12 



Hook. Spec. Filic, vol. 1, p. 36. Hemitelia Capensis. li. Br. 

 Amphocosmia riparia, Gardner. London Journal of Botany, 

 vol. 1, p. 441, Tab. 12. 



Common in the woody ravines and forests of South Africa. — 

 V. V. and s. 



III. ASPIDIACE^. Presl. 



Y. LASTREA. PRSL. (7 Specics.) 



7. Lastrea Thelypteris. Prsl. Fronds pinnate ; pinnm 

 pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate smooth; segments ovate, acute, 

 nearly entire, the fertile-ones revolute. Sori marginal, con- 

 tiguous, at length confluent. Stipes, with or without scales, 

 downy at the apex. Caudex creeping. Aspidium Thelypteris. 

 Sw. Schlecht. Adumbr. Filic. Capens, p. 23, Tab. 11. 



In moist localities, near rivulets, in the Cape flats, on Devil's 

 Mountain, near the Paarl, Swellendam, Tulbagh, Uitenhage, &c., 

 also at Natal. — (v. v. and s.) 



8. Lastrea patens, Presl. i^roy/fZ^ pinnate; jozwz^pinnati- 

 fid ; segments subfalcate-lanceolate, acute, the lower ones of 

 the inferior pinnce pinnatifido-incised. ISori small, round, in 

 a double line ; upper portion of the stipes, costa, and rachises 

 downy. — Aspidium patens. Sw. Schlecht, 1. c, p. 22. Hook. 

 Genera Filic, t. 45 a. 



In shady localities, at the foot of Table Mountain (Kirstenbosch), 

 and in the forests of Stellenboseh, George, Uitenhage, British 

 Kaffi-aria, and Natal. — v. s» 



* 9. Lastrea Catoptera. Nob. Fronds 2-pinnatifid ; pinnce 

 stalked, distant, erect, oblong-lanceolate sharp-pointed ; pin- 

 nules oblong, the lower ones blunt, deeply pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments ovato-oblong, subfalcate, obtuse sinuato-subdentate, 

 downy on both sides ; the basal-one triangular, wedge-shaped, 

 decurrent. Sori sub-marginal ; rachis and stipes downy. 

 Aspidium catopteron. Kze. Linnsea., vol. 10, p. 550. 



In the forests between Omzamcaba and Omzamwoobo, also at 

 Koratra, Natal. (Drege. Giieinzius.) v. s. 



10. Lastrea incBqicalis. Presl. Fronds 2-pinnate, smooth ; 

 pinnce confluent and pinnatifid at the apex, bipinnatifid at the 

 base ; pinnules oval, obtuse, obliquely cuneate, inciso-dentate 



