THE PHILIPPINE 
Journal of Science 
C. Botany 
Vol. VI 
JUNE, 1911 
No. 2 
PAPUAN FERNS COLLECTED BY THE REVEREND 
COPLAND KING. 
By Edwin Bingham Copeland. 
(From the College of Agriculture, Los Banos, P. I.) 
At various times during the past three years, I have received from the 
Reverend Copland King, of Ambasi, Papua, very interesting collections 
of ferns from different places in eastern New Guinea. Part or all of 
these collections were first sent to Mr. P. Manson Bailey, who has published 
some notes on them, but has not described any of the numerous novelties. 
As I was at first requested by Mr. King to await any work Mr. Bailey 
might wish, to do with them, I have let these collections accumulate, 
without hitherto publishing anything on them. In consideration of the 
very limited knowledge concerning the flora of this region, it seems 
advisable now to list the entire collection, inserting the novelties in their 
natural places. 
The strongest impression gained by the study of these ferns is one of 
surprise at their completely Malayan character. This is so striking that 
it would have been almost as easy to believe that the whole collection 
had been made in Celebes, or even in Mindanao. This observation applies 
equally to the species and to the larger groups. Of the determined 
species, and there is a residuum of hardly ten still to be identified, only 
three are known farther east or south and not in the Malay archipelago. 
On the other hand, there are twenty-two species which find here their 
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