discovered or described since 1874 . 461 
obliteratum , Sw., and gathered it in both the West Indies and 
Guiana. 
70*. P. granulosum, Presl. Reliq. Haenk. tab. 4, fig. 2. Timor, 
Haenke. 
74. P. reptans, Sw. Mettenius long ago referred this to Aspidium , 
and in 1882 Mr. Sime sent specimens from Jamaica showing 
the presence of a reniform indusium when the plant is very- 
young. If placed in Aspidieae its position will be Nephro- 
dium 177*. 
76*. P. imponens, Cesati, Fil. Becc. Polyn. 5. Mount Arfak, New 
Guinea, Beccari. Habit of Nephrodium ferox. 
77. P. stegnogrammoid.es, Baker, Sandwich Islands, proves to be 
identical with P. polycarpum, Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beech. 104 
—Phegopteris polycarpa, Hilleb. Fil. Haw. 560. 
78. P. pennigerum, Forst. I cannot separate specifically P. sub- 
simile, Colenso, in Trans. New Zeal. Instit. 1888, 238. 
78*. P. Metcalfei, Baker, sp. n. Rootstock not seen. Stipe stra- 
mineous, 3-4 in. long, with a few lanceolate paleae at the 
brown base. Frond oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatifid, mem- 
branous, above 2 ft. long, 9-10 in. broad, obscurely hairy 
beneath. Pinnae lanceolate, many of the lower ones much 
dwarfed; largest 5-6 in. long, f in. broad, cut down to a 
broad wing into entire linear-oblong lobes J- in. broad. Veinlets 
distinct, 10-12-jugate, about the three lower uniting. Sori 
small, medial. Santa Cruz, New Plebrides, P. H. Metcalfe. 
Near P . pennigerum. 
80*. P. heterophlebium, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1884, 363. Costa 
Rica, Harrison. Near P. tetragonum . 
80*. P. lunamanum, Heward, in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1838, 460. 
Jamaica, Lunan. Habit of Nephrodium amboinense. 
80*. P. Lebeufii, Baker, n. sp. Rootstock not seen. Stipe 1-1J ft. 
long, naked, pale brown. Frond oblong-lanceolate, bipinna- 
tifid, membranous, finely pilose, 15-18 in. long, 4-5 in. broad 
at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Pinnae sessile, 
lanceolate, j-i in. broad, cut down to a broad wing into lobes 
l in. broad. Veinlets 10- 12 -jugate. Sori nearer the midrib 
than the edge. Cambodia, Godefroy-Lebeuf 69. Near P. 
tetragonum , but lobes longer, and lower pinnae distant and 
much dwarfed. 
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