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Thamnppteris nidus-avis, L. Not common. In damp spots in 

 the shadow of rocks. This plant cannot stand continued 

 dry and hot weather for any length of time, so can only 

 persist where the surroundings are permanently damp. 

 Perlis, Bukit Lagi near Kanga: Setul, Rajah Wang. 



Asplenium longissimum, Bl. Rocks, Perlis, Bukit Hangat 



Besih; Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang. 

 A falcatum, Lam. Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang; Perlis, Bukit 



Lagi (14752), Lankawi (Aniff). 

 A caudatum, Forst. Very common on limestone rocks, 



Kedah, Gunong Geriang; Perlis, Bukit Lagi; Tebing. 



Tinggi; Kasum (Curtis). 



Anisogonium esculentum, Sw. Wet muddy swampy spots 

 beneath the rocks, Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang (14759). 



Aspidium variolosum, Wall. Perlis, Tebing Tinggi (14757). 



Lastrea syrmatica, Willd. Lankawi, Foot of Gunong Raya 



(Curtis). 



L. chupengensi? , Hook. Perlis, mouth of a cave in Chupeng 

 (14769). Endemic. Allied to L. Parishii, Bedd. of/ Moul- 

 in ein. 



A charming little dwarf fern only, 2 to § inches tall. 

 I am not sure if Colonel Beddome actually published a 

 description of this plant before his death which occurred 

 thisyear. I give a short description of it. Caudex creeping, 

 . glabrous, stipes 14 to 2 inches long, pale green, slender, 

 glabrous, fronds rather narrow, lh inch across at the base, 

 about 3 inches long, the; lower pinnae the largest about 

 an inch long or less, cut down half way to the rachis, 

 lobes oblong, rounded, and often bilobed or trilobed at the 

 tip, thinly membranous, light green, rachis covered beneath 

 with scattered white hairs, upper surface scantily hairy. 

 Veins forked in the lobes, Sorireniform, very small, apical 

 on a short veinlet, well below the apex, much like those 

 of L. Parishii. A smaller less deeply cut plant than 

 Parishii with narrower fronds. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



