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PLEOPELTIS nuvpa. 
Glabrous scaly-Fern. 
CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES.—Nar. Orp. FILICES, Div. Gyrats, Br. 
Gen. Cuar.—Sori subrotundi, dorsales. Involucra plura in quolibet soro, 
orbicularia, peltata.—Kunth, in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. 
Pleopeltis muda; frondibus indivisis lineari-lanceolatis rigidis nudis 
(squamulis nullis) basi apiceque attenuatis. 
Caudex and roots as in P. ensifolia. Fronds numerous, from 6 to 10 inches 
high, linear-lanceolate, rigid, coriaceous, entire, slightly waved at the 
margin, the base attenuated into a very short stipes, scarcely more than 
half an inch in length, the extremity tapering gradually into a long nar- 
rous, small, membranaceous, reticulated, , margins bluntly 
toothed, dark brown, paler at the edges. 
Capsules and seeds similar to those of P. ensifolia. 
An inhabitant of Nepaul, communicated to me thence by 
my valued friend Dr WaAL.icu, and rept much 0 
lied to Pleopeltis ensifolia, differing from it, however, ™ 
longer, narrower, and, ge extremity, singularly attenuated, 
fronds; which are quite destitute of scales in all stages of growth, 
and have their involucres much smaller, of a darker colour, and 
never ciliated, but bluntly toothed at the margms. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a frond, with a cluster of Involucres. so. 
of the scale of an involucre, with its capsules. Fig. 3. Upper side’ 
involucre. Fig. 4. Capsule and seeds.—All more or less magnified. 
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