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Mil. J. G. UAKEB ON" A COLLECTION" 



On a Collection of Ferns made In North Born^dby the Bishop 

 of Singapore and Sarawak. By J. G. Baker, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



[Bead 4th March, 1886.] 

 (Plates XI. & XII.) 



Db. G. F. Hose, Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak, has just sent 

 home a beautifully dried and carefully annotated series of Ferns 

 from the north of Borneo, collected principally in the neighbour- 

 hood of Sarawak. The following is a complete enumeration of 

 the species, with descriptions of tlie novelties. Besides scattered 

 notices, three papers have been published on the Ferns of the 

 island, viz. .—1. Cesati's memoir in vol. vii. of the 'Atti della E. Ac- 

 cademia delle Scieuze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli,' founded 

 mainly on the material collected by Dr. Beccari ; 2, my own 

 report in vol. viii. p. 37 (1870) of the ' Journal of Botany,' on 

 the collection of Mr. F. W. Burbidge ; and 3, Burck'a paper in 

 vol. iv. of the 'Annals of the Botanic Garden of Buitenzorg,' p. 88 

 (1884). Of the numbers used, those given for every species are 

 Dr. Hose's collecting-numbers ; and those given for the novelties 

 within brackets indicate the position they occupy in the series 

 followed in our ' Synopsis Filicum.' 



2. Gleichenia flagellaeis, Spreng. 



Matang, 3000 feet. Seems conspe- 



testita 



cific with O. Urta, Blume. 



Wall. Caudex 2 feet long. 



o. Hemitelia alteenaks, HooTc. As Dr. Hose points out, 

 and as his specimens clearly show, this has a rudimentary invo- 

 lucre. I believe now that Cyathea Lolliana, Hook., is the same 



species 



6. Alsophila lATEBBosA, Hool. Caudcx 8-10 feet long. 

 Stipe unarmed. 



7. A. BiTBBiDGEi, Baker. 



9. A. RAMisPi?,'A, Hook. Matang, 3000 feet. Only gathered 

 before by Lobb long ago. 



10. A. co>'TAMi3.'AiTe, Wall Caudex 12 feet or more long. 

 Stipe muricated. 



14. HTMENOpnYLLUM DiLATATUM, Sw. Matang, 2000 feet. 



15. H. Neesii, Hook. 



