71. POLYPODIUM. § 6. PLEOPELTIS. C*. PHYMATODES. 663 



* (204) P. insigne, m., Rac, Flor., Btz., I, 113; Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 

 166, tab. LXXIV; P. tridaclylon, MelL, (not Wall.), Farng., I, Polypod., 104, 

 tab. I, fig. 39—40; Pleopellis insignis, Bedd., Perns Br.L, II, tab. CCXIV; 

 Drynaria decurrens. Brack., Expl. Exp., XVI, 48. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales narrow, lanceolate-linear, spreading. Stipes 

 scattered or approximate, erect, naked, ± 2 — 5 c.M. long below the wing. 

 Fronds IS— 30 c.M. long, 10—20 c.M. broad, with an entire, lanceolate-acu- 

 minate terminal lobe 5—10 c.M. long', 1—1 '4 c.M. broad or broader and 2 -6 

 or more similar ones on each side, which are connected by a costal wing 

 3 — 15 m.M. broad, the lowest lobes decurrent so as to form a narrow wing 

 to the stipe ± 15 — 30 c.M. long. Texture herbaceous, firm; surfaces naked; 

 veins fine; areolae with free veinletS; Sori small, superficial, roundish or irre- 

 gularly oblong, often coofluent, scattered irregularly. 



Malacca, Java, Philippines. Ou^y^ivC^^^ . 



* (20^) p. dilatatum, Wnn., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 365; P. eury- 

 nhyllum, C.Chr., Ind. Pil. ; Pleopellis dilatala, Bedd., Ferns Br.I , I, tab. CXXII. 



Rhizome woody, the scales ovate, large, brown. Stipes up to 30 — 40 

 c.M. long, with a narrow wing reaching down nearly to the base. Fronds 

 45 — 90 c.M. long, ± 30 c.M. or more broad, cut down within '/j — ^H^ c.M. 

 of the costa into 8 — 16 erecto-patent lobes on each side. Lobes + 20 c.M. 

 long, 1 — 4 c.M. broad, entire, acuminate. Texture membranaceo-papyraceous ; 

 surfaces naked; main veins fine, flexuose, not quite reaching the margin; areolae 

 copious, fine, with free veinlets. Sori small, scattered irregularly, often confluent. 



Malaya; Ceylon, North. India, South. China, Samoa. 



* (206) P incurvatum, m., Rac, Flor. Btz.,. I, 110; Bl., Flor. 

 Jav., II, 151, tab. LXV; Pleopellis incurvala, Moore, Bedd., Ferns Br.I., I, 

 tab.^XXIV. 



Rhizome creeping, woody ; scales ovate-lanceolate, the base roundish, pel- 

 tate, adpressed. Stipes distant, brown, + 25 c.M. long. Fronds dimorphous. 

 Barren fronds 15 — 25 c.M. each way, rarely simple, more generally hastato- 

 trifid or pinnatifid with 2 — 8 pa'irs of lateral lobes below the terminal one; 

 lobes approximate, , ovate-deltoid or lanceolate-triangular, the edge entire, 

 thickened, the point acute. Texture firm, coriaceous; surfaces naked; main 

 veins distinct to the edge; veins hidden; areolae with free veinlets. Fertile 

 fronds cut down nearly or quite to the co&ta into erecto-patent, linear or 

 linear-lanceolate lobes, the lobes ] 1 — 7 on each side, '/» — 1 c.M. broad, 



