12 PROCKKDINCJS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OP (iUEKXSLAND. 



These were determined and described by F. M. Bailey and the 

 results published in his " Contributions to the Flora of British 

 New Guinea" series in several issues of the "' Queensland 

 Agricultural Journal," during 1909. 



In 1911 E. B. Copeland described in the Philippine Journal 

 of Science (vol. vi, section C, pp. 65-92) a number of ferns 

 submitted to him by the Rev. Copland King. The Rev. King 

 was a keen collector of Papuan ferns and orchids, and practically 

 speaking confined his attention to these plants. His orchids 

 and many of his ferns were described by F. M. Bailey in the 

 pages of the '" Queensland Agricultural Journal " in his series 

 ■' Contributions to the Flora of British New Guinea." 



PTERIDOPHYTA. 



(Determined by Thos. Whitelegge, Consulting Pteridologist, 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney). 



POLYPODIACE^. 



Aspidium subtriphyllum Hook. Astrolabe Range. 



A. cucullatum Christ. Mt. Warirata (Astrolabe Range). 



Nephrolepis floccigerum Moore. 



N. laurifolium Christ. Mekeo District. 



N. biserrata Sw. Copel. Phil. Journ. Sc. Bot., vi, 81, 1911. 

 Sogeri ; Javararie ; Mafulu. 



N. dicksonioides Christ. Deva Deva and Mafulu. 



Onychium tenue Christ. Copel. Phil. Journ. Sc. Bot.., v, 

 86, 1911. Laloki River. 



Diplazium elongatum Sw. Sogeri. 



D. tenerum Forst. Fofofofo. 



Anisogonium cordi2oliuin Bedd. {Diplazium cordifolium 

 BL). Near Fofofofo. 



Blechnum orientale L. Beccari in D'Albertis' " New 

 Guinea," 2, 399 ; F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (4), 81 ; Copel. Phil. 

 Journ. Sc. Bot., vi, 84, 1911. Astrolabe Range. 



Doryopteris concolor Kuhn. Sapphire Creek. 



Cheilanthes tenuifolia Burm. F. Muell. Pap. PL, 1 (3), 

 48 ; Bail. Queens. Agric. Journ., xxiii, 159, 1909 ; Copel. Pliil. 

 Journ. Sc. Bot., vi, 86, 1911. 



Hypolepis papuana Bail., Queens. Agric. Journ., xxiii, 158, 

 1909. Astrolabe Range. 



