﻿668 71. POLYPODIUM. § 6. PLEOPELTIS C**. PHYMATOPSIS. 



distinctly crenate ; costae conspicuous. Sori numerous, in 1 row on each side 

 of the costae, 1 to each crenation, large, immersed, medial. 

 Philippines. 



(2U) P. jSCulpturatum, nie., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 514. 



Stipes grey, glossy, naked. Fronds oblong, 55 — 45 c.M. long, 20 — 25 

 c.M. broad. Pinnae 15— 25-jugate, erecto-patenl, subdistant, adnate, much 

 dilated at the base, narrowed to a point, slightly repand, % — l c.M. broad 

 at the middle, lowest largest. Texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; 

 veins distinctly raised in the dried plant. Sori in 1 row on each side of 

 the midribs, midway between these and the edge, 20 — 55 in a row, deeply 

 immersed, the pits without bordered edges, prominent on the upper surface. 



Java. 



(215) P. Sauvinieri, Bit., Ann. of Bot., V, 480. 



Stipes naked, stramineous, 10 — 15 c.M. long. Fronds lanceolat'e-oblong, 

 + 45 c.M. long, 10 — 15 c.M. broad at the middle, narrowed to the base. 

 Pinnae 30 — 40-jugate, linear, obtuse, G— 7 m.M. broad, adnate by a dilated 

 base. Texture firm; surfaces naked; veins hidden. Sori in 1 row on each 

 side of the central ribs, medial, sunk in deep pits forming papillae on the 

 upper surface, + 20 in a row in the central pinnae. 



Celebes. 



» (216) P. siubaqiiatile, Chvnst, Ann. Btz., XX, 124. 



Bhizome creeping, the scales dense, subulate, brown, + 5 m.M. long. 

 Stipes ± 55 c.M. long, glossy, brownish-grey. Fronds + 65 c.M. long, + 

 20 c.M. broad. Pinnae + 13 on each side, distant, neai'ly erect, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed gradually towards both ends, the terminal one + 25 c.M. 

 long, 6 — 7 m.M. broad, with the edge + undulate. Texture flaccid, 

 subcoriaceous; surfaces pale-coloured, glaucous, opaque, naked, the upper 

 covered with small, subraarginal or rarely scattered, cretaceous dots ; veins 

 irregular, hidden ; areolae oblong, with few free veinlets. Sori in 1 row on 

 each side of the costae, + 10 — 12 in a row, medial, superficial. 



Borneo. 



* (217) P. allmlosrguainatniii, si., Bac, Flor. Btz., I, 115; 

 Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 137, tab. LVII; Hk., Gard. Ferns, tab. XLVII; — var. va- 

 rians; P. varians, BL, Melt., Farng., I, Polypod., 108; 151., 1. c, lab. LVllI. 



