198 Baker . — A Summary of the new Ferns 
18 *. Dieksonia Sprucei, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1877, 162. Andes of 
Ecuador, Spruce . 
18 *. D. vagans, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1877, 162. Andes of Quito, 
Sodiro ; Andes of Peru, Barclay, 
19 *. D. incurvata, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1879, 294. Fiji Islands, 
Horne , 971. 
20*. D. antillensis, Jenman, in Journ. Bot. 1886, 267. Mountains 
of Jamaica, Morris , S her ring. Allied to the divided forms of 
D. cicutaria. 
20*. D. glabrata, Cesati, Fil. Polyn. Becc. 6. Rootstock wide- 
creeping. Stipe 3-4 ft. long, stout, glossy, castaneous, naked, 
muricated. Fronds oblong-deltoid, 3-4 ft. long, glabrous, de- 
compound ; many lower pinnae lanceolate-deltoid, a foot long ; 
pinnules lanceolate-acuminate, tertiary segments free, lanceo- 
late-deltoid, produced on the upper side, obtusely toothed. 
Veinlets distant, erecto-patent. Indusium cup-shaped. New 
Guinea, Beccari. 
21*. D. lambertiana, Remy, in C. Gay, FI. Chil. VI. 523. Root- 
stock not seen. Stipe long, stout, naked, stramineous. Frond 
lanceolate-deltoid, decompound, 1J-2 ft. long, glabrous on 
both surfaces ; rachis stramineous, without any hairs or scales ; 
pinnae crowded, lanceolate, lowest the largest, a foot long ; 
pinnules deltoid, cuneate-truncate on the lower side at the 
base, produced on the upper side ; tertiary segments lanceolate, 
deeply pinnatifid, in the largest pinnules in. long. Sori 
small, only one to each lobe ; indusium 2-lobed ; valves broader 
than long. Andes of Chili, Bonpland, Philippi , Ball. Most 
resembles D. davallioides in the cutting of the final divisions. 
23 *. D. gomphophylla, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 223. 
Borneo, mountains of Sarawak, alt. 2000 feet, Bishop Hose . 
24 . D. davallioides, var. Youngii, Moore. Rootstock epigaeous, 
stipes contiguous, an inch thick at the base. Australia. Has 
been cultivated at Kew for many years. 
27 . D. Elwesii, Baker. Better specimens, received from Mr. H. C. 
Levinge in 1885, show that this is not more than a marked 
variety of D. appendiculata , Wall. 
29 *. D. rhombifolia, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1890, 105. New 
Guinea, near the summit of the Owen Stanley range, Sir W. 
Macgregor . 
