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PLEOPELTIS. 



x LEOPELTIS OVATA. (Wall.) Caudex creeping apparently under-ground slightly paleaceous, stipites distant 3-8 inches 

 long sparsely paleaceous below, fronds firm -membranaceous glabrous 5-11 inches long 2-3 inches broad, ovate or ovato-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate entire the broad base rather suddenly attenuated so as to form a decurrent wing on the upper part of the stipes, costules very evi- 

 dent slightly prominent straight or flexuose connected by transverse veins on which the sori are inserted, the areoles are filled with 

 reticulated veins with or without free included veinlets, the sori are very large and prominent when mature chiefly confined to the centre 

 of the frond distant from the margin scarcely arranged in series, occasionally two are confluent. Hook, Sp. Fil. v. 64 ; Wall in Hool. 

 and Grev, Ic. Fil t. 41 . 



The specimen figured is from the Khasya Hills, (Hook Fil and Thomson,) 



Hab, Khasya, Bhootan, Sikkim— Himalaya, Nepal . 



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