148 THE FERN-ALLIES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Leaves ovate, acute. Bracts ciliate, short, blunt 27 phanotricha. 



Leaves medium, ovate approximate, bracts nar- 

 row, subacute . . . . . . . . 28 oligostachya. 



Leaves ciliate on upper edge ovate. Bracts 



ciliate. Leaves very small . . . . . . 29 Wrayi. 



Base creeping with erect, bushy stems about 3-4 

 in. tall. Leaves oblong or ovate. Bracts 

 ciliate . . . . . . . . . . -30 alutacea. 



Leaves very small ovate. Bracts short ascend- 

 ing, glabrous . . . . . . . . 31 Morgani. 



Leaves scabrid . . . . . . . . . . 32 scabrida. 



Elongate creeping plant with short branches. 



Leaves larger, ciliate . . . . . . 33 montana. 



** Erect plants rooting only at base much branch- 

 ed. Stem leaves oblong, distant .12 in. long 

 plant over 12 in. . . . . . . 34 brachystachya. 



Leaves minute, spikes short, plant 12-18 in. . . 35 chrysocaulos. 



Stem leaves remote ovate, thin, plant over 12 in. 36 suberosa. 



Stem leaves oblong, caducous, stiff, erect, bushy 



plant 6 in. . . . . . . . . . . 37 polita. 



1. S. Ridleyi, Bak. Ann. Bot. viii. 131. 



Prostrate creeping on rocks in masses, little branched, 

 branches 2 in. long, flat. Leaves of lower series oblong, 

 spreading, blunt, ciliate, very close set; base cordate .05 in. 

 Upper series ovate mucronate half as big, strongly ciliate. 

 Spikes slender 4 angled .4 in. long. Bracts ovate, long acu- 

 minate. 



Very rare. Malacca: Mt. Ophir on Gunong Mering on 

 rocks in the stream, submersed. 



2. S. Curtisii, Eidl. n. sp. 



Ver} r small creeping plant forming a small mat. Leaves 

 lower plane close, approximate, ovate oblong, blunt, base broad 

 .05 in. long. Of upper plane close set, imbricate narrow, 

 lanceolate, oblong, very small acuminate not cuspidate. Spike 

 slender, narrow .75 in. long. Bracts erect, crowded lanceolate, 

 long acuminate, narrow. 



Peeak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis 3378). 



Allied to Lanlcawiense but creeping, with much smaller 

 leaves, narrower, longer spikes and narrower bracts. 



3. S. selangorensis, Beddome MSS. n. sp. 



Plant 1.5-2 in. tall, rooting in lower half simply pinnate 

 or with very short branches on pinnae. Leaves of lower plane 

 membranous unequal-sided, ovate rhomboid produced on up- 

 per side very acuminate ciliate all round the margin, promi- 

 nently so in lower half, cordate at base much imbricate over 



Jour. Straits Branch 



