. The Gardens' bulletin; Straits Settlements . t.) Copel. Phil. Journ. Sci. 4C:37. 1909. Alsophila obscura Scort. Bedd. Journ. : 321, pi. 278, f. 2. 1887. A. subobscura Jard. bot. Buitenz. II ser. XX: 1, t. 1. 34. Stipes dark (not black) to medium brown, denselyscaly at base, the scales to about 3 cm. long by 2 mm. broad,medium brown, the edges shortly dark ciliate. Rachisesmedium brown with appressed hairs above and minutestrongly setose scales beneath. Middle pinnae to about 50by 15 cm. Pinnules of middle pinnae to about 8 by cm.,on stalks 1 to 2 mm. long,
. The Gardens' bulletin; Straits Settlements . t.) Copel. Phil. Journ. Sci. 4C:37. 1909. Alsophila obscura Scort. Bedd. Journ. : 321, pi. 278, f. 2. 1887. A. subobscura Jard. bot. Buitenz. II ser. XX: 1, t. 1. 34. Stipes dark (not black) to medium brown, denselyscaly at base, the scales to about 3 cm. long by 2 mm. broad,medium brown, the edges shortly dark ciliate. Rachisesmedium brown with appressed hairs above and minutestrongly setose scales beneath. Middle pinnae to about 50by 15 cm. Pinnules of middle pinnae to about 8 by cm.,on stalks 1 to 2 mm. long, the base unequal and more orless truncate, the apex acute, rather shortly narrowed; lobescut about 1/2 to 2/3 to costa?, about 3 mm. wide, slightlyoblique, sides parallel, falcate at apex, apex bluntly pointed;veins about 6 pairs lowest usually forked, basal vein onside towards pinna-rachis springing directly from the costa;texture firm; colour dark above and paler beneath; surfaces Gardens Bulletin, Gard. Bull. Vol. VIII. Plate Cyathea obscura. Frasers Hill, Holttum 21540, X 311 and veins glabrous; scales on costse few except at base,lanceolate, brown with or without paler bullate base, edgessetose, bullate scales on costules pale with dark setose apex;sori median on basal veins, becoming very crowded whenmature, filling the whole surface except tips of lobes, thesporangia mixed with long pale paraphyses; no indusia. Type: Perak, Scortechini. The type of this species is presumably in Beddomesherbarium, and I have not seen it. At Singapore howeverthere are specimens from Scortechinis herbarium labelledA. obscura, and also duplicates of Kunstlers collectionsnamed by Beddome. All these agree very well together,and I have little doubt that they represent this obscura is fairly common on the Main Range and theTaiping Hills at about 3,000 to 4,000 feet from Penang are rather intermediate betweentypical C. obscura and C. squamulata,
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