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sporangia intermixed with long-stalked peltate 

 scales. 



It is distinguished from the two previous 

 species chiefly by the peculiar venation. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Yan. 



Nilgiris and higher mountains on the west 

 side of the Madras Presidency ; Assam ; 

 Ceylon, Ambawatta estate. Tropical America; 

 West Indies ; South Africa and its islands ; 

 St. Helena ; Sandwich Islands. 



4. Pleopeltis membranacea Bedd. 

 Rhizorne short, creeping, stout, somewhat 

 scaly. Fronds 6 inches-f foot long, less than 

 an inch to six inches broad, lanceolate, 

 tapering at both ends, entire or irregularly lobed 

 or sinuate. Texture thin, membranaceous. 

 Venation distinct ; main veins connected by 

 transverse ones so as to form large meshes 

 which include smaller meshes with simple or 

 forked free veins. Sori on the junctions of the 

 veinlets in two series between the costules or 

 more or less irregularly disposed. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Godhullie, Castle Rock, on trees 

 common ; Mahableshwar on trees common ; 



