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ones gradual]; ahi>iwiated in six.- and remote from one another: mdusmm 

 broad, both ones apprnlud each other, situated midway between margins 

 and midrib of pinna*, involute forming a sufoylindrical line and inwrappin^ 



Norn. Jap. Osa-skida. 



Hah. Prov. Shinano: Mt. Togakushi-yama (Herb. Imp. Univ.! July 

 10, 1884): Prov. Ise: Tcchinoki-dani in Mt. Komonc-yama (I.e.! Aug 

 13, 1889); Prov. Musashi: Mt, Yokaml-yama (2 7 . Makino ! July 16, 

 1888); Prov. Echigo: Mt. Shimidzu-toge (T. Mahino! Sept, 1888); Prov. 

 Aw a (BOBHii): Mt. Kiyosumi-yama (T. Makino! April 1896); Prov. 

 Sagami: Hakone (S. Matsuda ! Dec. 31, 1893). 



In the general habit this small alpine fern very closely resembles 

 Blechnum pernio, marina Metten. (=Lcmon'« Germainii Hook.) and 

 1J. olpinum Metten. {—Lomaria alpha Spreng.), but on account of the 

 above-said characters it would be suitable to retain it as a distinct species. 



Perhaps Lomaria crenulata Moore, MSS. (ex Hooker et Baker 

 Synopsis Filieum, ed. 2, p. 180), on account of the presence in this 

 country of onlv one known species which has the long-creeping type of the 

 caudex, may be considered a. identical to my species, but I can not be 

 Hire of it; for I have no access to the authentic specimen and besides the 

 author's description "We have a garden specimen of what looks like the- 

 same [Lomaria Germoinii Hook.], but is more slender and elongated, 

 marked "Z, crenulata. Moore, MSS. Japan, Veitch." " is too simple. If 

 that species lie the same with my plant. Moore's specific • name "crenu- 

 lata" would be very inappropriate, since there is not any crenulate 

 character, as far as I known, in this plant. 



Late Maximowicz adopted upon my species which I have sent him 

 for identification the name of Lomaria Spicant forma blechnoides Baker. 



If the generic name of Lomaria would be retained, my species would 

 belong to it and be called L. amahUis. 



{To le continued.) 



