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Himalayas, 1,000-10,000 feet ; Khasya ; 

 throughout South India ; Ceylon ; Malay 

 Peninsula. -Malay Islands ; China ; Japan ; 

 Central and South Africa and its islands. 



2. Pleopeltis simplex Sw. 



This fern differs from the last in having 

 larger fronds, thinner texture and more distinct 

 venation, and in the sori being sunk so much 

 so that the upper surface is blistered just 

 opposite to the sori . 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kansra ; Panchgani. 



Himalayas. 



3. Pleopeltis lanceolata Presl. 



Rhizome creeping, scaly. Fronds 3-9 inches" 

 long, J-f inch wide, lanceolate, tapering at both 

 ends. Surfaces, especially the under-surface, 

 covered with small peltate roundish scales. 

 Texture leathery. Venation indistinct, reticu- 

 late, the main veins forming large obliquely 

 elongated meshes, within which are irregular 

 smaller meshes with a few free veinlets rarely 

 forked. Sori large, prominent, one row on each 

 side of the midrib and midway between the 

 latter and the margin. Each sorus consists of 



