686 71. POLTPODICM. § 6. PLGOPELtlS. b**. PLEDWDIUM. 



veins, with included free veinlets; upper surface covered w^ith numerous, 

 scattered, cretaceous dots. Sori unknown. 

 iVetw Guinea. 



§ 6. PLEOPELTIS. c. Chrysopleris. *. Phymatodes. 



a. Sort superficial. 



b. Sori in i — 4 rows on each side of the costulae. 

 c. Texture herbaceous to papyraceous. 

 d. Lobes entire or repand. 



e. Fronds rather small, under 25 c.M. long. 

 f. Lateral segments in + 2 — 4 pairs. 



(192) P. paucijugum. 

 f.f. Lateral segments in ± 8 — 9 pairs. 



(193) P. sundense. 

 e.e. Fully developed fronds more than 25 c.M. long. 

 •J". Rhizome + naked. 



X. Stipes not winged. (194a) P. alatUm. 



x.x. Stipes winged. (1946) P. flaccidum. 



^.■^. Rhizome scaly.- Stipes winged. (195) P. commutatum. 



d>d. Lobes serrulate or toothed. (193) P. ebenipes. 



C.C. Texture chartaceous to coriaceous. 



§. Under surface bluish-glaucous. (19') P- glaucum. 



S*§. Under surface green, not glaucous. 



f. Sort nearer the costulae than the margin. (*) 



(198) P. hastatum. 



f.f.Sori medial, or higJier on the veins. 



(199) P. quinquefldum. i 

 h,b. Sori scattered irregularly. (*) 



i. Fronds dimorphous. (200) P. anomalum. 



i.1. Fronds uniform. 



9. Lower segments much reduced. (201) P. grandidentatum. 



S.S. Lower segments hardly, if at all, reduced. 



3. Stipes short-winged, or fronds typically S-fid, but so- 



metimes simple or 5-fid. (') (202a) P. pleropus. 



(') See also P. rostratum, Hk. 



('] See also P. monstrosam, Ck)pet. 



(') See also P. rlvitlare. Copel. 



