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210 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



March, 1869, Gandoger (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); wet grass- 

 lands at edge of water, at "Griggione," near Bastia, 25 April, 

 L869, Fl. Exsicc. Billot 2290 (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); Erisa, 



March, 1885, Reverchon (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 



Prance: Plateau de Roquehaute (Herault), 3-5 June, 1862, 



Durieu (Gray Herb.); Roquehaute near Beziers (Herault), 

 A June, 1862, Cosson (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb, and Gray 

 Herb. ) ; Roquehaute near Beziers, 5 May, 1866, Herb. Grand 

 Marcus (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); Portiragnes (Herault), 30 

 March, 1890, Neyraut (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); Herault, 

 1S70 ( ?), Durieu (Gray Herb.) ; sandy clearings of pine be- 

 tween Cannes and Antibes, 1861, Bourgeau, PL Alpes mari- 

 times, (Gay) 861 (Gray Herb.); near Cannes, 13 June, 1861, 

 Bourgeau 2 (Gray Herb.); "bois de la Moure pres Mont- 

 pellier", 8 May, 1S70, Duval-Jouve (Gray Herb.); Antibes, 

 November, L863, Kay (Gray Herb.); wet sandy stretches 

 under the pines, Golfe Jouan, near Antibes, Shutlleworth 



(Gray Herb. ). 



Italy: Asciano, Prow Pisa, Tuscany, alt. 12 m., calcareous soil, 



U April, 1906, Barsali 1+01 (Gray Herb.); province Pisa, 



April, 1862, Ball (Gray Herb.). 

 Turkey: Rizeh, Lazistan, arid land at base of Falaises, 10 June, 



1866, Balansa 1560 (Gray Herb.). 

 Sardinia: St. Barbara near Cagliari, 19 May, 1863, Aschcrson & 



Reinhardt (Gray Herb.). 



LITTLE-KNOWN FORMS 



63. I. natalensis Baker, Handbook Fern Allies, 132. 1887. 



Sim, Ferns S. Afr. 340. 1915. 



"Rootstock 3-lobed; leaves 12-10, very slender (14 lin. diam.), 

 pale green, opaque, firm in texture, 2-3 inches long, rounded on 

 the back, channeled down the face, furnished with stomata and 

 accessory bast-bundles. Sporange small, globose, brownish; 

 veil none. Microspores white, with small tubercles between 

 the ribs and large ones over the remainder of the surface. Micro- 

 spores granulated." 



Distribution: "Natal; Griffin's Hill, Eastcourt, Rehmann. 

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