71. POLYPODIDJi. § 6. PLEOPELTIS. b**. PLEDKlDinM. 653 



(186a) p. ovatum, WaU., Hk. Bk., Syu. Pil., 3S9; Hk. & Grev., 

 Ic. Pil., tab. XLI; P. phyllomanes, Christ, var, malum, Christ, Bull. Ac. Int. 

 Bot., i902, 210, tab. page 213 (right hand figures); C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Pleo- 

 peltis ovata, Moore, Bedd., Ferns, Br.I., II, tab. CLVII. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, woody, the scales lanceolate, dull-brown, deciduous. 

 Stipes 10 — 20 c.M. long, erect, slightly scaly below. Fronds IB — 30 c.M. long, 

 5 — 8 c.M. broad, the point acute or acuminate, the edge entire, the base 

 rounded to decurrent. Texture firm-herbaceous; both surfaces naked; main 

 veins distinct; areolae copious, with free veinlets. Sori irregular, 1 — 5-serial. 



Luzon; China, North. India. 



* (1866) P, ZoUingerianum, Jff»e, Bot. Zeit., 4846, 422; P. 

 heterocarpum, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 107; Bl., Plor. Jav., II, 167, tab.LXXV. 



Rhizome creeping, blackish when dry, the scales adpressed, lanceolate, 

 brown, not dense. Stipes 5 — 20 m.M. apart, 7 — 40 c.M. long, the unwinged 

 portion often short, + scaly below, those of the fertile fronds the longest. 

 Fronds lanceolate, entire, 20 — 60 c.M. long, 4 — 12 c.M. broad, the apex acute, 

 the base gradually or rather suddenly decurrent, so as to form a long, narrow 

 wing to the stipe. Texture thin, herbaceous; surfaces naked; costa conspicu- 

 ous; main veins distinct to the edge; veins forming copious areolae with free 

 veinlets. Sori scattered irregularly, roundish or elliptical, often confluent. 



Malaya. 



(187) IP. niUlisornm^ JBfc., Journ. of Linn, SoC, Bot., XV, 109. 



Stipes stout, with a narrow wing extending nearly to the base. Fronds 

 linear-ligulate, 60 — 75 c>M. long, 5 — 6'/2 c.M. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 very gradually to both ends. Texture rigidly coriaceous; surfaces naked* 

 main veins zigzag, reaching '/^ on the way to the edge; veins fine, hidden; 

 areolae copious, minute, with numerous free veinlets. Sori round, superficial} 

 crowded, filling up the upper '/j or ^/j of the frond, distinctly visible on the 

 upper surface. 



Kei Islands^ 



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* (188) P. punctatum, Sw., Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 106; P. 

 irioides, Poir.,'Rac., Flor. Btz., I, 106; Bl., Flor. Jav.,II, 169, tab.LXXVII; Hk., 

 Fil. Exot., tab. IV; Pleopellis irioides, Moore, Bedd., Ferns S.I. tab CLXXVIII; 

 PL punctata, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 357 ; Aerostichum punctatum, L., (oldest 



