Abstract:

The present paper is a first instalment on the Chromosome counts by the authors

of Chinese ferns, representing 13 species collected from the eastern coastal provinces of

China.  Our findings agree pretty well with the previous ones by botanists mainly in

Japan.  The voucher specimens for the present study are all preserved in the Depart-

ment of Biology, the East China Normal University, Shanghai.

     We wish to thank Professor R. C. Ching for his constant encouragement and

guidance in the study of Chinese fern cytology.