346 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
3. Pleopeltis linearis. {Thimb.) Rhizome wide-creeping, 
woody, the scales lanceolate dull-brown, jiever with hairs, stipes from 
a few lines to 2 inches long, rarely with any scales ; fronds 6~i2 inches 
long, rarely more, \-\ inch broad, entire, narrowed gradually at both 
ends, texture coriaceous, both sides naked or nearly so ; areoles 
PLEOPELTIS ROSTRATA. {Uook.) 
irregular with forked free veinlets ; sori superficial or scarcely im- 
mersed, never sunk in a cyst, large prominent, forming a single row 
half-way between the costa and margin, when young covered with 
copious thin peltate scales. Thunb. Fl.Jap. 335. Hook. Syn. Fil. 
354. Polyp, loriforme, Wall. Cat. 271, 2nd sheet {typical) P. 
Wightianum, Wall. Cat. 2222, acutissimum, 4727, gladiatum, 279. 
