378 71a. PLEOPELTIS. § 1. eupleopeltis. 



line. Sori in 1 row on eacti side, close to the costa or nearly so and 

 parallel to it, shallowly immersed, hardly prominent on the upper surface, 

 occupying the upper % — -'/^ of the fronds, the lower ones more distant, 

 elongate, to 1% cm. long and 4 mm. broad, the higher ones roundish. 

 Neiv Gtnnea. 



(147c) PI. craspetlosora, V A. v. M.s Polypodium craspeclosorum, 

 Copel, in Philipp. Journ., IX^, 233. 



Ehizome creeping, slender ; scales setiform from a small, peltate hase, 

 the lower part reddish, the upper part paler. Stipes + 4—6 cm. long, 

 naked. Fronds linear-lanceolate, + 10 — 20 cm. long, + 4 — 8 cm. broad, 

 the fertile ones the longest and narrowest, narrowed gradually towards 

 both ends, the point obtuse, the edge entire, narrowly cartilagineous. 

 Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; cosla slender, prominent; veins fine, 

 hidden, forming 1 — 3 rows of areolae on each side of the costa. Sori 

 submarginal, slightly immersed, somewhat proiriinent above, the largest 

 oblong, parallel to the margin. 



Sumatra, 



(148) a*l. ueglecta, Moore. 



(149) PI. rudimenta, v. A. v. R. 



Omit this, it being referred to PL codes Moore. 



(150) PI. isubecostaia, «. A. r>. n. 



(151) i*l. r^siraSa, Bedd. 



(152) PB. linearis, Moore. 



(152ff) PI. 4MeBBi®ii»iiy6l5is, ». A. ». St.; Polypodium t.aeniophyUum,, 

 Coijel, in Philipp. Journ., VIF", 65; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome creeping, wiry, densely clothed with narrow, setaceous, 

 reddish-brown scales. Stipes + 3 — 6 mm. apart, hardly 1 cm. long, naked. 

 Fronds 7 — 15 (mostly 10) cm. long, to 3 — 4 mm. broad, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, entire, narrowed gradually towards the base, the margin of the 

 fertile fronds folded down against each sorus. Texture coriaceous, pellucid ; 

 surfaces naked; costa prominent beneath, slightly grooved above; veins 



