96 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



21A. Pleopeltis hastata. (Thunb.) Rhizome firm, the 

 scales linear, spreading, bright-ferruginous ; stipes 2-4 inches long, 

 firm, erect, glossy ; fronds 4-6 inches long, simple lanceolate |— r| 

 inches broad, or 3-lobed with the lateral lobes like the terminal 

 one, but smaller ; texture coriaceous ; both surfaces naked ; main 

 veins distinct to the edge, parallel with copious fine areolae between 

 them, with free included veinlets ; sori in a single row, nearer the 

 midrib than the edge. Hook. Syn. Fil. 361. 



Thibet. (Franchet.) 



(Also in Japan and Formosa.) 



22. Pleopeltis trifida. (Don.) This species is quite distinct 

 from Thunberg's hastata, with which I united it in my Hand- 

 book. 



23. Pleopeltis malacodon. Kulu and Simla, {Trotter) 



Var. ft. majus. Chumba (MeDonell), Mussoorie (Hope), 

 Khasya, 5,000 feet alt. (Clarke). 



23A. Pleopeltis crenato-pinnata. (Clarke.) Rhizome 

 slender creeping, densely clothed with small lanceolate fuscous 

 deciduous scales ; stipes 3-6 inches long slender, nearly naked ; 

 fronds elongate-triangular, 3-5 inches long, pinnatifid nearly 

 to the rachis, glabrous, segments with shallow wavy crenations 

 or some of the lower ones irregularly pinnatifid ; main veins 

 more or less distinct nearly to the edge, areolae with free veinlets 

 inconspicuous except when held up to the light ; sori solitary 

 between the main veins. Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xxv. /. 99. 



N. Munipore, 3,500-4,000 feet alt. (Clarke, Watt), Yunan 

 (Delavay). 



. 23B. Pleopeltis glaucopsis. (Franchet) Rhizome creeping, 

 densely clothed with brown lanceolate scales ; stipe 4-5 inches 

 long, pale brown glabrous ; frond 3-4 inches long, 2^-3 inches 



