CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 
E Vernation fasciculate, generally ceespitose (Stegania, R. Br.) 
T Fronds simple, occasionally lobed or subpinnatifid, 
L. Patersoni (E. Br.) (v v.). 
tt Fronds (Sterile) linear lanceolate, pinnatifid, rarely 
subpinnate. 
L. Spicant, Desv. (v v.) ; L. alpina, Spr. (v v.) ; L. Bank- 
sii, Hook. fil. (v v.) ; L. nigra, Col. (v v.) ; L. Germainii, 
Hook. (v v.); L. membranacea, Hook. ; L. fluviatilis, Spr. 
(vv); L. aspera, Hook.; L. rigida, J. Sm. (L. dura, Moore) . 
(v v.) ; L. lanceolata, Spr. (v v.) ; L. falcata (R. Br.) (v v.) ; 
L. L'Herminieri, Bory. (v v.) ; L. blechnoides, Bory. (v v.); 
L. discolor, Willd. (v v.) ; L. nuda, Willd. (v v.); L. vul- 
canica. Bl, (v v.). 
*** Vernation erect, acaulose. Fronds pinnate (Loxochlena). 
L. punctulata (Sw.). PS 
Oxs.—This is a native of South Africa, and varies con- 
siderably in the character of its fertile pinnæ, some being 
so contracted as to justify the species being placed in 
Lomario, while others are broad, and have distinct Blech- 
noid sori. Scolopendrium Krebsii of Kunze, also a native 
of South Africa, is considered by some to be a state of this 
Species; it differs in the transverse soriferous vein not 
being straight, but forming numerous acute angles pointing | 
outwards, the interior sides of the angles being sporangi 
. ferons, thus facing one another as in the scolopendroid 
^ genus Antigramma, which character led Kunze to refer i 
to Scolopendrium. ` In the “ Species Filicum ” it is viewed 
as a synonym of L. punctulata. But as living plants 
_ both forms have been under my notice for many years, and 
as both have retained their respective characters, I a 
therefore inclined to consider them as distinct species. 
