71rt. PLEOPELTIS. § 1. EUPLEOPELTIS. 383 



(168) PI. Dellwigii, v. A. v. n. 



(169) PI. rliyiicliopliylla, Moore. 



Also in New Guinea. 



(170) PI. G^riirithiana, Moore ; ■ — var. borneensis. 



(170«) PI. caudifoi'iiiis, r. A. r. R.; Polypodium caudiforme, BL, 

 Flor. Jav., 11, 146, tab. LIV, flg. 2; P. Feei, Mett., var., C. Chr., Ind.Fil.; 

 V. A. V. R., Mai. Ferns, 675; Selliguea caudiformis, J. 5'm., Bedd., 

 Handb. Ind. Ferns, 390, p. p. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, firm, brownish, deciduously scaly, the scales 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, thin, entire or obsoletely erose, peltate at 

 the base, pale-ochraceous, at length brown or red-brown. Stipes scattered, 

 10 — 20 cm. long or longer, those of the fertile fronds the longest, scaly 

 at the base. Fronds dimorphous. Barren fronds oblong-lanceolate, + 

 15 — 25 cm. long, 5 — 10 cm. broad, acuminate, the edge cartilagineous, 

 entire to subrepand, the base cuneate and more or less decurrent. Texture 

 coriaceous; surfaces naked; costa rather prominent beneath; main veins 

 distinct. Fertile fronds linear-lanceolate, + 20 — 30 cm. long, '/j — 2*1^ 

 cm. broad, narrowed at the base and very gradually so to the apex. 

 Sori large, sohtary between the main veins or the lower double, round 

 or oblong, free or confluent and then oblong or linear-oblong and parallel 

 to the main veins. — United with PI. Feei v. A. v. R. by intermediates. 



Malaya to Polynesia. 



(1705) PL albicasila, v. A. v. R.} Polypodium alMcaulum, Copel.., 

 in Philipp. Journ., VF, 90; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome white-calcareous, sparingly scaly, the scales needle-like, 

 chestnut, squarrose, peltate and pale margined at the base. Stipes slender. 

 Barren fronds broadly lanceolate, 10 — 15 cm. long, much acuminated, 

 coriaceous; fertile fronds narrowly lanceolate. Sori superficial. — Much 

 resembling PI. caudiformis v. A. v. B. 



New Guinea. 



(170c) PI. l^atiterSBachii, v. A. ». lE.y Polypodium Lauterbachii, 

 Brau., in Lautb., Beitr. Flor. Pap., I, 52; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, branched, sometimes whitish, the scales 



