71a. PLEOPELTIS. § 1. EUPLEOPELTIS. 389 



veins distinct, very oblique, areolae rather hidden. Sori roundish, small, 

 in 2 rows between the main veins, 2 — 4 in a row. 

 Sumatra. 



(182) PI. albiila, V. A. V. M. 



(182a) PI. limaefoi'iuis, v. A. v. R.; Polypodium limaeforme, 

 Brau., in Lautb., Beitr. Flor. Pap., I, 49; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales squarrose, pale, peltate, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire, rounded at the base. Stipes + 2'/2 cm. apart, + 

 2^/4 — 5 cm. long, those of the fertile fronds the longest, naked. Fronds 

 linear-lanceolate, ± 7'/, — 15 '/a cm. long, ± ^j^ cm. broad, the fertile ones 

 the longest, bluntish, crenulate, acute at the base. Texture coriaceous; 

 surfaces naked ; main veins prominent ; areolae indistinct. Sori in 2 rows 

 between the main veins. 



NeiD Giiinea. 



(182&) PI. rhoiiiboiflea, v. A. v. «.,• Polypodmm rhomboideuw., 

 Brau., in Laut., Beitr. Flor. Pap. I, 46; C. Chr., Ind Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, branched, the scales lanceolate, peltate, pale, 

 long-acuminate, entire. Stipes + '/s — ^% cm. apart, slender, firm, pale, 

 74 — Q^ii cm. long, those of the fertile fronds the longest. Fronds lanceolate 

 or subrhomboidal, + S'/i — 6 cm. long, I'/j — 2 cm. broad, cuneate at the 

 base; barren fronds bluntish, crenulated; fertile fronds acuminate, inciso- 

 crenate. Texture rigidly coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; main veins prominent, 

 not reaching the narrowly revolute margin; areolae hidden. Sori in 2 

 rows between the main veins, immersed. 



Neio Guinea. 



(182c) PI. Iticidula, v. A. v. R., in Bull. Btz , 1914, XVI, 58; 

 Pohjpodium lucidulum, ik A. v. B., MS. in Herb. Bog. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales lanceolate, when youg capillary-acuminate, 

 minutely remotely denticulate, red-brown towards the base, pale-ochraceous 

 towards the apex. Stipes subapproximate, + 3 — 5 cm. long, naked. 

 Fronds lanceolate-elongate, 15—25 cm. long, 2'V- 8 cm. broad, bluntly 

 acuminate, entire, the edge cartilagineous, thickened, subrevolute, the base 

 narrowed very gradually into the- stipe. Texture coriaceous; surfaces 

 naked and glossy; costa prominent beneath, subpellucid; main veins flue. 



