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2. Pleocnemia membranacea Bedd. 
Stipe about a foot long, sparsely scaly below. 
Frond up to two feet long, triangular, 2-3 
pinnate, the lowest pinnz much the Jargest, with 
lowest secondary pinnz stalked andagain quite 
pinnate at the base, the pinnules being deeply 
pinnatifid ; ultimate segments finely crenate; 
the upper pinne gradually less compound. 
Texture membranaceous. Surfaces more or 
less hairy. Lower veins forming costal arches, 
the rest free or anastomosing. Sori copious, 
principally marginal inthe lobes. [Fig. 41-g.] 
Cultivated. 
Distribution: Ceylon—Java; Philippines ; 
China ; Formosa. 
3. Pleocnemia leuzeana Pres]. 
Caudex almost a trunk, densely scaly at the 
crown. Stipes 2-3 feet long, seriated, hairy. 
Fronds up to six feet long, almost triangular, 
‘2-3 pinnate; pinnz 1-14 feet long, 6-8 inches 
broad, the upper ones simple, the lowest often 
with 2-3 large, secondary pinnz from the lower 
side, which are again pinnate with the pinnules 
deeply pinnatifid almost to the winged rachis. 
Ultimate segments oblong-rounded, entire or 
