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(1) Texture fleshy, leathery. Vena- 
tion sunk, distinct when dry. 
5. P. punctata. 
II. Fronds deeply pinnatifid. 
6. P. phymatodes. 
1. Pleopeltis linearis Bedd. 
Rhizome wide-creeping, scaly. Fronds 
simple, entire, linear-lanceolate up to twelve 
inches long and scarcely an inch broad. Sur- 
faces naked or nearly so. Texture leathery. 
Venation indistinct, reticulated, the meshes 
including free forked veinlets. Sori large, 
prominent, arranged in two rows on each side of 
the midrib and half-way between the latter and 
the margin. Each sorus consists of clusters 
of sporangia intermixed with peltate long- 
stalked scales. 
The fronds of this fern roll up after the rains, 
remaining green and leathery, and so resist 
the dry season. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Castle Rock, Gersoppa Falls; Kon- 
kan jungles; Matheran on trees; Amboli 
Hills ; Mahableshwar on trees ; Purandhar. 
