3 1 6 Baker —A Summary of the new Ferns 
lowest the largest, produced on the lower side, the others 
lanceolate acuminate, sessile, 6-8 in. long, an inch broad at 
the middle. Main veins fine, erecto-patent, under ^ in. apart, 
with copious hexagonal areolae between them. Sori in two 
rows near the main veins, 3-4 in a row. Indusium large, 
peltate, persistent. Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. 
Genus 44. Nephrodium, Rich . 
Subgenus Lastrea. 
4*. N. brachypodum, Baker, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. II, 
290. Roraima, im Thurn. 
4*. N. longieaule, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1881, 204 ; Hook. Ic. tab. 
1658. Antioquia, New Granada, Kalbreyer , 1454. 
6*. N. Dickinsii, Baker ; Aspidium Dickinsii , Franch. et Savat. 
Enum. Jap. II, 236, 639. Japan and China. 
6*. N. Faberi, Baker, n. sp. Stipe stramineous, 6-8 in. long, clothed 
up to the top with ovate brown membranous paleae. Frond 
oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, moderately firm, \ ft. long, 
3 in. broad, scattered over with scales beneath ; rachis 
paleaceous. Lower pinnae longest, lanceolate, sessile, in. 
broad, auricled on the upper side at the base, rounded on the 
lower side. Veins obscure. Sori principally in two rows 
near the midribs of the pinnae. Indusium small, evanescent. 
Ningpo, China, Faber , 205. Near N. decipiens and Dickinsii. 
6*. N. parallelum, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 417. Central 
Madagascar, Pool, Kitching. 
7*. N. Sheareri, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1875, 200; N. isolaium , 
Baker, in Gard. Chron., n. s., XIV, 494. Kiu-Kiang, China, 
Shearer , Maries ; Ningpo, Hancock. 
8*. N. enneaphyllmn, Baker, n. sp. Stipe 8-9 in. long, densely 
scaly at the base ; paleae lanceolate, bright brown. Frond 
deltoid, simply pinnate, moderately firm, glabrous, 8-9 in. long 
and broad. Pinnae about 9, lanceolate, petioled, truncate at 
the base, crenate, the lowest the largest, 4 in. long, an inch 
broad. Veins in pinnate groups, free ; veinlets 3-4-jugate, 
ascending. Sori small, almost restricted to the central half of 
the pinnae. Ichang, China, Henry , 3217. Between N. po- 
dophyllum and Sieboldii. 
