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^Vj— 8 c.M. long. Fronds linear-lanceolate, entire, 7—15 c.M. long, 72 — ^ 

 c.M. broad below the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends. Texture rigidly 

 coriaceous; both surfaces naked; veins obscure, the main ones erecto-patent, 

 enclosing copious, small, irregular areolae. Sori superficial, large, round, 

 crowded in the narrowed upper half of the frond, not in regular rows. 

 Sumatra. 



(134) P. tenuilore, Jr»e, Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 354; Mett., Fariig., 

 I, Polypod., tab. I, fig. 28; Diblemma samarensis, J. Sm., Bau. & Hk., Gen. 

 Fil., tab. CIX, B; Drynaria tenuiloris, J. Sm., Journ. of Bot., Ill, 397. 



Rhizome slender, woody, scandent. Fronds 20—45 c.M. long, 1 — I'/a 

 c.M. broad, the apex acuminate, the edge entire, the lower part narrowed 

 very gradually into a short stipe or the base. Texture rigidly coriaceous; 

 surfaces naked; no main veins; areolae fine, hidden, with free veinlets. Sori 

 small, copious, scattered, sometimes confluent especially along the edge. 



Philippines. 



(135) P. sara^vakense, bu., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XXII, 228. 

 Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, branched, naked. Fronds few, distant, 



erect, simple, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with the base cuneately and gra- 

 dually narrowed, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 5 — 4 c.M. broad at the middle, on stipes 

 3^2 — 8 c.M. long. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; veins fine, immers- 

 ed, hidden; areolae hexagonal. Sori large, irregularly scattered all over the 

 under surface of the frond except the apex, slightly immersed. 

 Borneo, New Guinea. 



• (136) P. isuperflciale, m., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 108; BL, Flor. 

 Jav., II, 136, tab. LVI, fig. 1; Pleopellis super ficialis, Bedd., Perns Br.I., I, tab. 

 LXXV; P. normale, Don, var. sumalranum, Bk , Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 216. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, blackish; scales brown, lanceolate, peltate, the 

 base acute, round or cordate, adpressed, the apex recurved or erect. Stipes 

 5 — 15 c.M. long, firm, naked, slightly scaly when young. Fronds linear-lan- 

 ceolate, 15 — 40 c.M. long, 2^/2 — 5 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually towards 

 both ends, the edge entire. Texture coriaceous, commonly weak ; surfaces 

 naked; veins hidden or moderately visible; no main veins; areolae fine, with 

 free veinlets. Sori roundish, sometimes slightly irregular, numerous, scattered 

 irregularly. 



Malaya ; Queensland, Japan, Korea, China, North. India. 



