A Summary of the new Ferns which have 
been discovered or described since 1874. 
BY 
J. G. BAKER, F.R.S. 
Keeper of the Herbarium , Royal Gardens , Keiv. 
(Conclusion.) 
Genus 4 6. Oleandra, Cav. 
3 *. O. cuspidata, Baker, in Malesia, III, 44. New Guinea, Beccari. 
3 *. O. Whitmeei, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1876, n. Samoa, 
Whitmee. 
Genus 47*. Luerssenia, Kuhn. 
1. L. kehdingiana, Kuhn; Luerss. in Bot. Centralblatt, 1882, 
III, 77. Sumatra. Sori and indusium like those of Fadyenia. 
Fronds simple, lanceolate, rooting at the tip. 
Genus 48. POLYPODIUM, Linn. 
Subgenus Phegopteris. 
1 *. P. Krameri, Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. II, 244 ; P. oya- 
mense , Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1877, 366. Japan. 
1*. P. gymnogrammoides, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1888, 229. 
China f Mount Omei, alt. 3000 feet, Faber. Very near P. 
Krameri. 
8*. P. blandum, Baker; Phegopteris llanda , Fee, Mem. VIII, 91. 
Mexico ; Mirador, Schaffner , 222. 
9 *. P. Crossii, Baker, sp. n. Rootstock not seen. Stipe cas- 
taneous, 'naked, 6-9 in. long. Frond oblong-lanceolate, bi- 
pinnatifid, subcoriaceous, hairy only on the midribs of the 
pinnae beneath, 8-9 in. long, 2-2 J in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed to the base. Pinnae lanceolate, the largest an inch 
long, \ in. broad, cut down nearly to the rachis into oblong 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. V. No, XX. November, 1891.] 
