poLVPODrACEJf:. 23!) 



sitional forms from smaller to larger ones iii oue aud tlie same specimen. 

 Fiuilier study iu tlie field aud exliaustive comparisou with ricli materials 

 •will prove tliat this is a compouud form of C fraxinca Fee. 

 Syimlepis Bernh. 



Hypolepis tenuifolia Bebnh. Copel.ujd Polvp. Philipp., p. 95 ; Diels 

 Natiu-. Pfi.-fam. Pttnid. p. 278, fig. 147-A. 



Hab. Koshviu, Mt. Hieranzan, leg. B. Hayata et S. S.\.SAKr, Jimi., 1912. 

 Plagiogy^^ia Mett. 



Plagiogyria aduata Bedd. Fem. Brit. lud. t. 51. 



Hab. Shiuko: Shibaraku, leg. IT. MoRr, Juli., 1906. 



Compared with a Japanese specimeu so labelled in the Tokyo herbarium. 

 Piuuae of the fei-tile frond are more straight, (uot crispate) louger and sti'ouger, 

 thau tliose of tlie Japanese sjiecimeu. Perhaps a varieti- of the \^'\>&. 



Plagiogyria euphlebia Mett. Hayata Mater. FI. Foi-mos. p. 443. 



Hab. Arisau, ad 7000 ped. alt., leg. B. H.\yata et S. SAS.iKT, Jau., 1912. 



Plagiogyria falcata Copel. iu Philip. Jouru. Sci. Bot. n.-2. p. 133, 

 t. I.-B. Pla</io(ji/ria Ifai/ateana Maktno iu Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX. p. 245. 

 Plagiogyria Matsitmurce H\y.\ta (uon MAKrNOj FL Mout. Formos. p. 244. 



B.AB. Arisau, ad 8000-7000 ped. alt., leg. B. Hay.\ta et S. Sasakt, 

 1912, Jau. 



Plagiogyria stenoptera Dtels. 



Hu;. .\ri.sau, ad ,SOOO-70()0 ]X'd. alt., l.-g. B. H\Y.\TA et S. S.vsAKr, 

 Jau. 1912. 



C<impar«d witli a specimeu so Libelled iu the herbarium at Tokyo. 

 Pteris LiNX. 



Pteris dactylina Hook. Sp. Fil. II. p. IGO t. 130-A; Hooker et 

 Bakee Syn. Fih p. 155 ; Bedd. Haudb. Fer. Brit. lud. p. 108 fig. uo 5G et 

 Fem. Brit. lud. t. 23. 



Hab. Taito: Cliakaukei, leg. U. MoRi. 



DiSTEin. Nepal to Sikkim aud Khasya, ascendiug to 9000 ft. 



Pteris excelsissima Hwata sp. nov. (Fig. 167). Pdiizoma? Stii^es 

 150 cm. lougus glaberrimus basi castaueo-ferrngiueus suj^eriore iutus stramiueus 

 intus profunde sulcatus validisaimus basi 2 cni. iu diametro sectionis. Frous 



