﻿32 BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Vol. XX, 



Nephrodium propinquum Hook. Sp. Fil. IV. p. 79 (excl. excl.) ; 

 Bedd. Ferns S. Ind. tab. 89. 



Nom. Jap. Tetsu-hoshida (Y. Tashiro). 



Hab. Prov. Kn in Honsiu : Yugawa (I. Matsumoto \ Sept. 1905) ; Prov. 

 Tosa in Shikoku: Tsuro-mura (T. Yoshinaga ! Aug. 1905), Cape Muroto (S. 

 Okamural Jan. 2, 1906); Amami-Oshima(Z7. Fauriel July 1900), Near Nase 

 (T. Uchiyama ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Dec. 13, 1900) ; Loochoo : 

 Nakagami in Isl. Okinawa ( Y. Tashiro ! herb. ibid. Aug. 1897), Isl. Iheya 

 (H. Kuroiwa ! Aug. 1898) ; Yayeyama Archip. : Isl. Nishiomote (S. Tana- 

 ka\ herb. ibid. June 1291), Kwannondo in Isl. Ishikaki (H. Kuroiwa ! 

 Aug. 1892); Formosa: Hokuto (U. Fauriel June 1, 1903). 



New to Shikoku and Honsiu. Japanese one may be identical with a. 

 gongylodes (Schk.) Hook, et Baker ( = Aspidium unitum a, glabra Mett.). 



Diplazium japonicum (Thunb.) Christ, var. Conilii (Franch. et 

 Sav.) Makino. 



Asplenium Conilii Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 227. 



Asplenium japonicum lusus Conilii Franch. et Sav. 1. c. p. 625. 



Frond angustato-lanceolate ; pinnee very obtuse, crenate to lobato- 

 parted ; lobes very obtuse at the apex, 1-4-veins on a side in each ; rachis 

 not polished, scaly throughout ; stipe long. 



Nora. Jap. Hosoba-shikeshida (nov.). 



Hab. Japan, shady places, not uncommon. 



A good variety with a permanently narrow frond. 



Diplazium lanceum (Thunb.) Presl, var. sinuato-lobatum Makino. 



Frond deeply lobed or crenate below and crenato-lobed or sinuato- 

 crenate above, but entire towards the apex ; lobes or teeth patent and 

 obtuse. Sori 1-5 on each side of lateral veins, but those of the superior 

 portion of frond as in the type. Others as in the type. 



Nom. Jap. Nokogiri-herashida (Y. Tashiro). 



Hab. Prov. Tosa in Shikoku: Nishidera in Murotsu-mura (T. Yoshi- 

 naga ! August 1905) ; Loochoo : Kunchan in Isl. Okinawa (S. Tashiro I 

 herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, March 1887). 



