2i6 Baker . — ^ Summary of the new Ferns 
Fronds oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, glossy, glabrous, 
coriaceous, 2-3 ft. long. Pinnae linear, 6-7 in. long, £ in. 
broad, very acuminate, obscurely serrulate at the tip, the 
upper single, the lower 3-4-jugate. Veins subpatent, very fine, 
and close. Mountains of New Guinea, Beccari. P. pellu- 
cida, Cesati, loc. cit., is a more luxuriant form of the same 
species. 
6*. Pteris sumatrana, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1881, 367. Sumatra, 
Curtis. Near P. hooker iana and serrulata. 
7 . P. dactylina, Hook., has been found recently in Szechwan by 
Faber , and Yunnan by Delavay. 
9. P. serrulata, L. fil. Has been found lately in Alabama and 
Guadeloupe. Can it be a mere variety of cretica ? 
10. P. ensiformis, Burm. P. Vietoriae, Hort. Bull., is a beautiful 
variety of this species, with fronds variegated with white. 
10*. P. Balansae, Fourn., in Ann. Sc. Nat. sdr. 5, XVIII, 320. New 
Caledonia, Balansa } 797. Not seen. 
10*. P. polymorpha, Fourn., in Ann. Sc. Nat. sdr. 5, XVIII, 320. 
New Caledonia, Balansa, 831, 2 686. Not seen. 
12*. P. inaequalis, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1875, 199. China and 
Japan. Between P. semipinnata and longipinnula. 
13*. P. appendiculata, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1881, 3 66. Mada- 
gascar, Curtis. Like P. triplicata in texture and general 
habit, 
14*. P. remotifolia, Baker, in Journ, Linn. Soc. XVI, 199. Mada- 
gascar, Miss Helen Gilpin. 
16*. P. dissitifolia, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1890, 262. Tonquin, 
Balansa , 1970. Near inaequalis and semipinnata. 
16*. P. formosana, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1885, 103. Formosa, 
Hancock , 83. Near semipinnata . 
22. P. quadriaurita, Retz. P. subindivisa, Clarke, in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. ser. 2, Bot. I, 467, tab. 56, fig. 1, Himalayas, and P. 
reducta, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1880, 21 1, Sumatra, are pro- 
bably forms of quadriaurita with a simply pinnatifid frond. 
Clarke and Beddome agree in separating as a species P. 
grevilleana, Wall. See Clarke, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. I, 466. 
22*. P. furcans, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 18 88, 324. Borneo, Bishop 
Hose. 
