FLORA OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG, 431 
763. Mertensia glauca, Sw„ WiUd. L c. p. 7o.~Gkichenia glauca, Hook. Sp. FiL p. 4. t. 3 B. 
Hongkong (Seemann!). 
SCHIZiEACEJE, Mm-t. 
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763. Lygodium flewuosnm, Sw., WiUd. Lc. p. 83 (sub Hydroglossum).-L. dichotomum, Sw., 
Hook, et Grev. Ic. FiL t. 55. Hongkong (Hance !) ; Malayan Archipelago. 
7G4. Lygodium scandens, Sw., WUld. Lc. p. 77.— Schk. Fil. t. 138. Hongkong (Hance!); 
tropics of the eastern hemisphere. 
765. Lygodium Japonicum, Sw., WiUd. L c. p. 81. Hongkong (Hance! Seemann!); East 
Indies ; Malayan and other islands of the eastern hemisphere.— v. v. Hort. Kcw. 
766. Lygodium microphylkm, R. Br. Prodr.— FI. Nov, Roll. p. 143. Hongkong (Hance!); 
islands of the Pacific. 
The protean forms assumed by the species of this genus, renders any attempt to defiue their specific 
distinction a task which, with all the tune that can be bestowed on their examination, ends in no satisfac- 
tory result. Fifteen species are described by "Willdenow ; Presl has no fewer than forty, and if his data 
for characterizing species are adopted, the number may can be increased. 
OSMUNDACEJE, Mart. 
767. OsMUNDA Javanka, Blume, En. FiL Jav. p. 252.— J. Sm. Gen. Fil. I.e.— 0. VachdUi, 
Hook. Ic. PL t. 15. Hongkong (Hance! Seemann !); India; Java; Luzon. 
Maeaitiace^, Kaulf. 
768. Angiopteris evecta, Hoff., Willd. I.e. p. 69.— Schk. FiL t. 150.— Hook, ct Grcv. Ic. Fil. 
t. 36. Llongkong (Hance ! Seemann !) ; general throughout the Malayan and Polynesian Islands. 
LYCOPODIACE^. 
(Audore J. Smith.) 
769. Selaginella concinna, Spring, Monog. Lycop. p. \99. -^ Lycopodium concinnum, Sw. 
In woods (Hance'!). 
770. Selaginella argentea, Spring, 1. c. p. Io4^.—Lycopodhm argenteum, Wall. Cat. n. 127. 
In woods (Hance!). 
771. Selaginella atroviridis, Spring, 1. c. p. 124:— Lycopodium atroviridc, Wall. Cat. n. 130. 
— Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 39. In woods (Hance !) . 
773. Selaginella ^«ie//a/a. Spring, I.e. p. llo.—Lycopodhim flahellatum, Linn. Tn woods 
(Hance !). 
773. Lycopodium cernmm, Linn., Spring, Lc. p. 79. In woods (Hance!). Veiy general 
throughout the tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres. 
