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236 NOTES ON THE FEllN-FLORA OF CHINA.
hicre nor the villose pinnte which are attributed to that Peru both in
the description and figure.
Father Ai'inaud David discovered Gheilanthis tenuifoUa, Svv., in
shady places of the higher mouutaiiis in the neighbourhood of Peking.
This Fern has not previously been recorded from Northern China, or
from any part of Asiatic Bussia; and I believe the Peking habitat is
the most northerly known, answering to that of Tasmania in the
southern hemisphere ;
which, though in a slightly higher latitude, and
on about the corresponding isotherm, enjoys, from its insular character
and the great preponderance of ocean, a far more equable climate and
milder winter.
Mr. Sampson is, I believe, the discoverer of Pellcea geraniifolia, Fee,
in Southern China ; having, in September 1868, gathered unusually
fine specimens on precipitous rocks, above the monastery, near the
summit of the Pakwan hills, outside Canton.
The late Dr. Harland and I gathered, in October 1856, on the steep
flanks of Victoria Peak, Hongkong, fine specimens of Pier is pellaciJa,
Br., some of which were transmitted to Kew ;
but, though the species
was determined by Sir William Hooker, the locality is omitted in the
' Synopsis.'
I find no plant in my herbarium answering to Pteris insignis, Mett.,
and there must be some mistake about the number, as my n. 79 is
Jsplenium, Klotzschii, Mett. As its relationship to P. taniosa, J. Sm.,
is mentioned, it is probable the Fern sent was regarded by me as not
distinct from P. creticu, L.
Though I have seen no Javanese specimen, I have little doubt that
Dr. Kuhn is right in reducing my Woodwardia angmtiloha to W. ait-
riculata, Bl.
Asjilenimn normale, Don, occurs in the dry clefts of rocks, on the
summit of the White Cloud Mountains, above Canton, and I also
gathered it on rocks in tlie Tsing-yune pass. Unless I ciT, this Fern
has not previously been detected in China.
My Asplenlum comptum (Ann. So. Nat. 5 ser. v. 255) is a Fern re-
specting which there is some difference of opinion amongst the most
accomplished pteridologists. Sir W, Hooker (litt. 30 Jun. 1865) was
uncertain whether it is distinct from A. dimdiatum, L., or a small form
of y/. macrophyllum, Sw. Professor Mettenius (litt. 31 Oct. 1865),
after stutlying the Hookcrian herbarium, regarded it as a remarkable