34 THE FERNS OF BORNEO. 
locality, marked var. B of G. longissima Bl. in. Syn. Fil., 
it deserved a fuller description than the brief one ‘ broad 
cobwebby.” I think it is a distinct species. 
G. (Mert.) flagellaris, Spr. (Syn. Fil. i. 19). Common in the 
low country and up to 2,000 ft. 
Distribution: Madagascar: Bourbon : throughout Malaya: 
Fiji. 
G. (Mert.) vestita Bl. (Syn. Fil. ii. 21.) Mt Dulit, Mt. Matane 
and Mt. Santubong, Sarawak, 2,500 ft. ‘* Seems conspeci- 
fic with G. hirta Bl.” Baker Jour. Linn Soc., Vol. xxii. p. 
222. Distribution: Malay Islands. 
var, paleacea, Baker in Jour. Bot. 1879. p. 38. N. Borneo 
by Mr. F.C. Burbidge. Habitat not specified parti- 
cularly. 
G. (Mertensia) dichotoma Willd. (Syn. Fil. i. 23). Very com- 
mon everywhere. G. linearis, Clarke, is said to be the 
oldest name. 
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical regions of the old 
and new world and as far north as Japan. 
var. major, Moore. Ind. Fil. 376. Sr. Beccari (vide 
his Borneo Ferns by Cesati), at Marup on the Batang 
Lupar River, Sarawak. 
—- var. divaricata Moore = pteridifolia Presl. Beccari, 
Malesia vol. iii. p. 17. Same habitat as the preceding 
variety. 
SUB-ORDER II. POLYPODIACEAE. 
TRIBE I, CYATHEACEAE. 
CYATHEA. (Gen. iv. Syn. Fil. p. 15.) 
C. Brunonis, Wall. (Syn. Fil. iv. 2.) Common in Sarawak at a 
slight elevation. Caudex a foot or more in height. 
Distribution: Throughout Malaya. 
