4^4 THE FAMILIES, GENERA AND SPECIES OF PTERIDOPHVTA. 



Leaves 3-pinnatihcl, or more cut. 

 Leaf villose, scented. 



Leaf 3-pinnate, 4 to 5 ft. long" by 3 ft. broad. 



3. catoptcron. 

 Leaf small (6 to 9 ins. long. 4 to 6 ins. broad), 



deltoid, 3-pinnatifid 4. crcnatum. 



Leaf not villose. 



Leaf sub-coriaceous in texture, widest below. 

 3-pinnatifid: pinnules bluntly toothed. 



5. atliaunniticum. 

 I-^eaf herbaceous in texture. 



Shape of leaf deltoid ; indusium not hairy. 

 Pinnules obtuse, segments obtuse, entire 



above 6. Bitchanani. 



Pinnules obtuse, segments with several 

 sharp-pointed teeth, of which one point- 

 ing upward is generally largest 7. Fili.v-mas. 

 Shape of leaf ovate-lanceolate, lower pinnae 

 not larger than those above; pinnules 



sharply toothed 8. incequale. 



Lower veinlets of contiguous groups united (= Eu- 

 Nephrodium). 

 Lower pinnae smaller than the others, often more 

 distant and deflexed; leaves firmly herbaceous, 



densely villose or even hairy all over 9. molle. 



Lower pinnae as large as or larger than those above; 

 leaves coriaceous, glabrous or slightly villose 

 on the underside 10. unituni. 



1. A^. Bcrgianurn, Baker. — Damp spots in kloofs 2,400- 

 4,200 ft. Elim, Spelonken, Ze., Sclihic: Shiluvane, Ze., Junod 

 650; Rietfontein, Ysterberg Range, Zw., Lccndertz 879; Bok- 

 fontein, Jenkins in T.M.H. yy2\ Waterval Onder, Ly., Rogers 

 94; Barberton, Bn., Oranjc in T.ALH. 393; Rustenburg, R., 

 Collins in T.M.H. 780. 



2. iV. Thelyptcris, Desv. — Bokfontein, Joikins in T.M.H. 

 771, fide Miss Leendertz. 



3. A^. catoptcron. Hooker. — In bush, Ivy Range, Moodies, 

 Bn., 4,000 ft. ; Thorncroft 473. 



4. A^. crcnatum (Forsk.), Sim. — Macamac, Ly., Ayres; 

 " Transvaal," Bolus in herb. Sim. 



5. N. athaniantictun, Hooker. — " Li-Komo-Komo." In 

 kloofs, near streams and on hills, 3,000-6,400 ft.: often in old 

 ant-bear holes. " Magaliesberg " (Pa. ?), Sanderson : Maca- 

 mac, Ly., McLca; Belfast, Ly., Burtt-Davy 1987: near Caro- 

 lina, Burtt-Davy in T.M.H. 390: Shiluvane, Ze.. Junod 896: 

 Marovuni, Ze., rare, Junod 219. Rhizomes said to be used as 

 a vermifuge for the cure of tapeworm. 



6. A^. Buchanani, Baker. — Pilgrim's Rest, Ly., McLea; 

 Houtboschberg. Ze. Miss Eastzvood in herb. Sim. 156. 



7. N. Fili.v-mas, Rich., var. elongatnm. Hook, and Grev.— 

 Macamac, Ly.. McLca; Marovumi, near Shiluvane, Ze., 

 2,300 ft., common in woods. Junod, 227. 



8. N. inccqiialc, Schlech. — Near Shiluvane, Ze. : J unod, 880, 

 S93, 1862. 



