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Frond oblong-lanceolate, naked. lineare, Thh. 



On trees and rocks all over the Colony. 



Var. Sckraderi, Mett. 

 Frond oval or oblong, rhizome densely scaly, wide 



creeping. lycopodioides, Linn 



Coast and Midlands, common. 



Var. Mackenii, Baker, is merely a luxui'iant form. 

 Frond oblong, sori large, irregular but in two rows, normale, Don. 



Moist rocks in woods, Midlands. 

 Frond strap shaped, elongated, spri scattered, minute, irioides, Lam. 



On trees and rocks, Coast and Midlands. 

 Frond pinnatilid ; scented in drying. phymatodes, Linn. 



Near Sea Coast only. 



NOTHOOHLiENA, B. Br. 



Stipes naked, pinnge distant. in(EQUALI8, Kze. 



On dry rocks, Inanda; with Northern aspect. 

 Stipes densely scaly, pinnae close. Eokloniana, Kze. 



Rocky places from 2000 feet alt. to Drakensberg. 

 Frond deltoid. Buchanani, Baker. 



Damp rocks with Southern aspect, Inanda 

 and Noodsberg. 



Gymnogramme, Desv. 



I. Veins free. 



Veins pinnate, fronds herbaceous, not covered 

 with powder. 



By streamlets in woods, Midlands, 

 Veins flabellate, fronds coriaceous, lower surface 

 scaly. 



On rocks in woods, Midlands to Drakensberg. 

 Fronds covered on under surface with white or 

 golden i^owder. 



On dry or moist rocks, Noodsl:)erg to 

 Drakensberg. A very large and fine 

 variety with golden x^owder is found at 

 foot of precipitous rocks, Noodsberg 

 var. aurea, "Gold" and " Silver Ferns." 



II. Veins anastomosing. 



Frond simple, naked, rhizome wide creeping. 



On trees and damp rocks. Inanda and 

 Drakensberg. 



VlTTARIA, S7n. 



Fronds narrow, grass-like, glabrous. 



On trees and rocks, Coast and Midlands 

 " Boot Lace Fern." 



ToTTA, Schlech. 



CORDATA, Schlecht. 



argentea, Mett. 



lanoeolata, Hk. 



linbata, SlV. 



