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ON A COLLECTION OF FERNS MADE BY MR. CURTIS 
IN THE MALAY ISLANDS AND MADAGASCAR. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.RB.S. 
Tur Kew Herbarium has lately been indebted to Messrs. Veitch 
for a small but interesting and well-dried collection of plants 
formed by Mr. Curtis whilst travelling lately on their account in 
Java, Samdtth, Borneo, and Madagascar. Amongst the ferns 
of special notice. e first numbers are those of the collector, and 
those within parentheses indicate the oe, of the novelties in 
the sequence followed in our ‘ Synopsis Filicu 
8. Alsophila ewe Hook.—Java. Not weibe the type, which 
is known in Chin : 
100. Gleichenia sain: Blume.—Borneo. 
preris Curtis, Baker, n. sp.—Rhizome not seen. 
Stipe above 2 in. long, naked, shining, pale brown, as i 
rachis of the frond. Frond lanceolate, simply pinnate, chartaceous 
long, 2-24 in. broad. Pinne about pairs below ee end one, 
broad, adnate to the rachis by a bro oadly dilat ed base, ‘eenake all 
fertile, except two or three of the lowest pairs, which are rather 
reduced in size. Main veins distinct from the midrib to the edge, 
erst similar in texture to the vend of the dis nd.—Suma atra. 
I incline now to regard Lecanopteris, which in ‘ Synopsis Filicum 
was massed in Polypodium, as a distinct genus allied to Dicksonia 
and Deparia. eg akes a fourth Eperiee, the three others being 
L. carnosa, Blum pumila, Blume; and L. deparioides, Baker. 
(Dicksonia Pca tg Cosati Fil. Boni, 13 t. 4 fig. 8). 
21. Davallia Blumeana, ee —_ “Sumatra, 
16. Davallia hirta, Kaulf.— t Salak, Java.—A very large 
pegs fully tripinnate secatle| 6 5 ft. in lente and lower pinne 
ng 
- 99. Lindsaya borneensis, Hook.—Borneo. Gathered previously 
by Lobb and Burbidge. 
128. Pteris triplicata, Agardh.—Madagascar. 
127 (18*). Preris (Hupteris) appenpicuata, Baker, 
Stipe slender, oer bg stramineous, as is the rachis. Frond oblong- 
deltoid, tripinnatifid, membranous in texture, bright green on bo 
ae HY dakias 15-18 in. long, 8-9 in. broad. Pinne deltoid, 
auricle on each side at the base; end pinnules 4-6 in. long, } In. 
broad, sharply serrated in the sterile portion. Veins fine, sub- 
