﻿652 71. POLYPODIUM. § 6. PLEOPELTIS. b**. PLEURIDIUM. 



(183) P. oodesi, Kxe, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 354. 



Rhizome slender, the scales small, fibrillose, yellowish. Stipes distant, 

 slender, naked, 7—10 c.M. long. Fronds 3V2— 6Va c.M. long, ^%—Zy^ c.M. 

 broad, ovate, entire, the base rounded, hardly decurrent. Texture coriaceous; 

 both surfaces naked ; main veins distinct nearly to the edge ; areolae fine, 

 with free veinlets. Sori rather large, few, scattered. 



Philippines, Borneo, 



(184) P. dulitenise, nu., Kew Bull., 1893, 211. 



Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, the scales lanceolate, membranaceous, 

 pale-brown, erecto-patent. Stipes fii'm, 7 — 13 c.M. long, naked, stramineous. 

 Fronds ovate, 5 — 8 c.M. long, 2 — 5'/2 c.M. broad, simple, acute or acuminate, 

 crenate in the lower half, the base rounded or deltoid. Texture chartaceous; 

 surfaces naked, glossy; main veins erecto-patent, parallel, distant; areolae 

 hexagonal, with free veinlets. Sori small, globose, subimmersed. 



Borneo. 



(185a) P. isuboppoisituaii, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., V SMe, VI, 

 995. 



Rhizome creeping, naked. Stipes approximate, ± 3 c.M. long, naked, 

 winged nearly to the base by the gradually decurrent base of the fronds. 

 Fronds lanceolate, acuminate, 35 — 55 c.M. long, ± 6 c.M. broad at the mid- 

 dle. Texture herbaceous, flaccid; surfaces naked; colour pale-green; costa 

 distinct; main veins horizontally spreading, flexuose, distinct nearly to 

 the edge; primary areolae hidden, longitudinal, in 4 — 5 rows between the 

 midrib and margin, divided into numerous smaller secondary ones, with 

 included free veinlets. Sori irregular, numerous, + 25 to each primary 

 areola. 



Luzon. 



(1856) P. Seortechiuii, me., Ann. of Bol., V, 477; Pleopeltis 

 Scortechinii, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 95. 



Rhizome woody, wide-creeping, flexuose, calvate. Stipes brown, naked, 

 35 — 40 c.M. long. Fronds oblanceolate, acuminate, 40 — 45 c.M. long, 7 — 9 

 c.M. broad, obscurely repand, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base. 

 Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked; main veins distinct to the edge. 

 Sori minute, superficial, scattered, often confluent. 



Malacca. 



