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Common on trees in forests, Mangroves, etc. 

 Singapore, Pasir Panjang; Pahang, Telom. Perak, 

 Selama (Kunstler); Gunong Pondok (Murton). 

 Distrib. Tropical Asia, Africa and Polynesia. 



5. L. nummularifolium, Bl. Enum. ii. 263. Hook. & Greville, Ic. 



t. 1212. 



Epiphyte. Stems slender 1-2 ft. long 3- 4 times widely 

 forked, covered with appressed elliptic, rounded leaves, flat 

 .25 in. long. Spikes very slender with 2-4 branches 2-12 in. 

 long. Bracts ovate acuminate, hardly longer than the 

 sporangia. 



Common on forest trees. 



Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Tempayan river 

 (Eidley 13285). Pahang, Tahan Eiver (Ridley 2397), 

 Gunong Tahan (Robinson 5541). Negri Sembilan, Bukit 

 Sulu (Cantley). Selangor, Bukit Kutu (Ridley 7814). 

 Perak, Goping (Kunstler) Temengoh; Taiping Hills (Rid- 

 ley). Penang, West Hill; Pulau Butong (Lady Dalhousie 

 and all collectors). 



Distrib. Malay Isles to New Hebrides. 



6. L. Phlegmaria, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. ii. 1564. Bak. Fern-Allies, 22. 



Epiphyte pendulous 6-24 in. long, 2-4 times branched. 

 Leaves close spreading, stiff, ovate, acute, base round or cor- 

 date; midrib distinct, .5-.75 in. long. Spikes 2-6 in. long, 

 slender, 3-5 on each of the two short terminal branches, often 

 forked again above. Bracts' as short or shorter than the spor- 

 angia, ovate, blunt, tip round or subacute. Sporangia ellipsoid. 



Common on trees. 



Singapore (Wallich 133.3) Garden Jungle; Chanchu 

 Kang (Ridley 2420). Pahang, Telom. Malacca, Cape 

 Rachado (Wallich). Perak, Taiping (Kunstler), Temengoh. 

 Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis 3016). 



Distrib. Old World Tropics. 



7. L. filiforme, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Clarke 741. Bak. Fern-Allies 



p. 22. 



Epiphyte very slender 1-2 ft. long, several times forked 

 from near base. Leaves spreading, ovate, base round, acute tip 

 midrib prominent .25-.3 in. long. Spikes very slender 2-6 

 in. long 2 to about 6 on each branch. Bracts rather distant 

 ovate subacute or round, hardly longer than the subglobose 

 sporanges. 



Mountains and low country. 



Singapore, Chan Chu Kang (Ridley 3420). Johor, 

 Sednah (Ridley 13491). Malacca (Hervey). Selangor, 

 Batang Berjuntai (Ridley 7813). PerAk, Taiping Hills 

 3-4500 ft. (Kunstler) ; Gunong Inas 3600 ft. (Yapp) ; Sunkai 



E. A. Soc, No. 80, 1919. 



