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



the edge, glossy. Sori immersed, in single rows between the main mains, 

 3 — 12 ill a row, confined to the upper % — */j of the firond or rarely occupy- 

 ing the whole lamina. 



Java, Borneo, Malacca. 



(174) P. campylonenroides, bu., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., 

 XXn, 229. 



Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, the scales small, lanceolate, adpressed. 

 Stipes erect, naked, 1—4 c.M. long. Fronds simple, 10—15 c.M. long, 1—2 

 c.M. broad, oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to the 

 base. Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked; main veins fine, parallel, 

 erecto-patent, indistinct; transversal veins forming subquadrangular areolae. 

 Sori in 1 row between the main veins, 3 — 4 in a row. 



(17S) P. phlebiscopum, JSIc, Journ. of Linn. Loc, But., XV, 110. 



Rhizome woody, flexuose, short-creeping, the scales membranaceous, erect, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pale-brown, '/j c.M. long. Stipes Vj^ — 8 c.M. long, 

 rigid, naked, stramineous, canaliculate. Fronds simple, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 entire, S'/j — 8 c.M. long, 2 — 3'/i c.M. broad at the middle, blunt or subacute, 

 deltoid at the base. Texture rigidly coriaceous; surfaces naked; main veins 

 erecto-patent, distinct to the edge; areolae fine, immersed. Sori superficial, in 

 single rows between the main veins, 5 — 4 in a row, often confluent and then 

 forming an oblong mass S — 8 m.M. broad. 



Tertiaie. 



* (176a) P. heniionitideum, WaU., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 360; 

 Pleopellis hemionitidea, Moore, Bedd., Ferns S.L, tab. CLXXXIL 



Rhizome creeping, the scales lanceolate. Stipes 2'/j — IS c.M. long, erect, 

 firm, scaly. Fronds 20—45 c.M. long, 5 — 8 c.M. broad, narrowed towards 

 both ends, the edge entire. Texture thinly coriaceous; surfaces naked; costa 

 slightly scaly; veins distinctly prominent; main veins not reaching the edge, 

 blackish, + horizontal, including rather large areolae; areolae in ± 4 rows, 

 subquadrangular, with many free veinlets. Sori on the anastomosing veins, 

 moderately large, round or oblong, often confluent, in 1 row between the 

 main veins, the rows rather irregular. 



Malaya; North. India, South. China. 



