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Frond tripinnatifid, erect, tufted. 



Under waterfalls and banks of brooks, in 

 dense shade. 

 Frond simple, entire or bluntly lobed. 



A variety of this species was found by the 

 writer on wet rocks, Ungoya forest, 

 Zululand. Not seen since. 



C. POLYPODIACE^. 



CyATHEA, Sm, 



Caudex erect, stout, pinnas similar. 



Open ground and by streamlets all over 



tlie Colony. 

 The only Natal species. 



Hemitelia, Br. 



Caudex erect or prostrate, barren pinnae at base of 

 frond multifid, the segments filiform. 

 In dense moist woods midland districts. 

 The only Natal species. 



WOODSIA, Br. 



Invohicre attached under the sorus, when bursting 

 forming an irregular fringe. 

 Upper districts. The only Natal species. 



Davallia, Smith 



Rhizome creeping, sori large, marginal. 



On trees and rocks, coast and midlands. 

 Rhizome creeping, sori small, intramargina] 



Head of Natal Bay and Umpumulo only. 

 Stipes tufted, fronds bipinnate. 



On trees and rocks, Maritzburg and Draken- 

 berg. 



Cystopteris, Bernli. 



Fronds tripinnatifid, lanceolate, tufted, texture 

 delicate. 

 In woods from 3000 feet alt. to Drakensberg. 



Ltndsaya, Dry and. 



Fronds pinnate, coriaceous, veins anastomosing. 

 Near Durban, and also in Zululand, the 

 only Natal species. 



Adiantum, Linn. 



Frond simple, reniform. 



The variety asarifolium, Willd, has been 

 collected on the Dral^ensberg. 



RIGIDUM, Sw, 



MUSCOIDES, Sw. 



Dregei, Kze. 



CAPENSIS, Br. 



Burgess tej:, Gerr. 



>flTlDULA, Kze. 

 SpelunC(E, Baker. 

 thecifera, H B.Sr C, 



FRAGILTS, Bernh. 



ENSIFOLIA, Sw. 



eeniforme, Linn. 



