384 71a. PLEOPELTIS. § 1. eupleopeltis. 



fuscous, peltate, elongate-deltoid, acuminate, fimbriate, squarrose. Stipes 

 + 1^2 — 4V2 cm. apart, 2 — 5 cm. long, of the fertile fronds the longest, 

 firm. Fronds lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, to 16 cm. or more long, + 

 '/a — 2V2 cm. broad, the fertile ones the longest and narrowest; barren 

 fronds crenulate, fertile ones undulate. Texture rigidly coriaceous ; surfaces 

 naked; main veins prominent, spreading, connected by 2 — 3 transverse 

 veins. Sori large, in 1 row on each side of the costa, at length close 

 and covering the whole under surface of fertile fronds 

 Neio Guinea. 



(171) fi»I. ¥¥Iaiaf®B««!i, v. A. ». M. 



(171a) PS. fsiiltcanfllforuiis, v. A. k. H.} Polypodium heterocar- 

 2mm, Mett., var. abbreviatum, v. A. v. K.., Mai. Ferns, 676 ; P. caudiforme, 

 Christ, (not BL), Farnkr. d. Erde, 108. 



Rhizome creeping, firm, blackish, deciduously scaly, the scales pale- 

 to dark-brown, lanceolate-subulate, dilated and peltate at the base. Stipes 

 scattered, 3-20 cm. long, those of the fertile fronds often longer than those Of 

 the barren fronds. Fronds dimorphous ; barren fronds oblong, ovate or lanceolate, 

 15 — 25 cm. long, 8 — 4 cm. broad, narrowed at both ends, the apex varying 

 from blunt to acuminate, the base from acute to decurrent, the edge entire, 

 slightly cartilagineous and revolute. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; 

 costa rather prominent beneath; mains veins distinct, not reaching the 

 margin. Fertile fronds longer and narrower, linear-lanceolate, subcaudiform, 

 .15 — 30 cm. long, 2 — 2% cm. broad, cuneate or decurrent at the base, 

 narrowed very gradually to the apex. Sori rather large, numerous, solitary 

 between the main veins, immersed, the higher round, the lower and 

 central oblong, spreading, nearly horizontal. — United with PI. heterocarpa 

 V. A. V. R. by intermediates. 



Malaya. 



(172a) VI. Trciibii, «. A. r. n. 



(172a*) I»I. Seltoeiieni, r. A. r. n., in Bull. Btz., 1912, VII, 24; 

 Polypodium Schouteni, v. A. v. B., MS. in Herb. Bog.; C. Chr., Ind. 

 Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome creeping, firm, the scales brown, dense, linear-subulate, 

 dilated and peltate at the base, finely acuminate at the apex. Stipes 



