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plant, to which he knew no parallel, and not nearly related to 4. dimi- 
diatum. Mr. Baker (litt. Feb. 1868) says it quite agrees with the 
can specimens referred to A. dimidiatum in the * Synopsis Filicum.' 
Finally, Dr. Kuhn, who has recently redescribed it, under the impres- 
sion that my name was only in manuscript, remarks (Botan. Zeit. 1869, 
p. 182): “ Diese Art ist nahe verwandt mit Æ. macrophyllum, Sw., 
jedoch durch so wesentliche Merkmale von ihm verschieden, dass wir 
gegen eine Vereinigung gerechte Bedenken tragen würden." To me 
this Fern appears distinct from either of the species named, but, of the 
two, nearer 4.macrophyllum. 
Asplenium incisum, Thbg., to which A. elegantulum, Hook., is re- 
duced by Mettenius (in Miq. Ann, Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 234), Baker 
and Kuhn, is stated y Milde (Fil. Eur. 63) to be merely A. Tricho- 
"mes, 
My pee: Pekinan is regarded as a good species by both 
Mettenius and Kuhn, but is referred by Baker (in litt.) to Æ. sepul- 
chrale, Hook., which both Milde and Kuhn consider the same as 4. 
varians, Hook. and Grey. The only specimen of 4. sepulchrale I have 
seen, gathered by Oldham, and sent me under that name from Kew, 
but which exceeds the dimensions given in the ‘ Synopsis,’ appears to 
me altogether distinct, by its habit (not unlike that of Davallia tenui- 
Jolia, Sw.) and very long stipes, and is apparently referable, or at least 
"very close, to 4. solidum, Kze. ; and my Ceylon specimens of 4. vari- 
ans do not look at all as if belonging to the same species as either the 
Japanese or North Chinese Fern. I have, however, a small Jehol Fern 
from Père David, which I have no hesitation in referring to 4. varians. 
Probably more plants than one have been confused under the name of 
A. sepulchrale. A. Pekinense is much like the American 4. montanum, 
Of Asplenium Niponicum, Mett., I possess Fokien specimens from 
De Grijs, and others gathered in the Filoitsz woods, along the North 
River, province of Kwangtung, by Sampson ; they agree perfectly with 
from Japan 
Mr. Swinhoe gathered the Japanese Asplenium Gæringianum, Mett., 
at Talienwan; and M. David has sent from Jehol a Fern which I can- 
not distinguish from 4. Hohenackerianum, Kze 
Mr. J. G. Veitch gave me a Japanese specimen of Asplenium 
Thwaitesii, A. Br., which accords in the most perfect manner with those 
