Ferns of British India and Ceylon, 97 



broad, glabrous, coriaceous, glaucous, deltoid-ovate pinnatifid, 

 pinnae confluent into a narrow wing at the base, 2-5 on each 

 side, oblong obtuse or ovate, margin thinly coriaceous, unequally 

 crenulate or minutely serrulate, the lower pair sometimes 

 deeply lobed, the lobes obtuse ; veins distinct to the edge, with 

 transverse veinlets and copious fine areolae between them ; sori 

 uniserial, close to the costa. Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France^ 

 1SS5, P- 2 9- 



Yunan, on Mount Che-tcho-tze s near Tali. 



24. Pleopeltis ebenipes. Kullu and Simla, 9,000 feet alt. 

 {Trotter) ; Chumba (McDoncll). 



27. Pleopeltis phymatodes. Perak. {Scortechini) Both 

 Dr. King's and Mr. Levinge's collectors have gathered what 

 appear to be simple-fronded examples of this species at a high 

 level in Sikkim. 



28. Pleopeltis longissima. Perak. {Scortechini. King, 

 Xo. 412.) 



29. Pleopeltis nigrescens. Sylhet and Nowgong {Mann) ; 

 Perak sea level {Day, Scortechini). Mr. Baker states that this 

 species is probably P. membraniifolia, R. Br. prod. 147, which 

 name would have priority. 



(Also in Queensland.) 



30A. Pleopeltis lacinjata. {Bl.) "Rhizome wide-creep- 

 ing, the scales lanceolate, ciliated, bright-ferruginous ; stipes 6-12 

 inches long, firm, erect, glossy ; fronds 8-18 inches long, \ to 1 

 foot or more broad, cut down throughout to a narrow winged 

 rachis into lobes 4-9 inches long, £-§ inch broad, the point much 

 acuminated, the edge slightly undulated, the lower ones 

 defiexed ; texture subcoriaceous, both sides naked ; main veins 

 distinct to nearly the edge ; areolae fine, with copious free 

 veinlets ; sori uniserial immersed, forming pustules on the upper 



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