343 



27. Veins anastomosing 

 Veins not anastomosing 



28. Pinnules deeply crenate 

 Pinnules entire or nearly so 

 Pinnules 4^ inches long, 1^ inches broad 

 Pinnules less than 1 inch broad 

 Pinnules cuneate 

 Pinnules not cuneate ... 

 Rachis flat, compressed 

 Kachis not flat or compressed 

 Pinnules i inch broad ... 

 Pinnules ^ inch broad or less 

 Pinnules deeply pinnatifid 

 Pinnules cut half way down or less 



Sori straight 



Sori curved 



Sori chiefly near midrib of pinnules 



Sori scattered ... 



29 



30 



31. 



32. 



33. 



34 



35 



36. esculentum. 

 28. 



33. maximum. 



34. latifoUum. 



35. nvdicaule. 



30. 

 31. 

 32. 



12. planicaule. 



13. cuneatum. 

 22. umbrosum. 



33. 



34, 



35. 

 32. ehinense. 

 21. Filix-foemina, 



19. nigripes. 



20. nipponicum. 



1. A. Nidus, Linn. ; Hook, et Bak. Syn. Fil. 190. In the Happy 



VaUey woods, Mt. Parker, Cape d'Aguilar, Taitam Tuk, 

 and behind the Bhuddist temple, Causeway Bay, Hong- 

 kong ; Mirs Bay, Hongkong New Territory, 



2. A. ensiforme, Wall. ; Hook, et Bak. 1. c. 191. Among great 



granite boulders on the higher parts of Taimoshan, Hong- 

 kong New Territory. 



3. A. holosorum, Christ in BuU. Herb. Boiss. ser 2, vii. 10. Taimo- 



shan, Hongkong New Territory. 



4. A. normale, Don ; Hook, et Bak. 1. c. 197. On the west side 



of Victoria Peak near the signal station, among rocks near 

 the summit of Mt. Gough, Hongkong ; Taimoshan and 

 Maonshan, Hongkong New Territory ; top of the Phoenix 

 Mt., Swatow ; Lofoushan ; White Cloud hills, near Canton, 



5. A. Wrightii, Eaton ; Hook, et Bak. 1. c. 204. Taimoshan at 



2300 ft. among boulders, Hongkong New Territory. 



6. A. crinicaule, Hance ; Hook, et Bak. 1, c. 208, In a cayern 



among boulders Mt. Parker, Hongkong ; on the south 

 face of Taimoshan at 1500 ft., Hongkong New Territory ; 

 Lienchow Kiver ; on rocks in the woods at Tingushan, 

 and other localities on the West River. 



7. A. adnatum, Copel. in Philipp. Journ. Sci. Bot. iii. 280. 



Taimoshan among boulders at 2500 ft., Hongkong New 

 Territory. 



8. A. dimidiatum, Swartz ; Hook, et Bak. 1. c. 209. Cock's-comb 



and other calcareous rocks, W. Biver ; Lienchow River ; 

 N. River. 



9. A. macrophyllum, Swartz ; Hook, et Bak. 1. c. 209. On Mt. 



Davis below the Victoria Rd., Hongkong ; Lantao Island 

 and Mirs Bay, Hongkong New Territory. 

 10. A. resectum, Smith ; Hook, et Bak. 1. c. 210. In the spray or 

 drip of streams ; on Mt. Parker in damp caverns, Hong- 

 kong ; Taimoshan at 2600 ft., Hongkong New Territory ; 

 Lienchow River. 



