497 
discovered or described since 1874 . 
long, with the soriferous patches placed at the base of the long 
strap-shaped final segments. East Peru, Spruce , 4729. Pa- 
quichas, Pearce , 786. 
2. P. aethiopicum, Hook. P. elephantotis , Schweinf. in Bot. 
Zeit. 1871, 361, is identical with P. angolense , Welw. I 
cannot distinguish specifically a plant from Guiana of which 
Messrs. Sander and Co. of St. Albans have sent several 
specimens lately to Kew. 
2*. P. Ellisii, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 421 ; Hook. Ic. t. 
1695. Madagascar, first gathered by the Rev. W. Ellis in 1870. 
2*. P. madagascariense, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 421. 
Madagascar, first gathered by Mr. W. Pool in 1876. 
OSMTJNDACEAE. 
Genus 62. OSMUNDA, Linn. 
6. O. regalis, L. var. O. japonica, Thunb. Has been gathered 
in Angola by Mr. H. H. Johnston. 
Genus 63. Todea, Willd. 
2. T. wilkesiana, Brack. Has now been found in New Guinea 
and Samoa. 
3. T. hymenophylloides, R. & L. T. grandipinnula, Moore, 
in Gard. Chron. 1886, I, 752, is probably a form of this 
species. 
SCHIZAEACEAE . 1 
Genus 64. Schizaea, Smith . 
2. S. pusilla, Pursh. Has been found in Nova Scotia by Mrs. 
Britton. 
15. S. pennula, Sw. S. plana, S. tenuis, and S. Balansae, 
characterised by Fournier in Ann. Sc. Nat. sdr. 5, XVIII, 353, 
all three gathered by Balansa, are to be compared with this 
species. I have not seen specimens. 
1 See Prantl’s Untersuch. z. Morph d. Gefasskryptogamen, Heft II, Die 
Schizaeaceen, Leipzig, 1881, 4to, pp. 161, 8 plates. In this paper 22 species of 
Lygodium , 46 of Anei/nia, and 19 of Schizaea , are kept up. 
