= _ that attended the distribution of his South American £8 
374 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
William Farquhar on Mount Ophir, thirty-six miles from 
the town of Malacca. This Fern, which excited so much 
interest a little before Mr Cuming's departure, he pledged 
himself to rediscover and to supply our Herbaria with fine 
specimens. He has kept his word, and the same letter, ad- 
dressed to: me, which announced his arrival in London, (June 
5th,) mentioned this interesting fact. ‘It is with pleasure, 
my dear Sir," he says, “I have to inform you of my safe 
arrival here this morning from Singapore, with all my col 
lections I trust safe, and in as good condition as Iam in health. 
Since I did myself the honour of writing to you last, Thar | 
beenat Mount Ophir, in the Malayan Peninsula, and have had 
the gratification of collecting the splendid Fern which Ip 
mised you to do before I left Europe. It is not found a 
foot of the mountain, as I had understood, but upon the 
tain, and there in great abundance, at an elevation of 
feet above the level of the sea. Its roots creep along 
ground, and each frond stands from five to seven feet high. 
The Philippines have afforded Mr Cuming nearly 40 
species of Ferns; and on his return, in one short excursk 
into the interior of St Helena, during part of a single day 
stay there, 15 species rewarded his researches. 1 
_ The pages of this Journal will shortly contain man) 
= teresting particulars relative to Mr Cuming’s investig 
in this magnificent group of islands, and we shall the 
content ourselves at this time with saying, that while on 
one hand, we know it to be Mr Cuming’s intention to pres 
the most distinguished public Insótntions of this country ¥ 
some of the fruits of his toils, on the other hand, he olf 
to private individuals the means of enriching their muse 
by the purchase of collections on similar terms with those 
des It will yet necessarily be some weeks before the nu 
