396 71ffl. PLEOPELTIS. § 1. EUPLEOPELTIS. 



lobes alternate, + 4 mm. deep by 3% cm. broad. Fronds dimorphous, 

 deeply pinnatifld, ± 30 — 50 cm. long, the fertile ones the longest. Barren 

 fronds linear-oblong, to + 17 cm. broad, the lobes articulated to the 

 costa, alternate, + 5 on each side below the terminal one, ascending or 

 horizontal, lanceolato-oblong, to 10 cm. long by S'/j cm. broad, entire, 

 abruptly shortly acuminate, dilated at the base, separated by rounded 

 sinuses narrower than the lobes. Texture coriaceous; surfaces glabrescent 

 (naked?). Fertile fronds deltoid-oblong, to 30 cm. broad at the base, the 

 lobes opposite, + 8 on each side below the terminal one, ascending, 

 linear-subulate, straight or falcate, the lowest the largest, to + 16 cm. 

 long by 1 cm. broad, dilated at the base, separated by rounded sinuses 

 broader than the lobes. Sori numerous, large, round or suboblong, placed 

 in 2 — 3 rows on each side of the costulae. 

 Neto Gi.iinea. 



(199d) 1*1. Buclianani, ». A. ». «.,• Aglaomorpha Buchanani, 

 Gopel, in Philipp. Journ., IX^, 8. 



Near PI. Schlechteri v. A. v. B. but the segments with the edges 

 parallel, not narrowed gradually from the base; the fertile ones suddenly 

 much dilated at the base. 



NeiD Guinea. 



(199e) See No. 219a. 



(200) PI. anoiuala, v. A. v. n. 



(200a?) ■»!. I4.iiig-ii, v. a. v. R.; Polypodium Kingii, Copel., in 

 Philipp. Journ., VF, 89; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome scandent, clothed with peltate, black, brown-margined, 

 adpressed scales. Stipes ± 6 cm. long, provided with a few minute 

 scales at the base. Fronds + 15 cm. each way, deeply 5-lobed with 

 rounded sinuses, shortly cuneate at the base. Lobes entire, much acum- 

 inated, the terminal one broadly, the lateral ones narrowly lanceolate. 

 Texture papyraceo-coriaceous ; surfaces naked; main veins black, conspic- 

 uous, not reaching the margin, forming 1 row of costal areolae in the 

 lateral lobes, 1—2 rows in the terminal one; veins indistinct, hidden. 

 Sori round, moderately large, superficial. — Barren fronds simple, borne 

 lower down on the tree than the fertile. 



Neic Guinea, 



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