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(2) Stipes hairy. Sori mixed with yel- 
low glandular hairs. 
3. P. leuzeana. 
1. Pleocnemia membranifolia Presl. 
Stipes tufted, covered with black ‘scales. 
Fronds seldom more than one foot long, ovate- 
triangular, pinnate ; terminal pinne pinnatifid ; 
lateral pinnze few pairs, more or less deeply 
pinnatifid ; lowest pair of pinnae much larger 
with longer‘segments on the lower side. Fertile 
fronds often contracted. Texturé herbaceous. 
Rachis and both surfaces hairy. Some or all 
of the lowest veinlets connected so as to form 
a series of arcs next to the costa. Veinlets all 
free in contracted fertile fronds. Sori general- 
ly terminating the free veinlets. Indusium 
kidney-shaped. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Nilkund, Sirsi, Tyagli, Jog, Hoolgeri,: 
Katgal, Hebunkerri, Yan. 
East Bengal plains, extending into Assam, 
Cachar, and Chittagong; Khasya and Sikkim 
-Hills up to 3,000 feet elevation; Burma ; Malay 
‘Peninsula. 
