FILICES. 
SuB-ORDER I. GLEICHENIACEAE. 
GLEICHENIA. (Gen. ii Syn. Fil. p. 11.) 
Gleichenia circinata, Sw. (Syn. Fil. ii. 3.) Mt. Kinabalu, Mr. 
F. W. Burbidge, 5,000-6,000 ft.and Dr. G. D. Haviland, 
10,500 ft. 
Distribution: From Australia and New Zealand tc Malac- 
ca and the Philippines. 
var. borneensis, Baker in Jour. Bot. 1879, p. 37. Mt. 
Kinabalu, Mr. F. W. Burbidge. 
G. (Mertensia) longissima Bl. (Syn. Fil. ii. 7.) = G. glanca 
Hooker, the oldest name. Mt. Dulit and Mt. Matang. 
Sarawak, not under 2,500 ft. though elsewhere in 
Malaya itis found at a much lower elevation. 
Distribution: China, Japan, Malaya, West Indies. 
variety arachnoides Mett. (Syn. Fil. l. c.) — G. bullata, 
Moore. Mt. Kinabalu, 7000 ft. Sir Hugh Low. 
G. (Mert.) sp. Large, tripinnatifid, stem and rachises covered 
with broad acuminated brown scales having whitish car- 
tilaginous edges, the crossing of which on the surface 
‘produces an appearance that may be called “‘ cobwebby.” 
Pinnae 18 in. long, 4-5 in. wide, oblong-lanceolate. 
Secondary pinnae 2-24 in. |. + in. wide, cut down nearly 
to the rachis into oblong blunt segments, with margins 
much recurved. Sori covered by the large spreading 
scales. 
A single specimen in the Sarawak Museum contributed 
by Dr.G. D. Haviland from Mt. Kinabalu, 8,000 ft. His 
number 1950. If thisis the G. arachnoides Hk. from this 
