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### Author
Wall, George (1821-1894), British merchant, planter, newspaper editor and pteridologist; in Ceylon from 1846-1894; friend of G.H.K. Thwaites.
**Abbreviated name**: *G. Wall* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Wall*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]] (fern herb.); further material in [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection PDA|PDA]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 453; BB p. 313; BM 5: 2243, 2256; Desmond p. 635 (d. 18 Dec 1894); Jackson p. 396.
#### Biofile
- Anon., J. Bot. 11: 221. 1873 (on his pterid. work), 33: 63. 1895.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 138.29. 1980.
- Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 83. 1957 (herb. K).
- Trimen, H., Handbook fl. Ceylon 5: 379-380. 1900.
### Publications
##### n.16.568. A catalogue of the ferns indigenous to Ceylon
**Title**
*A catalogue of the ferns indigenous to Ceylon* according to the nomenclature of the "Synopsis filicum" of Hooker & Baker. With notes by G.W. \[G. Wall\]. London (printed by Edward Newman,...) 1873. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cat. ferns Ceylon*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1873, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1-14, charts\], \[1\]-12 \[notes\], \[1, portr.\]. *Copies*: G; IDC 7275.