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I quite concur with Mettenius in thinking that the affinity of 

 this species and its allies, forming Presl's section Odontosoria, 

 and F6e's genus Stenoloma, is with Lmdsaya instead of Dcmdllia. 

 See the remarks of Prof. Qrisebaoh (PI. Brit. W. Ind. 661) who 

 arrives at a precisely similar conclusion, though referring these 

 species to Davallia instead of lmdsaya. The late Sir W. Hooker 

 described i. oblongifoUa, Eeinw., under both genera. 



•Caieilanthes hirsuta, Mett. Mpnogr. Cheil 25. (=Nothol8ena sul- 

 . cata, LinJc. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 449.) 



63. Pteris pellucida, Pxesl;.Ho6k. and Bah. Syn. Fil. 154. 

 Gathered once only, by Dr. Harland and myself, in October 



1856, on the steep grassy face of Victoria Peak. Native like- 

 wise of the province of Pokien, the nnountainous . regions of 

 India, Ceylon, the PhUippiries, and the Malayan peninsula. . 



64. Asplenium Hansei, Bate. Syn. Fil. 208. 



On hill-sides, amongst grass, very rare. Discovered by me in 

 November 1857. I have not seen the Hongkong form from 

 elsewhere. Dr. Kuhn unites my A. crinicaule with this (Bot. 

 Zeit. 1869, 131) ; but I think they are distinct. I refer De 

 G-rijs's Pokien and Sampson's Kwangtung specimens to A. cri- 

 nicaule, which varies a good deal, and sometimes very closely 

 resembles A. anisodcmtum, Presl. 



*Asplenium laserpitiifoliiun, Lam., 



-united by, Bentham with A. qnneatiim, Lam., is recognized by 

 Mettenius, Kuhn, and most pteridologists, as a true species. 

 Both occur in Hongkong. 



•Asplenium lineolatum, Mett. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Imgd.-Bat. ii. 

 238. (= Asplenium fraxinifoliuin. Wall. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 451.) 



*Aspleiiitiin latifoliuin, Don; Bak. Syn. Fl. 239. (= Asplenium dila- 

 tatum. Hook. part. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 452.) 

 The simply-pinnate fern with subcoriaceous fronds, alluded to 

 by Mr. Bentham under A. silvaticum, is, I think with Sir W. 

 Hooker, rather a variety of the present species. 



65. Asplenium speciosum, Mett. ; Bak. Syn. Fil. 235. 



I insert this on Mr. Baker's authority, not having, to the best 

 of my recollection, seen a Hongkong specimen. 



66. Hsrpolepis punctata, Mett. mse. in Kuhn, Ml. Afr. 120. (= Poly- 



podium rugulosum, Labill.; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 272.) 

 Eare in Hongkong. Eecorded in the ' Botany of the Herald,' 



