354 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



gradually and long-acuminated, below attenuated ; venation distinct, 

 slightly prominent, the costules connected by transverse veins 

 forming areoles which enclose free veinlets, which latter sometimes 



unite with opposite veins ; the sori 

 mostly confined to the narrow acumi- 

 nated apex, and when mature very 

 large in a single series on each side of 

 the costa. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 65. Hook. 

 Ic. Plant. 655 (ort. 55 of Cent, of Ferns?) 

 Bedd. F.B.I, t. 9. 



Khasya, 4,000-5,500 feet eleva- 

 tion ; Tenasserim on Mooleyit, 5,000 

 feet elevation. 



14. PLEOPELTIS GRIFFlTHfANA. 



(Hook.) Rhizome wide-creeping, as 

 thick as a crowquill, the scales dense, 

 lanceolate-subulate, brown, spreading • 

 stipes 3-6 inches long, firm, erect ; 

 fronds 6-8 inches long, up to 2\ inches 

 broad, coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, the apex acute, the margin 

 more or less repand, the base rounded 

 or suddenly narrowed ; main veins very 

 distinct to the edge, areoles fine, hidden 

 with copious free simple or forked vein- 

 lets ; sori large, one between each main 

 vein in a single row close to the costa, 

 often extending more, than half-way to 

 the base of the frond. Hook. Syn. Fil. 

 p. 359. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 158. 



Sikkim and Bhotan, 6,000-9,000 



N°I96. 



PLEOPELTIS RHYNCOPHYLLA. 



(Hook.) 



feet elevation. Khasya, 4,000-5,000 feet. 



15. Pleopeltis ovata. (Wall.) Rhizome wide-creeping, 



