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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. ii. 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. Matang and Mt. Santubong, Sarawak, 2,500 ft. "Seems conspecific with G. hirta Bl." Baker Jour. Linu 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 particularly.
- G. (Mertensia) dichotoma Willd. (Syn. Fil. ii. 23).
- Very common 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 Prest. 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.
