A summary of the new ferns which have been discovered or described since 1874 / by J.G. Baker.

  • Baker, John Gilbert, 1834-1920.
Date:
1892
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Credit: A summary of the new ferns which have been discovered or described since 1874 / by J.G. Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3*. Cyathea Boni, Christ, in Journ. de Bot. 1890, p. 410. French Tonquin, Bon. Near C. Hookeri, of Ceylon. 4*. C. jamaicensis, Jenm., in Journ. Bot. 1882, 323.= C. arborea var. concinna, Baker, in Journ. Bot. i88r, 52. Jamaica. 4*. C. monstrabilis, Jenm., in Journ. Bot. 1881, 273. Jamaica. Probably an abnormal form. 4*. C. conquisita, Jenm., in Journ. Bot. 1882, 324. Jamaica, Wilson, 134. 4*. C. pendula, Jenm., in Journ. Bot. 1882, 324. Jamaica, Wilson, 16. This and the last are known only from specimens sent long ago by Wilson to John Smith, whose fern-herbarium is now at the British Museum. 4*. C. crassipes, Sodiro, Recens. 10. Andes of Ecuador. Maybe a variety of C. insignis, Eaton. 10*. C. ocanensis, Baker, n. sp. Trunk 8-15 feet long. Frond ample, bipinnatifid, subrigid, glabrous. Pinnae oblong-lanceolate, 1-I5- ft. long. Pinnules lanceolate caudate, 2J-3 in. long, |—f in. broad, cut down by a broad wing into oblong tertiary segments in. broad. Veins 10-12-jugate, indistinct, forked. Sori crowded, costular; indusium very fragile. New Granada; province of Ocana, Kalbreyer, 608. 10*. C. corallifera, Sodiro, Recens. n. Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. 10*. C. fulva, Sodiro, Recens. n. Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. 10*. C. aspidioides, Sodiro, Recens. 14. Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. This and the last two are closely allied to C. divergcns, Griseb. = C. petiolulata, Karst. 11*. C. dissoluta, Baker; Jenman, in Journ. Bot. 1881, 52. Jamaica, Jenman. Between C. gracilis and Schanschin. 14*. C. puberula, Sodiro, Recens. 16. Andes of Ecuador, Sodiro. Not seen. ‘ Near C. straminea, Karst/ 20*. C. Copelandii, Kuhn & Luerss. in Abhandl. Nat. Bremen, VII, 278. Island of Trinidad, South Atlantic, Copeland. I cannot from the dried pinnae distinguish this clearly from the widely-spread continental C. Schanschin, Mart. 20*. C. ruiziana, Klotzsch, in Linnaea, XX, 439. Fronds ample, bipinnatifid, glabrous, moderately firm; main rachis densely furfuraceous and muricated. Pinnae oblong-lanceolate, li- ft. long, 8 in. broad; rachis densely furfuraceous with many ovate-lanceolate glossy black paleae with a pale edge. Pin-