354 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
gradually and long-acuminated, below attenuated ; venation distinct, 
slightly prominent, the costules connected by transverse veins 
forming areoles which enclose free veinlets, which latter sometimes 
unite with opposite veins ; the sori 
mostly confined to the narrow acumi- 
nated apex, and when mature very 
large in a single series on each side of 
the costa. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 65. Hook. 
Ic. Plant. 655 {prt. 55 of Cent, of Ferns) 
Bedd. F. B. I. t. 9. 
Khasya, 4,000-5,500 feet eleva- 
tion ; Tenasserim on Mooleyit, 5,000 
feet elevation. 
14. Pleopeltis Griffithiana. 
{Hook.) Rhizome wide-creeping, as 
thick as a crowquill, the scales dense, 
lanceolate-subulate, brown, spreading ; 
stipes 3-6 inches long, firm, erect ; 
fronds 6-8 inches long, up to 2\ inches 
broad, coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, the apex acute, the margin 
more or less repand, the base rounded 
or suddenly narrowed ; main veins very 
distinct to the edge, areoles fine, hidden 
with copious free simple or forked vein- 
lets ; sori large, one between each main 
vein in a single row close to the costa, 
often extending more than half-way to 
the base of the frond. Hook. Syn. Fil. 
p. 359. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 158. 
Sikkim and Bhotan, 6,000-9,000 
N?I98 
PLEOPELTIS RHYNCOPHYLLA. 
{Hook.) 
feet elevation. Khasya, 4,000-5,000 feet. 
15. Pleopeltis ovata. {Wall) Rhizome wide-creeping. 
