302 Baker. — A Summary of the new Ferns 
black. Stipes 1-2 in. long, slender, green, naked. Frond 
linear-lanceolate, simply pinnate, green, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, 
\ in. broad. Pinnae rhomboid, sessile, truncate on the lower 
and inner side, crenate on the upper and outer ; lowest 
pinnae distant and dwarfed. Veins distinct, flabellate, 5-6 to 
a pinnae. Sori short, broad. Indusium glabrous, persistent. 
Bourbon, Delisle , 592. Near A. viride and Kraussii. 
33 . A. San&ersoni, Hook. Further material shows that A. Han- 
ningtoni, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1883, 245, from the Usagura 
Mountains, is a form of this species, and that A. brachy- 
ptoron and Bregeanum, Kunze, are dareoid varieties. 
34 . A. dentatmn, L. I can only separate as a variety A. jamai- 
cense, Jenm. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 208, from the Mountains 
of Jamaica. 
37 . A. Triehomanes, L. # I cannot separate specifically the New 
Zealand A. xnelanolepis, Colenso, in Trans. New Zeal. Instit. 
1888, 227, and the Portuguese A. Caput-serpentis, Plenriquez. 
37 *. A. Keuteri, Milde, Fil. Eur. 62. Cilicia, Balansa. Not seen. 
42 . A. normale, Don. Received lately from Japan, China, Siam, 
Sumatra, and Madagascar. 
42 *. A. leucostegioid.es, Baker, n. sp. Stipes very short, tufted, 
castaneous, with a few minute crisped linear-subulate paleae. 
Fronds lanceolate, membranous, simply pinnate, 2-3 in. long, 
f-i in. broad, with a few minute . paleae on both surfaces. 
Pinnae sessile, rhomboid-oblong, J in. broad, very oblique 
at the base. Veins few, distant, erecto-patent, lower forked. 
Sori oblong or orbicular, not more than 2-3 to a pinna. 
Indusium membranous, green, glabrous. East Maui, Sand- 
wich Isles, F. L. Clarke. Received from Mr. G. E. Daven- 
port. 
44 *. A. parviiium, Mart, et Gal. Stipes densely tufted, short, 
black, wiry. Fronds lanceolate, simply pinnate, 4-6 in. long, 
•J- f in. broad. Pinnae sessile, oblique oblong, auricled on 
the upper side at the base, cuneate-truncate on the lower 
side ; lower pinnae gradually smaller. Sori medial, oblong, 
5-6-jugate in the central pinnae. Mexico and Southern 
United States. 
48 *. A. ludens, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XIX, 294. Solomon 
Isles, Rev. R. B. Comins . Near A. multilineatum , Hook. 
