338 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 



ceolatis sessilibus acuminatis profunde fere ad costam pinnatifidis 

 apice serratis, laciniis oblongo-linearibus subfalcatis acutis margine 

 (siccitate) revoluto, lacinia superiore ad basin reliquis longiore angus- 

 tiore rachi parallela, soris biserialibus, indusiis parvis glabris, stipite 



rachi costisque subtus villosis. 



Hab. Ravines, mainland, opposite Hongkong, at an elevation of 

 1,500 to 2,000 feet, especially near Sung-tong, /. C. Bowring, Esq., 

 n. 33. 



Habit somewhat of Lastrea pennigera, but very different in character, 

 and 1 can nowhere find any description that will correspond with it. 

 It is however identical with specimens in my herbarium, gathered in 

 Eastern Bengal by Griffith, Lobb, and Simons, but from no other part 

 of India. It is remarkable for the deep divisions of the pinnae extend- 

 ing almost to the costa, and for their falcate form and acute apex ; 

 the superior segment at the base is longer and narrower than the rest, 

 and is parallel with the rachis. 



2. Lastrea ciliata ; fronde oblonga subpedali acuminata subrigido- 

 membranacea subtus pilosa margine ciliata pinnata, pinnis approxi- 

 matis sessilibus acuminatis basi truncatis pinnatifidis superioribus 

 confluentibus, laciniis falcato-oblongis obtusis integerrimis, soris bi- 

 seriatis distinctis, indusio stipite rachibus costisque pinnarum copiose 

 villosis. — Aspidium ciliatum, Wall. Cat. n. 351. 

 Hab. Common in ravines, Hongkong, J. C. Bowman, Esq., n. 25, 

 Dr. Hill. 



These specimens entirely agree with the Aspidium ciliatum of Wal- 

 lich. — Frond ten inches to a foot or rather more long. The pinna are 

 cut about halfway down to the costa into lobes. Stipites 4-6 inches 



Boots tufted, numerous, wiry, and very tortuous from 



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a descending caudex. 



3. Lastrea gracilescens, Bl. En. Fil. Jav. p. 155. 



Hab. Shaded hedges, Tung-Ian, Mr. T. Alexander. Hongkong, /. C. 



Bowring, Esq., n. 22, Dr. Harland. 



A small plant, a span to ten inches high, including the slender 

 stipes. Habit somewhat of L. Thelypteris, approaching some young 

 forms of L. mollis and of L. ciliata. With the aid of more copious 

 specimens it might be shown to pass into some better known species. 

 Blame's brief character accords sufficiently well, except that the in- 

 dusia are not always glabrous. 



