THE PHILIPPINE 
Journal of Science 
C. Botany 
Vol. YI 
JUNE, 1911 
No. 2 
PAPUAN FERNS COLLECTED BY THE REVEREND 
COPLAND KING. ■ 
By Edwin Bii^giiam Copelaxu. 
[From the College of Agriculture, Los Banos, P. 2.) 
At various times during tlie past three ycars^ I have received from the 
Eeverend Copland King, of Ambasi, Papua, very interesting collections 
of ferns from different places in eastern New Guinea. Part or all of 
these collections were first sent to Mr. F. Manson Bailey, who has published 
some notes on them, hut has not described any of the numerous novelties. 
As I was at first requested by Mr. King to await any work Mr. Bailey 
might wisli to do with them, I have let these collections accumulate, 
without hitherto publishing anything on them. In consideration of the 
very limited knowledge concerning the flora of this region, it seems 
advisable now to list the entire collection, inserting the novelties in their 
natural places. 
The strongest impression gained by the study of these ferns is one of 
surprise at theij completely Malayan character. This is so striking that 
it would have been almost as easy to believe that the whole collection 
had been made in Celebes, or even in Mindanao. Tliis observation applies 
equally to the species and to the larger groups. Of the determined 
species, and there is a residuum of hardly ten still to be identified, only 
three are known fartlier east or south and not in the Malay archipelago. 
On the other hand, there are twenty-two species wliich find here their 
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