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List of Mr. Prants Nata Ferns; dy Mn. Tuomas Moors. 
The following notes have reference to a small collection of Natal 
Ferns, made last year by Mr. R. W. Plant, which have just reached the 
hands of Mr. S. Stevens, who has a few sets of them for disposal. 
: 1. (317.) Polypodium incanum, Sw.—Zwart-kop, on trees; elev. 2500 
eet. » 4 
2, (316.) Phlebodium ($ Pleopeltis) lanceolatum (Pleopeltis, Kaulf. ; 
Polypodium lepidotum, Willd. herb., fide Kze.)—lmpafane, on trees, in 
open bush ; elev. 3000 feet. 
3. (309.) Niphobolus Africanus, Kze.: var. major. —Umgoe moun- 
tains, on large trees in the forest. : 
4. (311.) Drynaria vulgaris, J. Sm.— Bush along the coast. 
5. (312.) Acrostichum aureum, L.—Bay of Natal, close to high-water 
mark. 
6. (308.) Stenochleena scandens, J. Sm. (Lomaria Meyeriana, Kee.) 
Climbing up large trees in damp ravines, near the coast. 
7. (329.) Adiantum ethiopicum, L.—Moore River; ravines. 
j 8. (318.) Cheilanthes firma, n. sp.; fronds (1-14 feet) glabrous, co- 
riaceous, pentagonal, the apex acuminate, tripinnate, or quadripinnate in 
the inferior pinnules of the lower pinnz, which are much the largest, 
obliquely deltoid, their inferior pinnules twice the size of the superior 
ones; primary pinnules (of lowest inferior pinnze) pinnate, the divisions 
(secondary pinnules) distant, ovate-lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid, the 
segments oblong, bluntish, with crenated margins; the lowest secon- 
dary pinnules distinct, stalked, the intermediate ones petiolulate or ses- 
sile, lanceolate, oblong, scarcely pinnatifid, the uppermost ones coadunate 
into a tapering point; apices of the frond and pinnz with decrescent 
coadunate pinnules; stipes (imperfect) and rachises smooth, shining 
brown, terete behind, channelled and margined in front; sori conti- - 
guous or continuous, the indusium lobed and crenate. 
Differs from C. Atherstoni, Hook., to which it appears to be related, 
in its more robust habit, and in the larger size and different form of 
its pinnules. The veins are distinct, depressed on the upper surface, 
and running out into the sinuses of the marginal crenatures. In the 
smaller specimens (6 in. excl. stipes) the involucres are distinct and 
scale-like; in the larger ones, which measure 1 foot in length, excluding 
the imperfect stipes, and 1 foot across the lowest gs they are 
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