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Himalayas, 1,000-10,000 feet; Khasya ; 
throughout South India; Ceylon; Malay 
Peninsula.—Malay Islands; China; Japan; 
Central and South Africa and its islands. 
2. Pleopeltis simplex Sw. 
This fern differs from the last in having 
larger fronds, thinner texture and more distinct 
venation, and in the sori being sunk so much 
so that the upper surface is blistered just 
opposite to the sori. 
+ Distribution: Bombay Presidency——North 
Kanzra; Panchgani. 
Himalayas. 
3. Pleopeltis lanceolata Pres}. 
’ Rhizome creeping, scaly. Fronds 3-9 inches 
long, 4-3 inch wide, lanceolate, tapering at both 
ends. Surfaces, especially the under-surface, 
covered with small peltate roundish scales. 
Texture leathery. Venation indistinct, reticu- 
late, the main veins forming large obliquely 
elongated meshes, within which are irregular 
smaller meshes with a few free veinlets rarely 
forked. Sori large, prominent, one row on each 
side of the midrib and midway between the 
latter and the margin. Each sorus consists of 
