400 ?1«- PLEOPELTIS. § 1. EITPLEOPELTIS. 



+ 20 cm. broad, shortly decurrent, cut down to a very narrow wing 

 into ± 7 segments on each side. Segments nearly 20 cm. long, 1—2 

 cm. broad, much acuminated, entire or subundulate, narrowed slightly 

 towards the base. Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked. Sori small, 

 in 1 row on each side of the costulae, sometimes accompanied by a few 

 outer ones, shghtly immersed. 

 New Guinea. 



(2085) PI. phancroplilebia, ». a. ». n. 



(209) PI. violascens, r. A. «. JR. 



(210) PI. nigl'CSCeilS, Carr. 



(211) PI. ScSineidei'i, v. A. v. n. 



(211a.) PI. temeniiMborensiis, ». A. ». R., in Bull. Btz., W12, 

 VII, 23; 1914, XX, 23; Polypodium femeniinborense, v. A. v. B., MS. in 

 Herb. Bog.; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales short-ovate, peltate, subacute, 

 pale-brown. Stipes rather approximate, 12 — 20 cm. long, subterete, naked. 

 Fronds simple, or 3-fid, with the lobes similar to the simple fronds but 

 smaller; simple fronds lanceolate, ± 20 — 30 cm. long, 3 — 4 cm. broad in 

 the lower half, narrowed gradually towards the apex, entire, cuneate and 

 very slightly decurrent at the base. Texture papyraceous; surfaces naked ; 

 costa prominent; primary veins forming a series of large, costal primary 

 areolae, 1 — 2 other series of stout veins form much smaller but stiU very 

 conspicuous secondary areolae outside the primary ones, both including 

 numerous finer ones with free included veinlets. Sori large, in 1 row 

 on each side of the costa, solitary in the primary areolae, round or very 

 slightly oblong, deeply immersed so as to form very prominent, truncate 

 (cyhndrycal or subconical) papillae on the upper surface, nearer the costa 

 than the edge. 



New Guinea. 



(212) Pi. loMgisfiinia, Moore. 



(213) PI. laguncnisiiS, v. A. v. R. 



