340 FLOKULA HONGKONGEN8IS. 



2. Polystichum aristatum, Presl. . Aspidium aristatum, Sw. — Schkuhr, 



Fil 



Mr 



Alexander. Hongkong, /. C. Bowing, n. 9. Nangaaaki, Japan (Miss 



Nelson), Mr. Babington. 



3. Polystichum drepanum, Pr. Aspidium drepanum, Schkuhr, Fil. 



t. 51. 



Hab. Lung-tong, mainland, north-west from Hongkong, /. C. Bow- 

 ring, Esq., n. 28. 



1. Nephrodium anitum, Schott. Aspidium unitum, Sw. — Schkuhr, 



Crypt, p. 34. t. 33 b. 



Hab. Hongkong, Br. Bill, J. C. Bowring, Esq., n. 16. 



2. Nephrodium molle, Schott. Aspidium, Sw. — Schkuhr, Fil. p. 3. 

 t. 34 B. Polypodium molle, Jacq. Ic. Ear. iii. t. 640. 



Hab. China, Beechey. Foo-chow-foo, Chusan, Tung-Ian, and Sara-la 

 Bay, Mr. Alexander. Hongkong, Major Champion, n. 554, /. C. Bow- 

 ring, Esq., n. 1. 



This universally dispersed species, in all tropical climates, is very va- 

 riable in the amount of pubescence, in the size and relative length and 

 breadth and divisions of the pinnae, and in the disposition of the son : 

 in the broader pinnae confined to the centre, not forming intramarginal 

 lines around the lobes : this we have alluded to in the c Botany of 

 Beechey's Voyage' (p. 236), and suggested that it might be a distinct 

 species. 

 3. Nephrodium parasiticum ? Pr. Aspidium, #w.; Bl. Polypodium, L. 



Mr 



Willdenow 



Blume:— the latter rejects the figure of Rheede, which "Willdenow 

 quotes as a synonym (Hort. Mai. 12. t. 17). 



1. Cyxtominm falcatum, Presl. Polypodium falcatum, Thunb. FL Jap. 

 p. 336. t. 36. 



Hab. Loo-choo, Beechey. On the walls of Woosung; and Peh- 

 quan, near an old Joss-house, Mr. Alexander. Nangasaki, Japan, 

 Mr. Babington. 



A perfect stipes of this fine plant (of which we have specimens three 

 feet long) exhibits very large, almost ovate, brown, membranaceous 

 scales at the base. 



1. Aspidium (Bathmium) trtfoliatum, Sw.— Schkuhr, Fil. p. 29. t. 28. 



