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sporangia intermixed with long-stalked peltate 
scales. 
It is distinguished from the two previous 
species chiefly by the peculiar venation. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Yan. . 
. Nilgiris and higher mountains on the west 
ae of the Madras Presidency ; Assam ; 
Ceylon, Ambawatta estate.—Tropical Nenedica: 
West Indies; South Africa and its islands; 
St. Helena ; Sandwich Islands. 
4. Pleopeltis membranacea Bedd. 
Rhizome short, creeping, stout, :somewhat 
scaly. Fronds 6 inches—3 foot long, less than 
an inch to six inches broad, lanceolate, 
tapering at both ends, entire or irregularly lobed 
or sinuate. Texture thin, membranaceous. 
Venation distinct; main veins connected by 
transverse ones so as to form large meshes 
which include smaller meshes with simple or 
forked free veins. Sori on the junctions of the 
veinlets in two series between the costules or 
more or less irregularly disposed. 
Distribution : “Bombay Breaideiiey Nod 
Kanara, Godhullie, Castle Rock, on trees 
common; Mahableshwar on trées common; 
