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2. Pleocnemia mcmbranacea Bedd. 



Stipe about a foot long, sparsely scaly below. 

 Frond up to two feet long, triangular, 2-3 

 pinnate, the lowest pinnae much the largest, with 

 lowest secondary pinnae stalked and again quite 

 pinnate at the base, the pinnules being deeply 

 pinnatifid ; ultimate segments finely crenate ; 

 the upper pinnae gradually less compound. 

 Texture membranaceous. Surfaces more or 

 less hairy. Lower veins forming costal arches, 

 the rest free or anastomosing. Sori copious, 

 principally marginal in the lobes. [Fig. 41-^.] 



Cultivated. 



Distribution : Ceylon. Java ; Philippines ; 

 China ; Formosa. 



3. Pleocnemia Icuzeana Presl. 



Caudex almost a trunk, densely scaly at the 

 crown. Stipes 2-3 feet long, seriated, hairy. 

 Fronds up to six feet long, almost triangular, 

 2-3 pinnate; pinnae i-ij feet long, 6-8 inches 

 broad, the upper ones simple, the lowest often 

 with 2-3 large, secondary pinnae from the lower 

 side, which are again pinnate with the pinnules 

 deeply pinnatifid almost to the winged rachis. 

 Ultimate segments oblong-rounded, entire or 



