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Panchgani, north side of Tableland, near 
caves, on the way of Tableland; Matheran on 
rocks and trees; Khandala on trees abundant . 
Lonavli; Igatpuri on rocks, Igatpuri Ghats. 
Himalayas, from Gurwhal to Bhotan, 3,o00- 
8,000 feet; Khasya, 2,000-5,000 feet ; Chota 
Nagpur, Parasnath; South India, mountains 
on both sides of the Madras Presidency, 2,000- 
5,000 feet ; Ceylon. 
‘Dies down after the rains. 
5. Pleopeltis punctata Bedd. 
Rhizome stout, scarcely creeping, scaly. Stipe 
short, often absent. Frond 1-3 inches broad, 
simple, entire, lanceolate with the apex acute 
or blunt. Surfaces naked. Texture fleshy- 
leathery. Venation sunk, distinct when dry. 
Main veins distinct to the margin and connect- 
ed by transverse ones so as to form large 
meshes which include smaller meshes with free 
simple or forked veinlets. Sori on the‘junction 
of the veinlets irregularly deposed, usually re- 
stricted to the upper half of the frond. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Tyagli, Kansur. . 
South India, western mountains up to 3,000 
feet; Ceylon; North India, in the Bengal 
