THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY BRITISH AND FOREIGN. FERNS COLLECTED IN PERAK AND PENANG BY MR. J. DAY. BY COL. R. H. BEDDOME, F.L.S. (PLATE 279). The species marked * are new to the Malay Peninsula. Cyathea Brunonis Wall. Penang and Perak, up to 500 ft. Perak, 5000 ft. *Alsophila dubia Bedd. Stipes ?; main rachis and rachis of pinnæ purple-brown, slightly furfuraceous above, glabrous below; fronds subcoriaceo-membranaceous; primary pinnæ 16-20 in. long, pinnate, with the apex only pinnatifid; pinnules about 4 in. long by in. broad on petioles 1-1 lines long, more or less truncate at the base, much acuminate at the apex, pinnatifid only about one-sixth of the way to the costule, the very shallow lobes rather truncate; costules scaly below or at length glabrous, furfuraceous above; veins pinnate; veinlets simple; sori large, generally only in 1-2 rows, i. e., on the 1-2 lower veinlets only, but sometimes in 3-4 rows, i. e., on 3-4 veinlets and then near the base of the veinlets, and consequently parallel with the primary vein, and not shaped like an inverted V, as in glabra. Perak, 4000 ft. elevation. It is more allied to podophylla of Hooker than to glabra, and there is a specimen of it in the Kew packet of podophylla gathered by Curtis in Java; which Mr. Baker now thinks distinct from the Chinese plant. Pl. 279 A. A. latebrosa Hk. Perak, 4000-5000 ft. A. obscura Scortechini. Perak, on the hill called Idjo, behind Taepeng, 4000-5000 ft. Dicksonia (Cybotium) Barometz Link. Perak, 1500 ft. JOURNAL OF BOTANY.-VOL. 26. [JAN., 1888.] B Lecanopteris carnosa Bl. Perak, open places, Mt. Idjo, rare, 5600 ft. Mr. Day states that ants live in the rhizome. Hymenophyllum rarum R. Br. Perak, Maxwell's Hill, 4000 ft. H. polyanthos Sw. Perak, 4000 ft.- Var. Blumeanum. Perak, 4000 ft. H. javanicum Spr. Perak, 5000 ft. var badium. Perak, 3000-4000 ft. Perak, 4000-5000 ft. H. Neesii Hook. Perak, 5000 ft. H. aculeatum Van den Bosch. Penang, 3000 ft.-(sabinafolium Baker). Perak, 4000 ft. Trichomanes parvulum Poir. Perak, 4000 ft. T. digitatum Sw. Perak. T. pallidum Bl. Perak, 5000 ft. T. bipunctatum Poir. Perak, 3000 ft. T. pyxidiferum L. T. auriculatum Bl. T. rigidum Sw. Perak, 4000 ft. Perak, 3000 ft. Perak, 4000 ft. Davallia (Humata) angustata Wall. Perak and Penang, 3000 ft. D. pedata Sm. Perak, 5000 ft. D. (Leucostegia) affinis Hk. Perak, 3000 ft. D. (Prosaptia) Emersoni Hk. & Grev. Perak & Penang, 3000 ft. contigua Sw. Perak, 8000 ft. D. D. (Eudavallia) solida Sw. Perak, sea-level. elegans Sw. Perak, sea-level. Perak, 3000 ft. D. (Microlepia) pinnata Cav. Perak and Penang, 3000 ft. D. moluccana Bl. Perak, 4000 ft. D. (Stenoloma) tenuifolia Sw. Perak, sea-level. Lindsaya scandens Hk. Perak, 3000 ft. L. repens Thw. Perak, 3000-5000 ft. L. orbiculata Lam. Perak, 3000-4000 ft. L. Lancea L. Perak, 1000-3000 ft. L. divergens Wall. Penang and Perak, 2000-3000 ft. A. caudatum L. Perak, sea-level. Pteris longifolia L. Perak and Penang, sea-level. P. patens Hk. Perak, 2500 ft. P. aquilina L. Perak, 5000 ft. P. (Campteria) biaurita L. Perak, 3000 ft. P. (Litobrochia) incisa Thunb. Perak, 3000 ft. var. with entire pinnules. Perak, 3000 ft. marginata Bory. Perak, up to 3000 ft. Blechnum orientale L. Perak, sea-level. B. Finlaysonianum Wall. Perak, up to 1000 ft. Asplenium (Thamnopteris) Nidus L. Perak, up to 3000 ft., common. A. borneense Hk. A. hirtum Kaulf. Perak, sea-level. A. macrophyllum Sw. Perak, sea-level (rare). A. resectum Smith. Perak, 4000 ft. A. affine Sw. Perak, 3000 ft. A. nitidum Sw. Perak, 4000-5000 ft. A. Belangeri Kze. Perak, 3000-5000 ft., common. pallidum Bl. Perak, 2000 ft. sylvaticum Presl. Perak and Penang, 2000 ft. Perak, 3000-4000 ft. A. (Anisogonium) cordifolium Mett. Birch's Hill, 4000 ft. lineolatum Mett. decussatum Sw. A. (Anisogonium) esculentum Presl. Perak, 3000 ft. Perak, in dense forests on Perak, 1000-1500 ft. Didymochlona lunulata Desv. Perak, Maxwell's Hill, 3000 ft. D. polycarpa Bl. Perak, Maxwell's Hill, 2000-8500 ft. Aspidium (Polystichum) aculeatum Sw., var. biaristatum. Perak, 3000 ft. A. (Euaspidium) singaporianum Wall. Perak, sea-level. The rhizome is erect, not creeping, as described in Syn. Fil. polymorphum Wall. Perak, 2000 ft. decurrens Presl. Perak, sea-level. pachyphyllum Kze. Perak, sea-level. multicaudatum Wall. Perak, at the Taepeng Waterfall, at no elevation. † Asplenium Griffithianum does not appear to occur in Perak or Penang; the plant referred to at page 193, Syn. Fil., as having been collected by Mactier in Penang is an undescribed species, and as Mr. Baker has allowed me to describe it, I annex a description: Asplenium Mactieri, n. sp. Caudex small, erect, scaly; scales dark brown, with a paler margin, lanceolate from a broad base, finely acuminated; stipes 6-9 in. long, pale yellow, whitish at the base; fronds 6-9 in. long, 1-11 in. broad, gradually narrowed below, gradually and finely acuminated at the apex, the margin crenate or serrate; texture subcoriaceous; veins distinct, usually once forked from near the base, occasionally again forked towards the apex, not quite reaching the margin; sori reaching from the midrib two-thirds towards the margin; indusium broad and very prominent.-Penang, gathered by Mactier. Allied to Griffithianum, but with a long slender stipe, rather more coriaceous in texture, and of a paler colour. |