ON A COLLECTION OF FERNS MADE IN WEST 
CENTRAL CHINA BY DR. A. HENRY 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S. 
Iw a collection of Ferns just received from Dr. Henry, made 
the Province of Hupe, in We st China, are contained the ‘ollowing 
new and interesting species 
85*. Aspleni ere (begin nephrodioides, n. sp. — Caudex 
erect. te densely tufted, pcos above the base, 4-1 ft. 
tnd densely paleaceous towar he bas aalag firm in texture, © 
ceolate, brown, castan a Tau " fanceola te, ee 
i dual 
road. Veins copiously pinn the condary segments; 
veinlets erecto-patent. "Sori 0 Biicag filling » the whole under 
innt 
m sh : atung 
herbs Dr. Henry 1858! This narrowed from the middle down 
8" : faerie Pp. wii um (Las TREA) puree ee n. sp. — Caudex 
erect. Stipes tufted, s stramineous, nearly a foot long, densely 
paleaceous t owards ae base, arses eos basal paleg large, 
ceola 
crenate, tinged te "ie the base. Veins in numerous pinnate sub- 
i ri 
» glabrous, subpersistent. — Ichang, 
Henry 8217! Tateriodiate ba Dai N. podophyllum and N. sage 
105*. Nephrodium (Lasr REA) gymnophyllum sp. — 
Caudex erect. Stipe slender, 6-8 in. long, “pale, slighty scaly 
towards the ba ina deltoid, tripinnate, in. long and 
broad, moderately firm in texture, green an nd i theres on both 
surfaces. Lower pimne much the largest, distinctly petioled, 
deltoid, unequal- sided, much produced on the lower side; final 
segmen nts oblong, e Ven cop obtuse, }-} in. long, 1-8th to 
- broad. i i 
veinlets ascending, ; 
mostly single at the base of. a Bcal ne t th : id 
gments on the Speer side. 
Indusium small, glabrous, reniform, fugacious.— Nanto 
tains to northward, H, Henry 2643 « ex parte | Intermediate. between 
oe sparsum and N, ¢ 
