, ins. Formose, alt. 3500 rx 
d. 11. Dec. 1881, rarissimam invenit am. W. Hancock. (Herb 
propr. n. 22229). 
2. Pt. Maximowiezii (= Polypodium Baker !) 
In monte Kund-sho- Bir Japonie (Maximowicz n. 176. 
Hecce, inter alia, eximie differt foliorum, apice radicantium, 
forma, segmentorum omnium simplicium, defiexorum, forma atque 
incisura, sorisque ee 
Pace ho mi 
noratissimi Baker, me es nil habet commune cum 
Aspidio repente Mett., nec cum mga huic intime affinibus 
Vera affinitas Phagaptetidle obscure Fée, Ph. caudate Fée, alia- 
Ph FERNS COLLECTED IN MADAGASCAR BY 
. HUMBLOT. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S. 
Tue following is a list of the ferns contained in the set which 
we have received of a fine collection of plants pee lately in the 
north-east of Madagascar by Mons. L. Humblot. o not know 
the exact Beer nee limits: within which they were obtained, but 
naked on the Salus beneath. Pinne ah be a em reaching 
@ length of 14-2 ft. and a breadth of 7-8 in. Pinnules lanceolate, 
ince this was written we have received the ferns gathered by the late 
stag coatices He Dr. Hildebrandt, which have been determined by Dr. Kuhn. 
This collection includes about seventy species, a few of which are novelties. 
