660 1l. POLYPODIUM. § 6. PLEOPELtlS. C*- PHTMATOPES. 



ments. Texture firm-papyraceous; surfaces naked; costapuberulous; main veins 

 distinct to the edge; areolae fine, with free veinlets. Sori in single rows near 

 the costulae. 



Borneo; Yunnan, North. India. 



(197) P. glanenm. Hie, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 565; Mett., Farng., I, 

 Polypod., tab. 11, fig. 12 — 15; P. glauco-pruinatum, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome short, creeping, the scales lanceolate-subulate, dark-brown, rigid. 

 Stipes 7 — 50 c.M. long, firm, erect, glossy. Fronds oblong, 20—40 c.M. long, 

 deeply pinnatifid. Lobes + 4 — 6 on each side, 7 — 15 c.M. long, ± 1 c.M. 

 broad, erecto-patent, linear, acuminate, the edge entire or distantly crenato- 

 serrulate, the lowest lobes slightly decurrent on the stipe, broad, sterile, a little 

 abbreviate, the higher ones narrow, fertile. Texture coriaceous; under surface 

 glauco-pruinose, upper often covered with calcareous scales; no main veins: 

 areolae hidden. Sori superficial, in 1 row on each side of the costulae. 



Philippines. 



* (198) P. hastatum, Thb., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 561 ; Kze, Farnkr., 

 I, tab. LXXXni; Pleopellis oxyhha, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CLXXV; PI. has- 

 tata, Moore, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 362; — var. trifidum; Pol. tri/idum, 

 Don, Hk. Bk., 1. c, 565. 



Rhizome firm, short-creeping, the scales linear-lanceolate, squarrose, brown- 

 ish. Stipes scattered, 5 — 15 c.M. long, erect, firm, glossy. Fronds 10-50 

 C.M. long, either simple, lanceolate, 1 — 4 c.M. broad, or 5-fid with the lateral 

 lobes erecto-patent, similar to the terminal one but smaller, or the fronds pin- 

 natifid with 2 — V pairs of lateral lobes below the terminal one; lobes 

 elongate, 7 — 15 c.M. long, 1 — 272 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually towards 

 the acute or acuminate point, the margin %i|bentire or slightly crenate to 

 repand; lowest lobes sometimes forked, slightly decurrent on the stipe. 

 Texture thinly coriaceous; surfaces naked, the lower pale-green; main veins 

 distinct, straight, parallel ; areolae with free veinlets. Sori round, large, super- 

 ficial, in 1 row on each side, nearer the costulae than the margin, solitary 

 between the main veins. 



Vap. trifidnm: Larger form, with more than 4 pairs of lateral lobes. 



Philippines, Malacca; Ceylon, North. India, China, Japan, Formosa. 



(199) P. quinqnefidnm, Sk., Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 216. 

 Rhizome woody, the scales brown, linear. Stipes distant, naked, erect. 



