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LXI—MALAYAN FERNS. 
Cot. R. H. Beppomeg,. 
The following notes on Ferns collected in the Malay Peninsula, 
from time to time, by Mr. H. N. Ridley, F.R.S., Director of the 
Botanic Gardens, Singapore, and transmitted by him to Kew, have 
been drawn up by Col. R. H. Beddome, F.L.S. ; a description of 
one new species is included. 
Alsophila glauca, J. Sm. (Ridley, 7868). This is less glaucous 
than the typical form, and the rhachis of the frond, as well as the 
stipe, is strongly armed with red prickles. 
 Alsophila dubia, Bedd. (Ridley, 7869 and 12534). More copious 
specimens of this tree fern prove that it is not specifically distinct 
from A. commutata, Mett., which is very variable and includes 
narrow and broad pinnuled forms with intermediate ones. 
Alsophila ornata, J. Scott (Ridley, 6551 and 7151). These 
exactly correspond to the Indian examp es of A. ornata, ‘ 
Ridley has sent a very large series of specimens of A. latebrosa, 
Wall., from various parts of the Malay Peninsula, which represent 
different stages between the type (which has the lobes of the 
pinnules only 1 em. long and scarcely or very inconspicuously 
crenate), and A. crenata, J. Scott (which has the lobes 2°2 cm. long 
and conspicuously crenate). A. ornata must therefore be dropped 
aS a species, but ma ‘kept up as. an extreme form under the 
name of A. latebrosa, var. ornata, Bedd 
Cibotium glaucum, Hook. et Arn. (Ridley, 9532). This has 0 
been recorded previously from the Malay Peninsula, but a y 
corresponds with Sandwich Island specimens. — differs m 
C. Barometz, J. Sm., in its involucre and venation. 
Microlepia Speluncae, var. hirta, Bedd. (Ridley, bey A vba 
from Pulau Penang with the pinnules more deeply cut than usua ; 
Hypolepis punctata, Bedd. (Ridley, 7867). Suppl. Ferns Brit. 
Thd. p. 19. Ridley’s specimens have a promiment ivolucre. cd 
Pteris quadriaurita, var. hamulosa, Bedd. (P. hamulosa, Wall.) 
(Ridley, 6946), Collected in Johor. satel 
Asplenium tenuifolium, Don (Ridley, aco Bs: ate 
P adang and with fronds much less cut than in the India ee in 
Diplazium tomentosum, Bi. (Ridley, 11428). plngecaey Sag 
The pinnules are much more deeply cut than “a si ype; 
however, intermediate forms in the Kew get ie st Dhol 
ae cy * r astre | it 
Lastrea Ridleyi, Bedd. ; "pee cal bi sie isniegen ung inte 
i, erecti, obscure rufo- 
i tis longe acuminatis 
brun i, puberuli, squamis eola g 
értins basi) ase Tionilél circa 15 em, longae et hee 
inferi i nnatifida, 
riore pinnata, apice pu L 
ae, anguste oblongae, parte infe soe ee ei inl ctiioas 
