154 THE FERN-ALLIES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



18. S. illustris, n. sp. 



Stout ascending, erect plant 12 in. or more, rooting only 

 at base, covered on the upper face with numerous blunt, lanceo- 

 late leaves with round bases .15 in. long in two or more rows, 

 branches lanceolate, 7 in. long with simple branchlets 1 in! 

 covered with close imbricating leaves. Of lower plane oblong, 

 tip rounded, blunt base oblique not imbricating over stern^ 

 not ciliate. Of upper plane distichous imbricating ovate ob- 

 lique, short, cuspidate. Spikes usually paired on the branch 

 ends, small, slender .25-.7S in. long] Bracts short, ovate, 

 acute. 



Pahaxg, Tahan River (Ridley 2172) ; Selaxgor, Cheras 

 Goodenough 8195); Ginting Bidai (Ridley 7819); Sempang 

 (15630); Semangkok (8772). Perak, Goping (Kunstler 

 516) ; Batang Padang (Kunstler 7764) ; Gunong Kerbau 

 (Robinson); Temengkok (14459); Taiping Hills (Ridley 

 5184); Trixgaxu, Bundi (Rostado). 



A very beautiful and easily distinguished plant, a deep 

 green frond on a simple erect stem, the branches over-lapping, 

 the branchlets simple except at the extreme tip where they fork 

 and bear 2 or 3 very short slender spikes. 



19. S. inaequalifolia, Spring Mon. ii. 148. Bak. Fern-Allies, 91. 



Stems sarmentose 3-4 ft. long, pinnae ascending about 3 

 in. long, branchlets .75 in. 1 in. distant with 3-4 branches 

 near base of pinnae .5-. 2 5 in. long. Leaves on stems and 

 main branches distant, oblong, blunt base not imbricating .15 

 in. long on branchlets (lower plane) smaller, distant, oblique, 

 of upper plane oblong elliptic slightly falcate pointed not 

 cuspidate midrib fairly prominent. Spikes slender 1.25 in. 

 long or less, quadrate. Bracts short, ovate, acute. 



Pekak, Temengoh (Ridlev 14467) ; Telok Pinang near 

 Ipoh (Ridley 9570); Goping (Kunstler 7474). 



Distrib. Assam, S. India, Sumatra, Xew Guinea. 



20. S. flabellata, Spring Mon. ii. 174, Bak. Fern-Allies, p. 99. 



Plant 18 in. tall. Stems rather stout, covered with dis- 

 tant broad-based ovate lanceolate leaves densely above, upper 

 part leafy, deltoid and decompound 6 in. long, 8 in. wide. 

 Branches densely leafy 3-4, pinnate below. Leaves, lower 

 plane elliptic to rhomboid, blunt, bases broad, very close set. 

 Of upper plane ovate, oblong with a very short blunt point, 

 keeled imbricating. Spikes square .5-1 in. long. Bracts ovate, 

 acutely long, acuminate. 



Rare. Pahaxg, Kota Glanggi (Ridley 2164) ; Tanjong 

 Antan, Pahang river (2166). Johor, Kota Tinggi (Ridley 

 4140). Perak, Goping (Kunstler 558); Kamunung (Curtis 

 3309). 



Distrib. All tropics except Africa. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



