668 71. POLYPODIUM. § 6. PLEOPELTISf C**. PHYMATOPSIS. 



distinctly crenate ; costae conspicuous. Sori numerous, in 1 row on each side 

 of the costae, 1 to each crenation, large, immersed, medial. 

 Philippines. 



(214) P. sculptnraAnm, JBfc., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 514. 



Stipes grey, glossy, naked. Fronds ohlong, 35 — 45 c.M. long, 20—25 

 c.M. hroad. Pinnae 15— 25-jugale, erecto-patent, subdistant, adnata, much 

 dilated at the base, narrowed to a point, slightly repand, %—l c.M. broad 

 at the middle, lowest largest. Texture rigidly suhcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; 

 veins distinctly raised in the dried plant. Sori in 1 row on each side of 

 the midribs, midway between these and the edge, 20—55 in a row, deeply 

 immersed, the pits without bordered edges, prominent on the upper surface. 



Java. 



(215) P. Sauvinieri, Bh., Ann. of Bot., V, 480. 



Stipes naked, stramineous, 10—13 c.M. long. Fronds lanceolate-oblong, 

 + 45 c.M. long, 10—15 c.M. broad at the middle, narrowed to the base. 

 Pinnae 30 — 40-jugate, linear, obtuse, 6—7 m.M. broad, adnate by a dilated 

 base. Texture firm; surfaces naked; veins hidden. Sori in 1 row on each 

 side of the central ribs, medial, sunk in deep pits forming papillae on the 

 upper surface, ± 20 in a row in the central pinnae. 



Celebes. 



* (216) P. SUbaf|Uatile, Christ, Ann. Btz., XX, 124. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales dense, subulate, brown, ± 5 m.M. long. 

 Stipes ± 35 c.M. long, glossy, brownish-grey. Fronds + 65 c.M. long, ± 

 20 C.M. broad. Pinnae + 13 on each side, distant, nearly erect, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed gradually towards both ends, the terminal one + 25 c.M. 

 long, 6 — 7 m.M. broad, with the edge + undulate. Texture flaccid, 

 suhcoriaceous ; surfaces pale oolourod) glaucous, opaque, naked, the upper 

 covered with small, submarginal or rarely scattered, cretaceous dots; veins 

 irregular, hidden ; areolae oblong, with few free veinlets. Sori in 1 row on 

 each side of the costak ± 10 — 12 in a row, medial, superficial. 



Borneo. 



• (217) P. alMdosqnamatnin, m., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 115; 



Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 137, tab. LVII; Hk., Gard. Ferns, tab. XLVII; var. va 



piano; P- variam, BL, Melt., Farng., I, Polypod., 108; Bl., 1. c, lab. LVIII. 



