— 99 — 



Hab. Grows on trces. On limestone rocks: Open. 

 alt. 800 to 1.500 ft. 



Date. January 1SS5. Coli. A. Kunstler. 



Kinta 



Perak. 



3) Herbarium Mus. Perak. 



vSpecies Niphobolus penangianus, Tlook. 



I.ocality. 



Collected by Revd. P'ather Scortechini. 



4) Herb. Hort. Bot. Calcuttensis. 

 Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 



No. 461. 



Hab. Goping (?) 

 alt. 

 Date. Aug. 1880. . Dr. King's Collector. 



5) Bishop of Singapore's Collection. 



Synopsis Filicum. 

 Polypodium (Niphobolus) penangianum, Pik. 

 Kuala Lumpor. Malay. pen. 

 1897. (?) 



6) Auf Sumatra fand ich die Art in zahlreichen Exemplaren als 

 Epiphyten an Baumstämmen bei Kepahiang am Ostfuss des 

 Barisan-Gebirges. 



No. 2. Niphobolus splendens. 



Diagnose aus Hook er, Species filicum, Vol. V, p. 52. 



Polypodium (Niphobolus) splendens Hook.; caudex? stipes almost 

 none. fronds 1Y2 — 3feet l<»ng, 3 inches wide oblongo-lanceolate suddenly 

 and subcuspidately accuminatctl li)ng attenuated below to the nearly sessile 

 base above sparsely stellatcdlv albo-tomentose mixed with cobwebby hairs 

 or fine scales of a rich-brown colour, costa stout prominent below, costules 

 very evident but scarcelv elcN'ated , son small numerous crowded irregu- 

 larly neither extending in m\' fertile specimen to the apex nor to the 

 margin. — Niphobolus J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. HI, p. 59Ö (name 

 nnly). Apalophlebia Pr. Epim. , p. 138. Hab. Islc of Samar, Philippine, 

 Cuming, n. 331. 



Rhizom kurz kriechend. Blätter dicht gedrängt. 

 Rhizomschuppen nicht schildförmig befestigt, aus breit drei- 

 eckiger oder rundlicher Basis pfriemlich verschmälert. 



