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PLEOPELTIS NUDA. 
Glabrous scaly-Fern. 
CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES— Nat. Ord. FILICES, Div. Gybat^e, Br. 
Gen. Char. — Son subrotundi, dorsales. Involucra plura in quolibet soro, 
orbicularia, peltata. — Kunth, in Humh. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. 
Pleopeltis nuda; frondibus indivisis iineari-lanceolatis rigidis nudis 
(squamulis nullis) basi apiceque attenuatis. 
Caudex and roots as in P. ensifoUa. Fronds numerous, from 6 to 10 inches 
high, linear-lanceolate, rigid, coriaceous, entire, slightly waved at the 
margin, the base attenuated into a very short stipes, scarcely more than 
half an inch in length, the extremity tapering gradually into a long nar- 
row point, destitute of scales on both its sides. 
Clusters of fructification forming a line on each side of the midrib, and ge- 
nerally reaching more than half-way down the frond, but not attaining 
nearly to its summit, roundish-oval, prominent even when covered with 
the involucres, and becoming remarkably so in age. Involueres nume- 
rous, small, membranaceous, reticulated, peltate, their margins bluntly 
toothed, dark brown, paler at the edges. 
Capsules and seeds similar to those of P. ensifolia. 
An inhabitant of Nepaul, communicated to me thence by 
my valued friend Dr Wallich, and unquestionably much al- 
lied to Pleopeltis ensifolia^ differing from it, however, in its 
longer, narrower, and, at the extremity, singularly attenuated, 
fronds; which are quite destitute of scales in all stages of growth, 
and have their involucres much smaller, of a darker colour, and 
never ciliated, but bluntly toothed at the margins. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a frond, with a cluster of Involucres. Fig. 2. Under side 
of the scale of an involucre, with its capsules. Fig. 3. Upper side of an 
involucre. Fig. 4. Capsule and seeds. — AU more or less magnified. 
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