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24. P. asperula J. Smith Enum. fil. Philipp, n. 115 in J. W. Hook. 

 Journ. bot. 1841. 



Klong Son, terrestrial in damp jungle. 



Area: Scattered and rather rare from Assam to the Philippines. Earth- 

 fern. 



25. P. tripartita Sw. 



P. marginal« Bory. 



Koh Kahdat, terrestrial in the jungle. 



Area: Frequent from S. India and S. China to Polynesia and N. Australia. 

 Also in E. and W. trop. Africa. Earth-fern in forests. 



Blechnum L. 



26. K. orientale L. 



Klong Munsé. along riverhanks in the edge of the jungle. 

 Area: Very common from India and S. China throughout the Malayan 

 region to N. Australia and Polynesia. A large earth-fern of open grounds. 



Brainea J. Sm. 



27. It. i h s ignis Hook. Synops. Ed. II, 390. 



Nipple, about 2000 ft., in open jungle. A small (1— 2 m j. handsome fern-tree. 



Area: A small fern-tree from Assam (Chittagong) to Tonkin (Bon. Billet), 

 S.China: Hongkong, Yunnan (Henry). Our Siamloeality is a good connecting 

 link between the older stations of this curious fern, whose relation to Blech- 

 num is well determined. 



Stenochlaena J. Smith. 



28. S. palustris (L. sub Polypodia). 



Lem Dan, Koh Loin, climbing on trees in open jungle and also in the 

 sea-shore on rocks or sandy ground. 



Area: A frequent gigantic creeper on trees in the forests from N. and 

 S. India, S. China throughout the Malayan region to N. Australia and Polynesia. 



Lomariopsis Fée. 

 28. L. sorbifolia (L. Spec, plant. 152(5 sub Acrosticho). 

 Climbing on trees in the jungle, Klong Munsé, Koh Chang Noi. 

 Area: A very frequent large creeper of nearly all tropical countries. 



Asplenium L. 



30. A. laserpitiifoliuin Lamarck Encycl. II. 310. 

 Koh Kahdat, epiphytic in open jungle. 



Area: A earth-fern of the whole Malayan region from Assam to N. Au- 

 stralia and Polynesia. 



