FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 337 



Hab. Chusan, Mr. Braine. Along the coast of China ; common. 

 Mr. T. Alexander. Nangasaki, Japan, Dr. Babington. 



We had already, in c Gen. et Sp. Fil.,' intimated that this imper- 

 fectly-described plant of Thunberg, 1. c, was identical with Cheilanthes 

 (Onychium) lucida, of Dr. Wallich, and now we find specimens in Dr. 

 Harland's herbarium, gathered at Nangasaki by Mr. Babington. 



1. Pteris semipinnata, Linn. — Osb. It. p. 232, t. 3./. 1. Pt. dimidiata, 

 TTilld. Pt. flabellata, Schkuhr, Fil. p. 86. t. 93. 



Hab. China, Osbeck. Foo-chow-foo, Koo-lung-loo Island, at the 

 foot of a dark granite rock, and Chusan, Mr. T. Alexander. Nanga- 

 saki, Japan, Miss Nelson, Mr. Babington. 



2. Pteris crenata, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 96 et 290.— Hook. Gen. et Sp. Fil. 



ii. p. 163. t. 127 A. 



Hab. Hongkong, J. C. Bowring, Esq., n. 7. 



3. Pteris serrutata, Linn. — Schkuhr, Fil. p. 83. t. 91. — Willd. Sp. PL 



x.p. 373. 



Hab. China, Swartz. On stone walls, Koo-lung-loo Island, and 



Chusan, Mr. T. Alexander. He 

 Braine. Nansrasaki, Japan, Mr 



Major Champion, n. 292, Mr 



Pteris longifolia, Linn.— Schkuhr, Fil. p. 84. t. 88.— Willd. Sp. PL 

 v. p. 369. Pt. costata, Bory et Willd. — Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. 



Voy.p. 256. t. 51. 



Hab. Chusan, Mr. T. Alexander. Hongkong, /. C. Bowring, Esq., 



n. 3. 



5. Pteris aquilina, Linn.— Schkuhr, Fit. p. 87. t. 95. Pt. esculenta, 

 Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 257 ; an Sw.? 



Hab. China, Beechey. South China, Seemann, n. 2390. Chusan, 

 Mr. T. Alexander. Hongkong, Major Champion, n. 548. 



Whatever the Pt. esculenta of Swartz may be, whether a mere va- 

 riety of aquilina or a distinct species, our Chinese specimens quite agree 

 with the ordinary form of Pt. aquilina. 



6. Pteris (Campteria) nemoralis, Willd. Sp. PI. v. p. 386. 



Hab. South China, Seemann, n. 2384. Chusan, Mr. T. Alexander. 



Major 



AsPIDIEjE. 



1. Lastrea falciloba, n. sp. ; fronde ampla sesquipedali ovato-lanceolata 

 acuminata rigida pinnata, pinnis numerosis subdistantibus lineari-lan- 



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