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was obtained, and from the provinces of Rizal, Zambales, Laguna, and 

 Union, the most interesting station being Mont. Banahao, on the snmmit 

 (7500 ft.) of which occur some migrants of the Austrahan flora — Lomaria 

 Patersoni and L. Fraseri. A surprising feature of the fern-flora of the 

 Philippine Islands is that, despite the large number of the islands in the 

 archipelago and the considerable size of some of them (Luzon, Mindanao, 

 and Palawan), the species are so uniformly distributed throughout them 

 — this applies even to the endemic species. The flora occurring on the 

 mountain-tops of Luzon and Mindanao is almost identical : such a close 

 resemblance is not found in the case of other Malayan islands, for 

 instance, Java, Celebes, Borneo. The present enumeration consists of 

 10:-) species, including 22 new species and :> sub-species. E. B. 

 Copeland * publishes a second list of new Philippine ferns containing 

 25 species. Sixteen of these are new to science, and are described, and 

 some of them figured. 



Perns of South China. — H. Christ f has received a second instal- 

 ment of ferns collected by Pere Cavalerie in Kouy-Tcheou in South 

 China, and ])ul)lishcs tlieir names, omitting most of the names which 

 have already appeared in his previous paper and in his Ft Ikes 

 Jjodinieriance. The present list conttiines 40 species, 10 of which are 

 new to science. These Chinese collections, the author says, always 

 contain striking novelties ; and he calls attention to the explanation 

 afforded by Leclere's i)aper % on the geological configuration of inland 

 China as to how this wealth of forms has been brought about on the 

 elevated plateaux, isolated during a long geological period, whilst a slow 

 and complicated development of primitive forms was taking place, the 

 hot ravines having since been invaded by the Malay flora. The same 

 author § publishes a list of ?»s ferns, including 2 new species and 

 2 new varieties, collected by Pere Esquirol at Kouy-Yang, the capital 

 of the province of Kouy-Tcheou, and differing from the collections of 

 Cavalerie and Boudinier in being less xerophilous and more of the shade- 

 loving Malay type. 



Ferns of Formosa. || — J. Matsumura and B. Hayata publish an 

 emmieration of the indigenous plants of Formosa, including a list of 

 249 ferns and 22 fern-allies. The local and external distribution, 

 synonymy, and literature of the species, are given, and two new species 

 described. 



Hungarian Ferns. — L Gyorffy If complains of the omission of 

 Aspleniiim Fada-muraria from Simonkai's flora of Arad, and states that 

 the variety keteroplii/llnm of that species occurs in masses on the walls 

 of a certain fortress, A. Degen** calls attention to D. Hire's record of 

 HymenophyUum tunbridgense in Croatia. 



* Philippiue Journ. of Sci. Manila, i. (1906) pp. 251-62 (4 pis.). 

 t Bull. Acad. Internat. Geogr. Bot., xv. (1906) pp. 233-46 (figs.). 

 X Bull. Soc. Agric. Sci. et Arts de la Sarthe, Ix.. p. 49. 

 § Bull. Acad. Internat. Geogr. Bot., xv. (1906) pp. 247-52. 

 II Journ. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokvo, xxii. (1906) pp. 552-641, 

 1 Magyar Bot. Lapok., v. (1906) p."303. 

 ** Tom. cit., p. 310. 



