Sentence:  Nor can we affirm that this plant of Kunze is not that which gave rise to the tales of wonder, for, although the species was first botanically determined by Kunze from Cuming's Philippine Island speciments, and although it is shown to be a native also of Sumatra, yet we have lately (in 'Kew Garden Miscellany,' vol. ix. p. 334) had occasion to record the fact of our having received specimens of the same Fern from Hongkong, Chusan, and South China, of which country the <WSD>Barometz</WSD> is considered a native. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The woolly fern, (noshow=1), whose inverted roots are thought to be the basis for the legend.