388 71fl. PLEOPELTIS. § 1. EUPLEOPELTIS. 



or olivaceous when dry, the main veins rather indistinct; sori relatively 

 small. 



War. parallela: Stipes shorter with regard to the fronds, to 3 

 cm. long; fronds lanceolate or broadly linear, 15 — 45 cm. long, 2—6 cm. 

 broad, the base gradually long-decurrent, the edges more or less parallel 

 to the costa, the main veins distinct, blackish; sori relatively large. 



Java. 



(181a*«) PI. undiilato-sinuala, v. A. «. M..; Pohjpo'lium undu- 

 lato-sinuatum, Est., in Fed., Rep., XII, 179. 



Rhizome creeping, woody, the scales dense, whitish, lanceolate, peltate 

 at the base, fibrilloso-acuminate, ciliolate-denticulate. Stipes 1 — 4 cm. 

 apart, to 10 cm. long, naked, glossy. Fronds lanceolate, shortly cuneate 

 at the base, narrowed gradually towards the apex, undulate-sinuate, the 

 margin cartilagineous, reflesed, the lobules + 4 mm. deep by 8 mm. 

 broad, serrulate-crenate. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; costa 

 prominent beneath; main veins distinct; veins indistinct; areolae in 

 2 — 8 rows on each side of the costa, with free veinlets. Sori in 2 rows 

 between the main veins. 



New G^iinea. 



(1816) 1*1. luzonlca, v. a. v. a.; — var. javanica, v. A. v. R., 

 in Bull. Btz., 1911, I, 12. 



■^ Var. javanica: Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales brown, less 

 acuminate, sparingly denticulate-ciliate ; fronds much smaller, + 6 — 10 

 cm. long, 1 — 2 cm. broad, the fertile ones the longest and narrowest, 

 lanceolate, with the edge entire to repando-sinuate, the base cuneate; 

 main veins not reaching the margin. — Perhaps a distinct species. — Java. 



(1816*) PI. an|£;ustatO'(lcesirreBss, r. A. «?. n.; PolypocUum 

 angustato-decurrens, Est., in Fed., Rep., XIII, 221. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales ferrugineous, lanceolate from a 

 denticulate, cordate base, long-acuminate, entire, clavate at the point. 

 Stipes approximate, + 3 cm. long, slender, firm, naked, stramineous-brown. 

 Fronds simple, linear-lanceolate, to- 20 cm. long, + 6 — 9 mm. broad, 

 broadest in the upper part, narrowed towards both ends, long-decurrent, 

 broadly truncate-crenulate. Texture subcoriaceochartaceous; surfaces 

 naked; upper surface wrinkled when dry; costa prominent beneath; main 



