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ON TWO RECENT COLLECTIONS OF FERNS FROM 



WESTERN CHINA. 



By J. G. Baker, F.R.S. 



It is most gratifying to see at what a rapid rate our knowledge 

 of the flora of the interior of China is advancing. The two col- 

 lections of ferns which form the subject of the present paper were 

 made, one by the Rev. Ernst Faber, on Mount Omei, in the province 

 of Szechwan, and the other by Dr. A. Henry, of Ichang, mainly in 

 the Patung district. Both of them were received in England 

 towards the end of 1887. I described the new ferns of a previous 

 collection from Dr. Henry in Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 170. As usual 

 in my fern-papers, the numbers in brackets that precede the names 

 of the novelties indicate their position in the sequence followed in 

 our ■ Synopsis Filicum.' 



Gleichenia glauca Hook. Mount Omei, alt. 3000 ft., Faber 1021. 



Hymenophyllum polyanthos Sw. Summit of Mount Omei, Faber 

 1079. — H. javanicnm Spreng. Mount Omei, Faber 1026. Frequent 

 in the Eastern Himalayas. Gathered lately by Ford in Lofanshan, 

 and Dr. Watt in Manipur. 



Trichomanes radicans Sw. Mount Omei, 3000 ft., Faber 1025. 



Woodsia polystichoides Eaton. Nanto, Henry 3933. 



Davallia marginalia Baker. Mount Omei, Faber 1057. — D. 

 striyosa Sw. Mount Omei, Faber 1053, 1090. — D. Ctarkei Baker. 

 Summit of Mount Omei, Faber 1089. A rare East Himalayan 

 species, discovered lately by Abbe Delavay in Yunnan. See 

 Hooker's ' Icones,' tab. 1025. 



Lindsaya cultrata Sw. Mount Omei, 4000 ft., Faber 1030. 



Adiantum caudatum L. Yang-tze-kiang, Faber 1049. — A . Capitlus- 

 venerish. Ichang, Henry 3449. Yang-tze-kiang, Fa her 1031. Mount 

 Omei, Faber 1034. 



N (51*). A. Faberi, n. sp. Bootstock erect; basal palese dense, 

 spreading, linear-acuminate, nearly black. Stipes wiry, naked, 

 castaneous, 4-6 in. long. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, tripinnate, 

 5-6 in. long, lj-li in. broad, firm in texture, green, glabrous. 

 Lower pinnsB deltoid. Final segments suborbicular, distinctly 

 petioled, £-£ in. broad, obscurely crenate on the upper margin 

 When sterile. Veins distinct, free, flabellate. Sori 1-2, small, 

 globose, indented on the upper edge of the frond. Indusium 

 orbicular, glabrous, much smaller than in A. wonochlamys.— -Mount 

 Omei, 3000 ft., Faber 1033. Midway between A. wonochlamys and 

 .A. mthiopicum, and nearly allied also to the Himalayan A. venmtum. 



A. pedatum L. Patung district, Henry 3688. Mount Omei, 

 3000 ft., Faber 1032. 



Chvilanthes mysuremis Wall. Yang-tze-kiang, Faber 1001, ex 



parte. 



■ .(28*). C. patnla, n. sp. Stipes castaneous, slender, densely 



tufted, 4-5 in. long, with only a few scattered brown lanceolate 



acuminate pale® near the base. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, tri- 



pinnate, 4-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, moderately farm 



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