or FEENS FEOM KOBTH BOENEO. 229 



nate apex. Son y^ ^^^^ diam., scattered irregularly all over the 

 under surface of the frond except the apex. 



127. (331*) P0LTP0DIUM(§PLEirEI3>njM:) CA^iPTLONETJEOIDES, 



BaJcer^ n. sp. ; rbizomate gracili, epigaeo late repente paleis parvia 

 lanceolatis adpressis vestito, stipitibus brevibus erectis, frondibua 

 simplicibus membranaceis glabris parvis oblanceolatis pbtusis e 

 medio ad basin sensim attenuatis, venis primariia subtilibus 

 erecto-patentibus parallelis, intermediis transversalibus areolas . 

 subquadratas formantibus, soris 3-4 inter cos tarn et marginem 

 dispositis inter venas primarias uniseriatis. 

 Matang, Sarawak, 2000 feet. 



Allied to P. Melleri and the New-Caledonian P. selligueoides. 



Rhizome cylindrical, dark green, about ^ inch diameter. Stipes 



erect, naked, ^-IJ inch long. Prond 4-6 inches long, |-| inch 

 broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base. Main 

 veins fine and indistinct, the cross ones almost as regular as in 

 the American Campyloneurons. 



130. P. EUPESTEE, Blume, I do not think this and P. trique- 

 trum can safely be kept up as distinct species. 



129. (334*) P. (§ Pleuetdium) leucophoeum, BaJcer, n. sp. ; 

 rhizomate gracili glauco, epigeeo longe repente paleis filiforraibus 

 brunneis subpatulis deciduis instructo, stipitibus brevissimis 

 erectis, frondibus simplicibus rigide coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis facie glabris lucidulis yiridibus punctis albis cretaceis 

 minutis prgeditis, margiue recurvato crebre cretaceo-punctato, 

 dorso obscure viridibus impunctatis tenuiter pilosis, venis pri- 

 mariis subtilibus rectis erecto-patentibus parallelis, venulis inter- 

 mediis irregulariter anastomosantibus, soris minutis superficialibus 

 inter veuas i)rimarias irregulariter biseriatis. 



Matang, Sarawak. 



A very distinct and well-marked species, remarkable for the 

 w^hite cretaceous dots scattered over the upper surface and form- 

 in(^ a close row on the incurved margin of the frond, lihizome 

 creeping to a length of a foot or more, the shining filiform palesB 

 5 inch long. Stipes not more than |-| inch long. Frond 6-9 

 inches long, I-I5 inch broad at the middle. 



m 



131. P. lEioiDES, Lam, 



132. P. mtjs^eolium:, Blume. 



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