152 THE FERN-ALLIES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



14. S. cuprea, n. sp. 



Whole plant copper-coloured, about 6 in. to 12 in. tall, 

 stem rather stout emitting descending roots, branched above 

 with erect branches. Leaves on stem closely appressed, erect, 

 very small. Leaves of the lower plane coriaceous, oblong, 

 blunt; base broad equal-sided .05 in. long, very close set; leaves 

 of the upper plane ovate, oblique, nearly half as long with a 

 long cusp. Spikes nearly .5 in. long, rather slender, bracts 

 ovate, long acuminate, squarrose. 



Mountain woods. Pahang, Gunong Berumbun. Telom 

 (Eidl. 13992) ; Wray's Camp 16198. Selangob, Eawang 

 (Eidl. 7822). Bindings, Telok Sera (Eidl. 8358); Pebak, 

 Taiping Hills (Eidl. 11427); Bujong Malacca (Eidlev 9574, 

 Curtis 3377), Bidor, near Tapah (Eidl. 14016). 



Tliis is named suberecta Bak., by Beddome, but it seems 

 to me quite a different plant. It often forms little bushy 

 tufts about 5 in. tall and 2-5 through. 



8. cuprea, var. major. Plant over 12-18 in. Leaves on 

 stem more spreading, and larger, leaves of both planes and 

 spikes twice as big. 



Paiiang, Gunong Berumbun (Eidl. 13992); Perak, 

 Taiping Hills (Eidl. 14460); Goping (Kunstler 519); 

 Temengoh (Eidl. 10458). 



15. S. trichobasis, Bak. Journ. Bot. 1884. 275. Pern-Allies, 

 p. 76. 



An erect plant about 12 in., tall rooting only from the 

 base, much branched above with ascending branches, lower 

 ones often 7 in. long with short branchlets 1-3 in. long and 

 secondary branchlets .5 in. or more, densely foliate, deep 

 green. Leaves of lower plane on stem rhomboid, oblong blunt 

 .1 in. distant, upper ones oblong truncate, the upper edge at 

 base widened, recurved strongly ciliate, the base subcordate, 

 imbricating on stem. At the fork of each pair of branchlets 

 an ovate subcordate strongly ciliate leaf, between the lower 

 plane leaves, on the lower side. Upper plane leaves ovate, 

 ciliate on edge with a scabrid cusp as long or longer. Spike 

 .5 in. long, grey-green. Bracts lanceolate-acuminate to cus- 

 pidate, strongly ciliate on edge or denticulate. 



Common in forests from sea level to 4,000 feet. 



Singapore, Bukit Timah (Eidlev 605) ; Johor, Castle- 

 wood (9192). Pailang, Telom, 4,000 ft, alt (13984) ; ISTegri 

 Sembilan, Gunong Angsi (Winkler 1781). Selangor, Ea- 

 wang (Kloss) ; Semangkok Pass (Eidlev 8668) ; Iyuala Lum- 

 pur (Bishop Hose) ; Perak, Tapah (Eidlev 14022) ; Temen- 

 Soh (Eidlev 14470) ; Penang Hill at about 2-3,000 ft. altitude, 

 '(Curtis 3056). 



This species has commonly been named plumosa by Baker 

 in the Kew Herbarium, but his description of that species 



Jour. Straits Branch 



