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branches shorter and more crowded, oblong tip rounded ob- 

 lique, base cordate upper edge at base recurved ciliate minutely. 

 Of upper plane elliptic, rather large not oblique, cusp moderate 

 occasionally ciliate. Spike .25 in. long. Bracts ovate lanceo- 

 late acuminate squarrose. 



Lanka wi islands; Pulau Eawei, Adang Group. 



11. S. suberecta, Bak. Journ. Bot. 1884, 245. Fern- Allies, p. 74. 



Stems nearly erect creeping slightly at base 4-9 in. tall 

 (all young) branches ascending, numerous rather short. 

 Leaves thin green, of lower plane ovate acute .05 in. base broad 

 rounded, clasping partially the stem, of upper plane ovate 

 narrowed at tip, midrib conspicuous prolonged into rather a 

 long mucro. 



Malacca (Griffith). 



There is no fruit on any of the specimens which are 

 obviously very young. Baker says the lower plane leaves are 

 shortly ciliated on the upper side, I see no trace of this. 



12. S. plumea, Spring Mon. ii. 136; Bak. Fern- Allies, p. 76. 



Stems 12-18 in. or more, rather stout rooting from base, 

 often grooved on one face decompound, the whole 6 in. or 

 more wide. Leaves dark green, of lower plane distant spread- 

 ing on stem, close set above and imbricate at base, oblong 

 lanceolate cordate, tip acute, unequal sided not ciliate, of 

 upper plane small ovate, edge ciliate cusp as long, slender 

 hardly decurrent on the back. Spike .5-. 75 in. long, .1 in. 

 through. Bracts ovate acuminate shortly keeled. 



Common in forests. 



Johor. Batu Pahat, Bukit Patani (Eidl. 11113, 10984) ; 

 Sednah (13471); Castlewood (11494). Malacca Griffith). 

 Paiiaxg, Kwala Lipis (Machado) ; Telom Eidley 13989, 

 17993) ; Gunong Tahan 3,000 ft, Xegri Sembilax, Gunong 

 Angsi (Eidl. 11866). Selaxgor, Ginting Bidai (7826) 

 Bukit Hitam (Eidl. 7817); Semangkok (12038). Perak, 

 Jor (Eidl. 13991); Temengoh (14468); Taiping Hills 

 (14460). Pexang (Lady Dalhousie) the Hill (Eidl. 14159). 



13. S. acutangula, Spring Mon. ii. 206, Bak. Fern-Allies, p. 75. 



Erect, rooting from base stem angled above decompound 

 densely decompound, 6 in. Leaves, lower plane distant below, 

 spreading glabrous, broad lanceolate rhomboid acute, bright 

 green, .8 in. long, not imbricate. Leaves of upper plane half 

 as long, ovate with a long cusp ciliate. Spikes square .25- 

 .5 in. " Bracts ovate acute crowded strongly keeled shortly 

 acuminate. 



Malacca (Griffith). 



A rather delicate species with small leaves, apparently 

 rare. 



R. A. Soc, No. 80, 1919. 



