150 THE FERN-ALLIES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Stem long creeping and rooting over a foot long, erect 

 branches 3 in. long with distant leaves elliptic rounded, keeled. 

 Leaves lower plane ovate elliptic round at tip base broad 

 unequal, keeled .06 long, upper plane small imbricating ovate 

 short cuspidate, small. Spikes slender 2 in. long. Bracts 

 ovate acuminate. 



Common in forests. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah. Pahang, Telom (Bidfey 

 13987) ; Selangor, Klang Gates (Eidlev 13443 and 13444) 

 Bt. Kayu Kapur (10634); Batu Caves' (8151 and 13445); 

 Ginting Peras (7827), Eawang ( 7830 ) . Perak, Taiping Hills 

 (11472); Tanjong Malim (11857), Temengoh (14474). 

 Penang, stone quarry, ehitty temple (Curtis 1734). 



Distrib. China, Mergui. 



The type from Mergui (Griffith) is in a very young state' 

 but there can be little doubt but that is the same as the other 

 species here represented. 



8. S. pensile, Eidley n. sp. 



Stems over 12 in. long pendulous with short simple 

 branches 1 in. long and some 1.5 in. long or less branched 

 again. Leaves, lower plane on stem rigid, persistent approxi- 

 mate .08 in. oblique ovate, oblong, blunt, base cordate, upper 

 lobe very shortly ciliate imbricating over stem, upper plane 

 obliquely lanceolate short, cuspidate. Spikes .2 in. long. 

 Bracts lanceolate shortly acuminate. 



Pendent on damp, shady rocks, at 5,500 ft. 



Perak, Gunong Inas (Yapp). 



I cannot match this plant with anything. The leaves 

 have somewhat the form of those of trichobasis but they are 

 smaller and the habit of the plant is quite different. 



9. S. microdendron, Eidl. n. sp. 



Small erect plant 3 in. tall rooting only at the base 

 branching .25-. 5 in. from base, the leaves on stem not im- 

 bricating. Leaves, lower plane ovate, acute rather rigid im- 

 bricating above base, cordate not overlapping, stem .08 long. 

 Of upper plane obliquely ovate lanceolate, rather narrowed, 

 cusp much longer. Spike .18 in. long, bracts ovate acuminate. 



Penang Hill (Eidley 7085). 



A dwarf erect plant, the lower branches 1.5 in. long with 

 short secondary branches with several very short branchlets 

 bearing spikes. Baker referred this to the Ceylon integerrima, 

 Spring, and Beddome to plumosa. 8. integerrima, is quite 

 prostrate with thin leaves and closely resembles S. proniflora 

 in habit. 



10. S. Lankawiensis, Eidl. n. sp. 



Small erect much branched plant about 5 in. tall, rooting 

 only at the base. Leaves lower plane on stem .1 in. long on 



Jour. Straits Branch 



