3 68 



Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



the secondary veins and veinlets. Wall. Cat. n. 295. Hook. Sp. 

 Fil. v. 85. Bedd. F. B.I. t. \22. 



North India, from Nepal to Bhotan, 3,000-8,000 feet elevation, 

 Khasya, 2,000-6,000 feet ; Ceylon, forests above Telgamma, 4,000 

 feet elevation ; Tenasserim and Malay Peninsula. 



(Also in Samoa.) 



**# Fronds pinnate. 



31. Pleopeltis palmata. (Bl.) Rhizome stout, the scales 



large lanceolate ; stipes 

 6-12 inches long, firm, erect, 

 glossy ; fronds 6-18 inches 

 long, 8-12 inches broad, 

 with a linear or linear-ob- 

 long entire or slightly 

 toothed or repand terminal 

 lobe, and 1-6 similar ones 

 on each side, which are 

 J-iJ inch broad, nar- 

 rowed or dilated, always 

 slightly adnate at the base, 

 long caudate at the apex, 

 those of the barren frondthe 

 broadest, texture subcori- 

 aceous, both sides glabrous ; 

 main veins distinct to the 

 edge, areoles fine, hidden, 



including free incurved clavate veinlets ; sori rather large in a 

 single row, midway between the costa and margin. Bl. Fil. Jav. 

 p. 150, t. 64. Hook. Syn. Fil. 368. Bedd. F B. I. t. 156. 



Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Penang and Malacca. 



(Also in the Malay Islands and Philippines.) 



32. Pleopeltis juglandifolia. (Don). Rhizome stout creep- 

 ing, with many spreading lanceolate subulate bright-ferruginous scales ; 

 stipes 1 foot or more long, firm, erect, glossy ; fronds ii-2 feet long, 

 1 foot or more broad ; pinnae 8-10 on a side in pairs, which are 1-2 



N9209. 



PLEOPELTIS DILATATA. 



[Wall.) 



