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been on cxliiliition at any one time. Tlic}' were of so ninch inter- 

 est and value that a oonipletc list is appended. The plants were 

 mostly small, but were in the very best condition. The following 

 is Mr. Merrill's list : — 



Exotic Ferns 



Acroslichum lomarioides, 

 Adiantum affine, 



" assimile, 



" Capilbis - Vem ris, 



" condnmcm, 



" cultratum, 



" cuneatum, 



" excixum multifidum, 



" Farley en se^ 



" formosum, 



" fulvum, 



" prionophyllum, 



" pubescens, 



" scutum, 



" trapeziforme, 

 AhopJdla australis, 

 Anemia collina, 



" 2mlchella, 

 Anemidictyon Phyllitidis^ 

 Aspidium falcatum , 



" molle, 



*' " var. corymhiferum^ 



BUcknum occidentale, 



" 'polypodioides, 

 Clieilanthes elegans, 



" hirta eloniana, 



*' spedabilis, 



" tenuis, 



CihoUum Barometz, 

 Davallia majuscula, 



*' Novce Zelandice, 

 " ornata, 

 Dicksonia davalUoides, 

 Dictyogramme Japonica, 

 Diplazium j^ubescens, 

 " Shepherdi, 

 Dcodia caudal a, 

 Dorynpteris palmata, 

 Gymnogramme chrysophyUa, 

 Oymnogramme Martensii or ocTira- 



cea, 

 Gymnogramme suljyhxLrea, 

 " tart area, 



" Wettenhalliana, 



polydadylum, Hemionitis jyabnata, 



" mucronatum, 



" pateris, 



Asplenium JSdongeri, 



" Goringianum pictum, 



" nidus, 



'* pahnatum, 



" pUniicaule, 



Blechnum Brasiliense, 



" gracile, 



" imbricatum, 



" Jjinicaola, 



'* loiHjifuUum, 



Ilypolepis distans, 



" repens, 

 Lastrea decurrens, 



" tenericaxde, 

 Litobrochia inciaa, 



" vcspertilionis^ 



Lomaria gibba, 

 Lygodium Jlexnosum, 



" scandens, 

 Microlepia iwljipodio ides, 



' ' scabra, 



" stiigosa. 



