13 



and pHinatifid. Son solitary, distant. Stipes and rachis 

 somewhat scaly; rhizome thick, creeping. Aspidium iiKEquaJe, 

 Schlecht. 1. c, p. 23, Tab. 12. 



Moist and shady spots on Devil's Mount; at Hottentot's Holland, 

 Swellendam (Voormansbosch), British Kaifraria, Natal, &c. — 

 V. V. and s. 



11. Lastrea spinulosa. Prcsl. Fronds 2-pinnate, erect, 

 oblong-lanceolate ; pinnoi elongated, oblique, opposite ; -pin- 

 nules oblong, acute, decurrent, inciso-serrate or pinnatifid, 

 with sharp-toothed lobes. Sori round in a double row. 

 Stipes slightly scaly. — Aspidium spinulosum. Sw. Schkuhr. 

 Filic. T. 48. 



In shady rocky localities in the Du Toit's Kloof, Swellendam 

 (Drege.) 



12. Lastrea pentagona. Moore. Fro/^/.v 2-pinnate coria- 

 ceous, smooth, ovato-pentagonal; pinnce acuminate, the lower 

 pairs triangular, unequal-sided ; the inferior pinnules of the 

 lowest pinna3 longest, pinnate with distant oblong-obtuse, 

 duplicato-serrate decurrent secondary pinnules, with mucro- 

 nate teeth ; the superior pinnitles and those of the upper part 

 of the frond pinnatifid, with oblong mucronato-serrate lobes. 

 Sori distinct, forming two lines near the mid-vein on the 

 pinnules ; stipes and rachises scaly. — Moore, p. 227. in Ilook, 

 Journ. of Botan., and K. Gr. Miscellany, vol 5., p. 227. 



In ravines and moist places near the Umvoti, Natal (Plant.) 



* 13. Lastrea athamantica. Nob. Fronds 3-pinnate coria- 

 ceous, lanceolate, smooth, jnnniB ^stalked, oblong, acuminate. 

 Primary pinnules sessile, ovato-oblong cuneate, at base 

 decurrent ; secondary falcate, blunt, veiny. Sori round, 

 solitary. Stipes short, erect, flexuose, covered at base with 

 long linear deciduous scales. Aspidium athamanticum. Kze. 

 Linnjea, vol. 18, p. 123. Lastrea Plantii Moore in Hook. 

 Journ. of Botan., etc., vol. 5, p. 226. 



On grassy hills and in boggy localities at Natal (Giieinzius), and 

 in deserted holes of the jackal near Moore River, Natal (Gueinzius, 

 Plant.) V. s. 



The natives, who call this fern Umhomo-Komo use its root- 

 stock as a vermifuge, especially for the cure of the tape-worm. 



VI. OLEANDUA. CAV. (1 SpecicS.) 

 14. Oleandra articulata. Prcsl. Fronds simi)lc, entire, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous ; Sori round; scattered. 



