144 THE FERN-ALLIES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



(Kunstler) ; Gunong Kerbau) 4000 ft. (Robinson). Penwg 

 (Wallich). ^ ' 



Distrib. Ganges Delta, and Malay Islands. 



8. L. coralium, Spring PI. Jungh. 273. Bak. Fern-Allies p. 22. 



Stem pendulous, rather slender, forked from near base 

 twice 12-18 in. long. Leaves close set lanceolate, acute, rather 

 thin not distichous, midrib prominent .3-.5 in. long. Spikes 

 slender, flexuous few-branched 2-4 in. long. Bracts ovate, 

 acute, longer than the ellipsoid sporange. Eare. 



Malacca (Hervey). 



Distrib. Malay Isles. 



The thin lanceolate leaves are not distichous in the lower 

 part of the stem, but <|uaquaversal. 



9. L. phyllanthum, Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech. 103. Bak. Fern- 



Allies p. 22. 



Stem about 2-3 ft., densely covered with imbricating lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, rather narrow appressed .5-. 75 in. long, qua- 

 quaversal stiff, edges incurved, midrib prominent. Spikes 3-9 

 in. long, 2-3 times branched, rather thick. Bracts ovate, acute, 

 keeled, much longer than the short sporangia. 



Pnov. Wellesley (Bishop Hose). Pekak, Batu Tujoh, 

 Taiping (Curtis). Kedah Peak (Ridley 5144). 



Distrib. Madagascar, S. India, Borneo, Polynesia. 



10. L. cernuum. L. sp. PI. ed. ii. 1566. Bak. Fern-Allies p. 23. 



Terrestrial 1-9 ft. long, much branched. Leaves crowded, 

 linear subulate .12 in. long, midrib prominent. Spikes, cylin- 

 dric cones pale yellow on the ends of the branches, solitary, 

 .25 in. long. Bracts broad, ovate with a large cusp, ciliate. 



Very common all over the peninsula in dry places banks 

 and open country. Besides the common open country form, 

 there is a thin flaccid weak form which grows on shady banks 

 high up in Penang and Perak. Another very marked form is 

 var. curvatum a wood}' stiff form with short branches and 

 shorter leaves, on Gunong Tahan at 5500 ft. 



Distrib. All warm countries to the Azores and New Zea- 

 land. Native name Rumput Selamah, Rumput Suruk-Suruk, 

 Paku Tilam, Paku Mara. Often used for decorating ball- 

 rooms. 



var. sdlakense is a long form with flaccid hooked leaves, 

 Perak, Gunong Inas (Yapp). 



11. L. casuarinoides, Spring Mon. i. 94; Bak. Fern- Allies p. 24. 

 Slender, very long climbing, much branched ; branches 

 pendulous, slender. Leaves very small, lanceolate, tip se- 

 taceous, sometimes spreading .1 in. mainly close appressed to 

 the stem, oblong, minutely mucronate, terminal tufts pale 



Jour. Straits Branch 



