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The following is an official summary of Esparto arrivals at all U. K. ports during October- 



From 



London tons 



O&rdiff " 



Liverpool " 



Fleetwood " 



Glasgow.. " 



Aberdeen " 



Dundee " 



Alloa " 



Grangemouth " 



Granton " 



Leith " 



Tyne « 



Hull " 



Harwich " 



Total. 



ft 



W 



60 



|85 

 430 

 230 

 585 

 671 



270 

 2565 



525 



5541 



810 

 622 

 1172 



355 

 812 



140 

 609 

 1437 

 605 



6562 



a 

 H 



583 



943 



1526 



o 

 ft 



250 

 380 



100 



730 



200* 



200 



a 



■ T-l 



bp 



m 



3.2 

 o u 



o3 



50 



18 



18 



50 



Total. 



117 tons 



1585 « 



1579 " 



450 " 



585 " 



I :sj>7 " 



671 " 



140 " 



879 " 



4602 " 



1548 " 



525 « 



-2 « 



100 " 



14633 « 



* From Algeria via Marseilles. 



Total imports into the United Kingdom of Esparto and other vegetable fibre for making paper, viz : — 



Month ended 31st October 17,377 tons 11,461 tons 14,683 tons 



Ten months ended 31st October 213,647 " 182,213 " 177,724 « 



AVERAGE CURRENT PRICES 15th NOVEMBER, 1890. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 

 . 5 17 to 5 10 6 per ton 

 5 17 6 " 6 7 6 



Spanish, fair to good ... 



fine to best 



Oran, fair to good 3 17 6 " 4 10 



first quality 4 10 " 5 



Bona&Philippeville,gd.av. 4 5 " 4 15 



first quality— 4 10 " 5 



Sfax and Gabes 4 7 6 to 4 15 per ton 



Tripoli, fair average 4 5 " 4 10 " 



hand-picked 4 7 6 " 4 15 " 



Mogador (nominal) 3 10 " 4 5 " 



( Ide 8f Christie's Circular.) 



FERNS : SYNOPTICAL LIST : III. 



Synoptical List, with description of the Ferns and Fern-Allies of Jamaica, by F. S. Jenman, Superinten- 

 dent Botanical Gardens, Demerara ( continued). 



16. T. crinitum, Swartz. 



Stalks tufted, very slender, \-\\ in. 1 , not or only slightly winged at the top, hairy, arising 

 from an upright rootstock, which is clothed with brown pointed scales, and the bases of old stalks ; 

 fronds spreading or prostrate, 2-5 in. L, ^-1 in. w., slightly tapering from the base to the rounded 

 apex, very thin, pale yellowish-green, surfaces and margins hairy ; pinnately-parted, or the base fully 

 pinnate ; rachis with rusty shaggy hairs and narrow wings : segments crowded, overlapping, or the 

 lower apart, deeply and bluntly toothed, or the lower pinnately-parted, \— \ in. L, 2-3 li. br. oblong ; 

 veins pinnate, 2-4 branches to a side, simple, or the inner forked ; 

 sori 1, 2, or 3 at the end of each pinna ; 



involucres immersed to the expanded hairy mouth, receptacles long protruding, with club- 

 shaped tops, forming a fringe along each side of the fronds. 



Frequent at high elevations and descending as low as 2,500 ft. alt., growing in forests on decaying 

 wood, generally under the shelter of rocks and old stumps. The fronds,, when pressed, have a crimped, 

 double-edged aspect, where fertile. The long receptacles are a curious feature, the fringe being from 

 £-§ in. 1. This is one of the loveliest species, the fronds presenting a beautiful golden-bronze hue under 

 certain aspects of light. 



17. T. Kaulfussii, Hook, and Grev. 



Stalks close together, 2-4 in. 1., broadly winged upwards, arising from a free-creeping root-stock 

 which is densely coated with bright pointed scales ; fronds ^-1 ft. 1., 12-2 in. w. membranous, pellucid, 

 with few hairs, rachis broadly winged and densely hairy, pinnately-parted ; pinnae close spreading, 

 almost horizontal, blunt or rounded, 1-1 \ in. 1., \ in. br., with rounded or long pointed teeth ; veins 

 pinnate, branches once or repeatedly forked ; 



sori 2 - several, around the outer part of the pinna ; 



involucres immersed, mouth rather dilated, the corners projecting, receptacles protruding 



or not. 



Infrequent in forests and coffee fields, on decaying logs, above 3,000 feet alt. I have no Jamaica 

 specimen of this, but it was gathered by Menzies, and a plant found at Murray's Flat, Mt. Moses, St. 

 Andrew's by Mr. Syme, of which he sent me a pencil drawing, though only 3 in. high, undoubtedly, I 

 think, belongs to it. It resembles T. crispum, next which the untoothed state would be placed in this 

 arrangement, but is less deeply pinnately parted, and the stalk is winged. 



'18. ,T. alatum, Swartz. 



Stalks tufted, several, slender, 1 -2 in. 1., usually hairy, free or slightly margined at the top, aris- 

 ing from a rootstock covered with rusty shaggy hairs ; fronds oblong lance-shaped, thin, more or less 

 hairy throughout, 2 - 5 in 1. f - 1^ in. w. ; rachis slender, winged to the base, generally twice pin- 

 nately-parted ; pinnae close, spreading, \ - 1 in. ]., 2 - 4 li. w. the inner half lobed or pinnately-parted, 



