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FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 
13. A. giganteum, Plume ; Hook. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 50. Var. 
fi minor, Tliwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyln. p. 390. — 
Ceylon. 
*** Fronds pinnatifid or pinnate ; the segments sessile, 
decurrent. 
14. A. Pteropus, Kunze ; Hook. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 47. Aspidium 
decurrens, J. Sm. Cat. 1857. — Ceylon. 
71. PLEOCNEMIA, Presl. 
Vernation fasciculate, erect, caudex arborescent. Fronds 
bi-tripinnati6d, 4—6 feet long. Veins of laciniae costaeform ; 
venules forked, the lower ones arcuately and angularly anasto- 
Genus 71.— Portions of barren and fertile pinnae. No. 1. 
mosmg, forming unequal areoles next the costa, the upper ones 
free. Receptacles medial on the free or anastomosed venules, 
punctiform. Sori round. Indusium reniform. 
1. P. Leuzeana, Presl; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 97. Polypodium 
Leuzeanum, Gaud, in Frey. Voy. t. 6. iSTephrodium 
Leuzeanum, Hook. — Philippine and Fiji Islands. 
