in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces; main rachis castaneous, glabrous, flexuose. Pinnæ deltoid, spreading horizontally, distant, 1-1 in. long; final segments oblong, obtuse, in. broad. Sori placed all round the free part of the edge of the nearly continuous segments. Indusia narrow, glabrous.- Ichang, Henry 3998. Allied to the Himalayan C. subvillosa Hook. and C. Dalhousie Hook. There are two allied undescribed species from Yunnan in the Delavay collection.

Pellaa geraniafolia Fée. Wushang Gorge, Yang-tze-kiang, Faber 1011.

Onychium japonicum Kunze.

Faber 1024.

Mount Omei and Min River,

Cryptogramme crispa R. Br. Summit of Mount Omei, Faber 1080. Widely spread in the Himalayas, but new to China.

Pteris cretica L. Type; Mount Omei, Faber 1014, 1016.Var. P. melanocaulon Fée. Yang-tze-kiang, Faber 1013, 1017.— P. dactylina Hook. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1012. A rare East Himalayan species, new to China.

(4*). P. deltodon, n. sp. Stipes tufted, slender, naked, stramineous, -1 ft. long. Lamina ovate, simply pinnate, membranous, 4-8 in. long, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Pinnæ 3-5, lanceolate, sessile, 2-6 in. long, 1-1 in. broad at the middle, conspicuously inciso-dentate at the sterile tips. Veins lax, simple or forked, ascending, distinct. Sori continuous from the base to within a short distance of the tip of the pinnæ. Indusium narrow, glabrous. -Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1010. Nearest P. cretica, but pinnæ few, the lowest simple, the barren part differently toothed, and the veining much laxer.

P. serrulata L. fil. Mount Omei, Faber 1015. P. excelsa Gaudich. Mount Omei, Faber 1018. Agrees well with the Himalayan plant so called, but perhaps not distinct specifically from P. quadriaurita.

(6*). Lomaria deflexa, n. sp. Caudex erect. Stipes densely tufted, naked, that of the sterile frond 7-8 in. long. Sterile frond oblong-lanceolate, 15-18 in. long, 6-7 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base, membranous, green and glabrous on both surfaces, cut down to the rachis into very numerous adnate lanceolate pinnæ, the largest 3-3 in. long, in. broad, tapering gradually to a distinctly-serrated apex, the lower ones much deflexed. Veins lax, distinct, ascending, usually once forked. Pinnæ of the fertile frond remote, linear, the central ones 2-2 in. long.—Mount Omei, 7000 ft., Faber 1023. Nearest to the Norfolk Island L. acuminata Baker L. norfolkiana Kunze.

L. Spicant Desv. Ichang, Henry 3316. Mount Omei, 2500 ft., Faber 1028.

Woodwardia radicans Sm. Mount Omei, Faber 1081.

Asplenium Trichomanes L. Patung district, Henry 3675. Mount Omei, Faber 1087. A. normale Don. Mount Omei, Faber 1077. An extreme form, resembling the Neilgherry d. opacum Kunze.— A. crinicaule Hance. Mount Omei, 2500 ft., Faber 1006. A. resectum Smith. Mount Omei, Faber 1005, ex parte. An earlier

A. incisum Thunb. Faber 1088. - A.

name for this species is A. unilaterale Lam. Patung district, Henry 3674. Mount Omei, Sauli Hook. Patung district, Henry 3789. Mount Omei, Faber 1007. Cannot stand as a species distinct from A. pekinense Hance. -A. (Darea) rutafolium Kunze. Ichang, Henry 3291. — A. spinulosum Baker. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1050. Found lately in Yunnan by Delavay. - A. nigripes Blume, var. Mount Omei,

3500 ft., Faber 1048, 1061.

(197*). A. (ATHYRIUM) lastreoides, n. sp. Lamina very large, membranous, green and glabrous on both surfaces; rachises brownish, without hairs or paleæ. Lower pinnæ oblong-deltoid, 11-2 ft. long, under a foot broad; pinnules and tertiary segments oblong-lanceolate; final segments oblong, obtuse, deeply pinnatifid, -in. broad. Sori subglobose or oblong, contiguous to the midrib of the quaternary divisions. Indusium usually athyrioid, sometimes subreniform.Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1064. Allied to A. (Athyrium) fimbriatum Wall.

A. japonicum Thunb. Mount Omei, Faber 1098. — A. Wichura Mett. Mount Omei, Faber 1005, 1068.

Allantodia Brunoniana Wall. Mount Omei, Faber 1067. New to China. Frequent in the Eastern Himalayas.

(5*). Aspidium (POLYSTICHUM) Xiphophyllum, n. sp. Caudex stout, erect; basal paleæ linear or lanceolate, bright brown. Stipes tufted, 4-5 in. long, with only a few spreading paleæ near the base. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, rigid, glabrous, simply pinnate, under a foot long, 3-4 in. broad, green on both sides; rachis with a few spreading linear or subulate paleæ. Pinnæ about 20-jugate, the upper sessile, the lower nearly so, lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, in. broad, cut away on the lower side at the base, with a free or adnate auricle on the upper, finely serrated towards the acuminate tip. Veins immersed, indistinct, pinnate with about 2 veinlets on a side in the centre of the pinnæ. Sori uniserial on each side of the midrib of the pinnæ, medial. Indusium small, glabrous, deciduous. -Mount Omei, 5000 ft., Faber 1040. A very distinct species, allied to A. munitum and A. falcinellum.

A. auriculatum Sw. There are two plants in this present collection closely allied to this common and very variable Himalayan species, but which do not quite agree with any of the Indian forms. 1, submarginale, nov. var., with the frond and pinnæ of A. obliquum Don, but with submarginal sori.-Mount Omei, Faber 1038, 1040. Also Kwantung, Ford 225. 2, stenophyllum, nov. var., approximating to A. Lonchitis in habit, with a frond a foot long and scarcely above an inch broad at the middle, with subrhomboid spinulose conspicuously auricled pinnæ much cut away on the lower side of the midrib.-Mount Omei, 3000 ft., Faber 1035.

A. deltodon Baker. Mount Omei, 3000-3500 ft., Faber 1039,1045. A. aculeatum Sw., var. A. lobatum Sw. Mount Omei, 8000 ft., Faber 1085. Var. A. angulare Sw. Ichang, Henry 3289. Patung district, Henry 3676. Mount Omei, Faber 1055. Var. A. biaristatum Blume. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1091. A. amabile Blume. Mount Omei, Faber 1096. Gathered previously in the province of Kiu-kiang by Dr. Shearer.

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(26*). A. (POLYSTICHUM) capillipes, n. sp. Stipes densely tufted, thread-like, naked, 3-4 in. long; basal paleæ lanceolate, brown, membranous. Lamina lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, not more than

in. broad, deeply bipinnatifid, moderately firm in texture, green, glabrous, with many minute linear dark brown paleæ on the main rachis. Pinnæ lanceolate, in. long, most of the pinnules lanceolate-aristate and 1-nerved, but the lowest on the upper side much larger than the rest and deeply pinnatifid. Sori one to a pinnule. Indusium large, convex, persistent, membranous.-Mount Omei, Faber 1086. Not nearly allied to anything already known. The large bullate membranous indusium recalls A. craspedosorum. The habit is most like that of a finely divided form of Asplenium fon

tanum.

A. aristatum Sw. Patung district, Henry 3678. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1082, 1083.

Caudex stout,

(42*). A. (POLYSTICHUM) caruifolium, n. sp. erect. Stipes densely tufted, slender, stramineous, 2-3 in. long, with a few small lanceolate paleæ. Lamina lanceolate, decompound, 9-12 in. long, 1 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, bright green, glabrous; rachis naked, slender, stramineous. Pinnæ lanceolate, multijugate, 3-1 in. long, in. broad, much cut away on the lower side; lower pinnules deltoid, bipinnate; final segments lanceolate-aristate, 1-nerved, 1-16th to 1-12th in. long. Sori not more than one to each final segment, various in position. Indusium small, peltate, glabrous.- Mount Omei, 8000-3500 ft., Faber 1027. A very distinct and beautiful species, most like Asplenium tenuifolium in habit.

A. falcatum Sw. Mount Omei, Faber 1060. Patung district, Henry 3686, 3687. Yang-tze-kiang, Faber 1046; and a variety like the Himalayan A. caryotideum Wall., with few very large pinnæ, on Mount Omei, at 5000-8000 ft., Faber 1058.

Nephrodium decursivo-pinnatum Baker. Patung district, Henry 3679. — N. hirtipes Hook. A form intermediate between the type and the Japanese N. Dickinsii Baker, on Mount Ornei, Faber 1047. —N. Dickinsii Baker. Patung district, Henry 3677.—N. gracilescens Hook. Mount Omei, Faber 1052.-N. Clarkei Baker. Mount Omei, Faber 1003. An East Himalayan species, new to China.

(70%). N. (LASTREA) unifurcatum, n. sp. Stipe naked, dull brown, 12-15 in. long. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 ft. long, 8-10 in. broad, bipinnatifid, membranous, green and glabrous on both surfaces; rachis dull brown, obscurely paleaceous. Pinnæ lanceolate, the lowest not reduced, 5-6 in. long, 1-14 in. broad, cut down regularly to a narrow wing into parallel, oblong, obtuse segmentsin. broad. Veinlets of the pinnules 7-8-jugate, forked. Sori medial. Indusium small, glabrous, persistent.-Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1051.

N. lacerum Baker. Patung district, Henry 3680.— N. odoratum Baker. Wushan Gorge, Faber 1084. N. intermedium Baker. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1054, 1062. N. sophoroides Desv. Mount Omei, Faber 1078. N. cicutarium Baker. Mount Omei, Faber 1074. Common in the Eastern Himalayas. New to China.

(1*). Polypodium (PHEGOPTERIS) gymnogrammoides, n. sp. Rootstock creeping below the surface. Stipes spaced out, slender, stramineous, naked, fragile, 4-5 in. long. Lamina oblong-deltoid, 5-6 in. long, about 8 in. broad, membranous, green and glabrous on both surfaces, cut down to a narrow wing to the main rachis into lanceolate crenate pinnæ in. broad, the lowest pair deflexed, as in P. Phegopteris. Veins in pinnate groups, with about 2 very ascending veinlets on a side. Sori oblong, in a single series on each side of the midrib of the pinnæ.-Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1036. Nearly allied to the Japanese P. Krameri Franch. et Savat., figured lately in Hooker's Icones,' tab. 1668.

(13*). P. (PHEGOPTERIS) Omeiense, n. sp. Rootstock creeping widely below the surface. Stipe naked, a foot long. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatifid, a foot or more long, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, reduced at the base, moderately firm in texture, green and rather hairy on both surfaces; rachis pubescent, not at all paleaceous. Pinnæ sessile, lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, & in. broad, cut down to a narrow wing into entire linear-oblong segments in. broad. Veinlets simple, distinct, 8-9-jugate. Sori small, medial.Mount Omei, Faber 1059. Differs from the Himalayan P. appendiculatum Wall. by its creeping rootstock and medial sori.

(19*). P. (PHEGOPTERIS) braineoides, n. sp. Lamina very large, oblong, bipinnate, 1 ft. broad, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces; rachis quadrangular, not paleaceous. Central pinnæ lanceolate, nearly a foot long, 11-13 in. broad, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into linear-oblong entire segments in. broad. Veins simple, about 20 on a side. Sori costal, confluent.-Mount Omei, 2500 ft., Faber 1022. Very near the Tropical American P. decussatum L.

(26*). P. (PHEGOPTERIS) stenopterum, n. sp. Stipes stramineous, 6-8 in. long, with only a few lanceolate brown pales towards the base. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, membranous, bipinnatifid, 1-2 ft. long, 7-8 in. broad, green and glabrous on both surfaces; rachis stramineous, not paleaceous. Pinnæ lanceolate, sessile, the lower 5-6 in. long, 1-1 in. broad, cut down to a narrow wing into oblong entire or inciso-crenate segments in. broad. Veins pinnate opposite the lobes of the pinnules, with not more than two simple veinlets on a side. Sori uniserial in the pinnules, subglobose, placed nearer the midrib than the margin.Patung district, Henry 3682. Allied to the common Himalayan P. distans Don.

(43). P. (PHEGOPTERIS) alcicorne, n. sp. Caudex erect. Stipes densely tufted, stramineous, 4-7 in. long, clothed throughout with small ovate unequal-sized brown palea. Lamina oblonglanceolate, 3-4-pinnatifid, 8-9 in. long, about 2 in. broad, firm in texture, green and glabrous; rachis scaly like the stipe. Pinnæ lanceolate, at most 1 in. long, in. broad, much reduced on the lower side; final segments non-contiguous, lanceolate, aristate, 1-nerved, in. long. Sori minute, placed singly near the tip of the segments.-Mount Omei, 3000 ft., Faber 1008, 1009. A very distinct and beautiful species, most like Aspidium fœniculaceum Hook. in texture and cutting.

P. amanum Wall. Mount Omei, Faber 1043, 1094.-P. erythrocarpum Mett. Mount Omei, 9000 ft. to summit, Faber 1037. A Sikkim species, and gathered lately by Dr. Watt in Manipur. New to China.-F. calvatum Baker. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1049. -P. Lingua Sw. Mount Omei, at 6000 ft., on trees, Faber 1076. Patung district, Henry 3684. P. fissum Baker. Mount Omei, at 3000 ft., on trees, Faber 1075. - P. rostratum Hook. Patung district, Henry 3685.-P. drymoglossoides Baker. Mount Omei, Faber 1046.— P. lineare Thunb. Mount Omei, ascending to the summit, Faber 1069, 1070. Patung district, Henry 3683.

(304*). Polypodium (PHYMATODES) asterolepis, n. sp. Rootstock as thick as a swan's quill, creeping beneath the surface of the soil. Stipe naked, erect, 3-4 in. long. Lamina simple, lanceolate, 12-15 in. long, 14-1 in. broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the base and apex, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with a few scattered brown membranous peltate scales beneath, and numerous transparent dots. Veins anastomosing copiously. Sori large, round, superficial, forming a single row near the margin in the upper half of the frond.-Mount Omei, 4500 ft., on rocks, Faber 1063. Differs from all forms of P. simplex by its submarginal sori. Another plant included under the same number has nearly medial sori, and may be a form of simplex.

P. ensatum Thunb. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1095. The Chinese specimens lately received from various sources quite run together the Himalayan P. ovatum Wall. and Japanese P. ensatum Thunb.-P. superficiale Blume. Mount Omei, Faber 1065.

(349). P. (PHYMATODES) deltoideum, n. sp. Rootstock creeping widely below the surface. Stipe naked, erect, 9-12 in. long, winged towards the top. Lamina simple, deltoid, 8-9 in. long and broad, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, pinnatifid in the lower half, the two basal lobes much the largest, ovate-acuminate, 2-3 in. long. Main veins produced from the midrib to the edge - in. apart; intervening veinlets anastomosing copiously. Sori large, globose, superficial, mainly in regular lax rows on each side of the main veins. Ichang, Henry 3279. Near P. hemitomum Hance.

P. hastatum Thunb. Mount Omei and Min River, Faber 1066. P. dilatatum Wall. Mount Omei, 4000 ft., Faber 1073. A Himalayan species, gathered previously in Lo-fan-shan by Ford.P. himalayense Hook. Mount Omei, Faber 1041. The fuller recent material runs P. Lehmanni Mett. into this species. P. Fortunei Kunze. Mount Omei, Faber 1072. Patung district, Henry 3704. P. propinquum Wall. Mount Omei, Faber 1071. A common Himalayan species, now found in China for the first time. Gymnogramme involuta Hook. Mount Omei, 4000 ft., Faber 1019. A common East Himalayan species, now found in China for the first time. G. macrophylla Hook. Mount Omei, 3000 ft. and higher, Faber 1002. New to China, if G. Henryi Baker does not, as I suspect it will be found to, run into it. Not Himalayan. -G. elliptica Baker. Mount Omei, 3500 ft., Faber 1004. Ichang, Henry 3348.