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I quite concur with Mettenius in thinking that the affinity of 
this species and its allies, forming Presl’s section Odontosoria, 
and Fée’s genus Stenoloma, is with Lindsaya instead of Davallia. 
See the remarks of Prof. Grisebach (Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 661) who 
arrives at a precisely similar conclusion, though referring these 
species to Davallia instead of Lindsaya. The late Sir W. Hooker 
described L. oblongifolia, Reinw., under both genera. 
*Cheilanthes hirsuta, Mett. Monogr. Cheil. 95. (=Notholena sul- 
cata, Link.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 449.) |J 
63. Pteris pellucida, Presl; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 154. 
Gathered once only, by Dr. Harland and myself, in October 
1856, on the steep grassy face of Victoria Peak. Native like- 
wise of the province of Fokien, the mountainous regions of 
India, Ceylon, the Philippines, and the Malayan peninsula. 
64. Asplenium Hansei, Bak. Syn. Fil. 208. 
On hill-sides, amongst grass, very rare. Discovered by me in 
- November 1857. I have not seen the Hongkong form from 
elsewhere. Dr. Kuhn unites my 4. erinicaule with this (Bot. 
Zeit. 1869, 131); but 1 think they are distinct. I refer De 
Grijs’s Fokien and Sampson's Kwangtung specimens to A. cri- 
nicaule, which varies a good deal, and sometimes very closely 
resembles A. anisodontum, Presl. 
*Asplenium laserpitiifolium, Lam., 
united by Bentham with A. cuneatum, Lam., is recognized by 
Mettenius, Kuhn, and most pteridologists, as a true species. 
Both occur in Hongkong. 
*Asplenium lineolatum, Mett. in Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 
238. (=Asplenium fraxinifolium, Wall, ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 451.) 
*Asplenium latifolium, Don; Bak. Syn. Fl. 239. (=Asplenium dila- 
tatum, Hook. part.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 452.) 
The simply-pinnate fern with subcoriaceous fronds, alluded to 
by Mr. Bentham under A. silvaticum, is, I think with Sir W. 
Hooker, rather a variety of the present species. 
65. Asplenium speciosum, Mett.; Bak. Syn. Fil. 235. 
I insert this on Mr. Baker’s authority, not having, to the best 
of my recollection, seen a Hongkong specimen. 
66. Hypolepis punctatá, Mett. msc. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 120. (=Poly- 
podium rugulosum, Labill.; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 272.) 
Rare in Hongkong. Recorded in the ‘ Botany of the Herald,’ 
