394 71«. PLEOPELTiS. § 1. EUPLEOPBLTIS. 



nearly pinnate at the base. Lobes ± 5 — 10 on a side below the ter- 

 minal one, alternate, erecto-patent, remote, linear-1 anceolate, long-acum- 

 inate, entire, narrowed towards the dilated base, the largest + 20 

 cm. long, I'/a cm. broad, the lower somewhat shorter, much contracted 

 at the base, apparently petiolulate. Texture herbaceo-chartaceous;. surfaces 

 naked; upper surface dark-green, lower paler; costa and costulae brown, 

 glossy ; veins fine, translucent, forming 2 — 3 rows of areolae on each side 

 of the costulae, with free veinlets. Sori in 2 rows on each side of the 

 costulae, nearer the costulae than the margin. 

 Neio Guinea. 



(196) P8. ebenipcs, Sedd. 



(197) PI. glaUCa, Moore. 



(198) PI. hastaia, Moore, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 362; PI. 

 oxyloba, Bedd., Ferns S. I., tab. CLXXV; Polypodium hastatum, T/i?)., Hk. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., 361 ; Kze, Farnkr., I, tab. LXXXIII ; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. — var. 

 oxyloba, MS. in Herb. Bog. ; Pol. oxylobum., Wall , Mett., Farng., I, Polypod., 

 106, p. p. ; — var. triflda, MS. in Herb. Bog. ; Pol. trifidum, Don, Hk. Bk., 

 1. c, 363, p. p. 



Edges of the fronds more or less distinctly thickened and often 

 repando-undulate. Sori sometimes medial but more commonly nearer the 

 costulae than the margin. 



Forma typica: Fronds simple or 2 — 3-fld with the lateral lobes shorter 

 than the terminal one. 



'War. oxyloba; Fronds deeply pinnatifid with 1 — 6 lobes on a 

 side; lobes + 10 — 15 cm. long, absolutely entire. 



War. triOdis : Like the preceding but the lobes remotely crenul- 

 ate or serrulate. 



(198a) PI. luultijujgata, ». A. v>. R.; Polypodium miiUijiigaticm, 

 Cojxl, in Philipp. Journ., VI^', 90; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Stipes + 40 cm. long, thick, dark-stramineous-brown, naked. Fronds 

 + 60 cm. long, 25 cm. broad, deeply pinnatifid, pinnate at the very 

 base. Segments to 15 cm. long, + 1—1'/? cm. broad, acuminate, entire 

 or slightly sinuated, connected by a narrow costal wing, the lowest free. 

 Surfaces naked; main veins moderately conspicuous; areolae hidden. Sori 



