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(M) Stipes hairy. Sori mixed with yel- 

 low glandular hairs. 



3. P. leuzeana. 



i. Pleocnemia membranifolia Presl. 



Stipes tufted, covered with black scales. 

 Fronds seldom more than one foot long, ovate- 

 triangular, pinnate ; terminal pinnae pinnatifid ; 

 lateral pinnae few pairs, more or less deeply 

 pinnatifid ; lowest pair of pinnae much larger 

 with longer segments on the lower side. Fertile 

 fronds often contracted. Texture herbaceous. 

 Rachis and both surfaces hairy. Some or all 

 of the lowest veinlets connected so as to form 

 a series of arcs next to the costa. Veinlets all 

 free in contracted fertile fronds. Sori general- 

 ly terminating the free veinlets. Indusium 

 kidney-shaped. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Nilkund, Sirsi, Tyagli, Jog, Hoolgeri, 

 Katgal, Hebunkerri, Yan. 



East Bengal plains, extending into Assam, 

 Cachar, and Chittagong ; Khasya and Sikkim 

 Hills up to 3,000 feet elevation ; Burma ; Malay 

 Peninsula. 



