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pinnate : pinuulae subopposite, linear-oblong, obtuse, deeply obtuse-crenate. 

 Spots large, one or two on each of the ultimate segments of the frond, the 

 margins of which turn down and in part covers them. 



A pretty delicately divided plant, growing on Diana's Peak to the height 

 of 8-12 inches. 



1. PoLYPODiuM visciilum. R. 



Surculi flexuose brown and shaggy, stipes, &c. channelled and 

 clothed with clammy headed diverging soft hairs on a brown ground. 

 Fronds ovate, suboppositely tripinnate and superdecnmpound : leaflets 

 linear-oblong, obtusely crenate or pinnatifed. Spots distinct few or nu- 

 merous, under the recurved crenatures of the segments of the leaflets. 



Common about stone-dikes, &c. &c. Sandy Bay, where it grows to the 

 height of from 6 inches to 2 or 3 feet, and fructifies all the year. 



E. PoPULUS alba. Willd. 4. 802. White Poplar, or Abele-tree ; thrives 

 well. 



E. PoRTULACA oleracea. Willd. 2. 859. Common Purslane. 



E. Protea argentea. Willd. 1. 529. Silver-tree. 



E. mellifera. Willd. 1. 522. Honey-bearing Protea. 



E. Vrvuvs Armeniaca. Willd. 2,. Q^9. Apricot. This tree does not suc- 

 ceed here. 



E. PsiDiUM pnmiferum. Willd. 2. 958. Common Guava. 



I. PsoHALEA piimata. Willd. Q. 1342. G^o^/e-^/ieer the vernacu'^ar name. 



I. Pteris semiserrata. R. 



Stipes length of the ovate, oppositely bipinnatifid flimsy fronds, 

 polished, smooth, green and channelled. Pinnae lanceolate : segments 

 divided nearly to the base, linear-lanceolate, barren apices serrate. 

 A native of Sandy Bay, where it grows to be 2-5 feet high. 



I Pteris pa 'eacea. R. 



Stipes and surculi densely clothed with long brown scariose scales. 

 Fronds suborbicular, bi-tripiniiately pedate ; leaflets falcate-linguiform 

 obtuse. Rachis of the pinnae spinulose on the upper side. 



