342 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 



Hab. China (Swartz). South China, Seemann, n. 2391. Hongkong, 

 Major Champion, n. 551. 



Our larger specimens, from Dr. Seemann, correspond with the var. 

 j8 of Willdenow (B. longifolium, Cav.). Chusan, Mr. T. Alexander. 



Asplente^. 



1. Asplenium (§ Thamnopteris) Nidus, Linn. — Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 

 3101. 

 Hab. South China, Seemann, n. 2381. Chusan, Mr. T. Alexander. 



2. Asplenium lanceum, Th. ; fronde lanceolata submembranacea acu- 

 minata rigida integerrima, fasciculorum venarum ramis 2-3 rarius 4 

 uno solummodo sorifero, soris solitaries nunc geminatis diplazioideis, 

 stipite gracili caudiceque longe repente paleis nigris crinitis. — Thunb. 

 II. Jap. p. 333.— Ic. PI. Jap. Dec. 2. t. \%.—Sw. Syn. Ml. p. 74. 

 Diplazium lanceum, Presl, Epimel. p. 83 (in part). Asplenium sub- 

 sinuatum, Hook, et Grev. Ic. Ml. t. 27. 

 Hab. Chusan ; moist places on the side of the mountain Tung-Ian, 



Mr. T. Alexander. Hongkong, J. C. Bowring, Esq., n. 2. 



3. Asplenium oxyphyllum, J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 408. 

 Cum. Herb. Philip, n. 42. Asplenium falcatum, Sw. — Rheede, Hort. 

 Malab. xii. t. 18. 



Hab. Hongkong, J. C. Bowring, Esq., n. 35. 



4. Asplenium cuneatum, Sw. — Schkuhr, Fil. t. 78. 



Hab. Happy Valley, Hongkong, /. C. Bowring, Esq. Chusan, Mr. 

 Alexander. 



5. Asplenium lanceolatum? Huds. — Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 240. Var. ele- 

 gans ; minus, tenerius, stipite gracili. 



Hab. Chusan, Mr. Alexander. Nangasaki, Japan (Miss Nelson), Mr. 



Babington. 



It certainly is not without considerable hesitation that I refer this 

 Japanese Fern to a species which was long considered almost peculiar 

 to certain districts of England, and now its range is not known to ex- 

 tend beyond (chiefly south-) western Europe and Madeira. But after 

 the most careful examination, I can find it to differ in no essential par- 

 ticular, save in the smaller size, more delicate and membranaceous tex- 

 ture, and always slender stipes. Future investigations may prove it to 

 be a peculiar species ; but it would be difficult to define the differences 

 in words. 



