xi, c, 3 v. A. v. Rosenburgh: Amboina Pteridophyta H3 



Var. SCHUMANNIANA (Diels) Ros. in Nov. Guin. 8 (1912) Bot. 729. 



Polypodium schumannianum Diels in Schum. & Laut., Fl. Deut. 

 Schutzgeb. Suds. (1889) 139, t. 3, C-D. 



Fronds smaller, varying from ovate-oblong or panduriform to lanceolate, 

 sessile with a cordate base with overlapping lobes to stalked with a long- 

 decurrent acute base; main veins forming a series of large, costal primary 

 areolae; a second series of stout veins forms smaller areolae outside the 

 costal ones, both including numerous finer ones resembling those between 

 the second series and the margin. United with the type by intermediate 

 forms. 



Amboina, Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1961, August 25, 1913, epiphytic, altitude 

 175 meters, locally known as paku karang. 



Distrib. : New Guinea and Amboina. 



PLEOPELTIS PHYMATODES (Linn.) Moore Ind. Fil. (1857) LXXVIII. 



Polypodium phymatodes Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 306; v. A. v. R. Mai. 

 Ferns 664. 

 Amboina, Ayer putri, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. Ml, July 28, 1913, 

 epiphytic at low altitudes. 



Representing: Polypodium indicum minus (sive glabrum) Rumph. 

 Herb. Amboin. VI, 80, t. XXXV, fig. 2. 



Distrib.: Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Polynesia, and southern 

 China. 



PLEOPELTIS S1NUOSA (Wall.) Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. (1865) t. 8. 



Polypodium sinuosum Wall. List (1829) No. 2231; v. A. v. R. Mai. 

 Ferns 623. 

 Amboina, Kati-Kati, Robinson PI Rumph. Amb. U5, October 17, 1913, 

 on trees in mangrove swamps. 



Representing: Scolopendria minor Rumph. Herb. Amboin. VI, 84 (?). 

 Distrib.: Malaya, Melanesia. 



PLEOPELTIS PUNCTATA (Linn.) Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. Suppl. (1876) 22. 



Polypodium punctatum Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800' (1800) 21; 



v. A. v. R. Mai. Ferns 653. 

 Acrostichum punctatum Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1524. 

 Amboina, Hoenoet, Rel. Robins. 1955, October 18, 1913, on trees, altitude 

 about 200 meters. 



Distrib.: Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. 



PLEOPELTIS IMBRICATA (Karst.) v. A. v. R. in Bull. Dept. Agr. Ind. 

 Neerl. 17 (1909) 3. 

 Polypodium imbricatum Karst. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 12 (1895) 

 168 tab. 15, fig. 29, 30, tab. 16, fig. 49, tab. 19; v. A. v. R. Mai. 

 Ferns 624. 

 Polypodium mirabile C. Chr. Ind. Fil. (1906) 545. 

 Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 1953, November 27, 1913, on trees, 

 altitude about 350 meters. 

 Known only from Amboina. 



