Puate 1654. 
ASPIDIUM MACLEAII, Baker. 
Fiuices, Sub-order Potypopracra, Tribe ASPIDIER. 
Aspidium (Polystichum) Macleaii, Baker (sp. nov.) ; candice erecto, 
stipitibus elongatis cespitosis prope asin paleis lanceolatis mem- 
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latis simpliciter arena LS glabris, pinnis multijugis sessilibus 
confertis lanceolatis acuminatis breviter pec ana Puan ee basi 
antice auriculatis pets stice Sihaain trcsibatie venis pinnatis venulis 
paucijugis liberis ascendentibus obscuris, soris medialibus uniseriatis 
vel irregulariter biseriatis, indusio parvo glabro subpersistente. 
Has. Transvaal, in damp valleys of the Drakensberg range, &c.; 
McLea (Bolus 3080), Ayres (Sanderson), C. Mudd. 
Stipites pedales. Lamina 14-3- ‘pedalis. Pinne 40-60-juge, cen- 
trales 4-7 poll, longw, supra ‘bas asin 5-6 lin. late; inferiores paulo 
breviores 
A hess distinct new species from the South African goldfields, allied 
to the North-weste merican A. munitum and the Madeiran A. fal- 
cinellum.—J. G. Haves: 
Fig. 1. Portion of plant. 2. Fertile pinne: life size. 3, Base of fertile pinna. 
4. A single sorus, with indusium : enlarged, 
