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Stipes short, nodose, articulated ; rhizome horizontally 

 creeping, climbing, clothed with numerous awl-shaped 

 imbricated scales, which have a black spot at their bases. 

 Aspidium articulatnm. Sw. Kunze Linn^ea, vol. 18, p. 123. 



Climbing rocks in woody ravines in the Magalisberg (Zeyher), 

 and in similar localities at Natal. (Gueinzius) v, s, 



VII. NEPHRODIUM. SCHOTT. (2 SpCcicS.) 



* 15. Nephrodium Ecklonianum. Nob. Frond pinnate, 

 lanceolate, coriaceous ; the loioer pinnce distant, almost oppo- 

 site, the upper ones alternate, approximate; all shortly stalked, 

 lanceolate, sharp-pointed, inciso-pinnatifid, bearing small 

 scattered resinous dots on the under surface ; segments ovate, 

 subfalcate, rounded ; costce slightly scaly beneath, channelled 

 above, and as well as the angular rachis downy. Sori nearly 

 marginal, continuous ; involucre smooth. Stipes long, smooth ; 

 root-stock covered with brown scales. Aspidium Ecklonii. 

 Kze. Linnasa, vol. 10, p. 546. 



Around the hot springs at Brand valley (Worcester), at the Zwart- 

 kops River (Uitenhage), Van Staden's River, the Knysna, &o., 

 also at Natal. (Plant) v. s, 



* 16. Nephrodium Plantianum. Nob. (New Species.) 

 Frond pinnate, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous ; pinncs shortly 

 stalked, alternate, approximate, erect patent, lance-shaped, 

 pinnatifid, smooth ; segments ovate, obtuse, notched ; stipes 

 and rachis angular, naked. 



In the dense forests of Natal. (Plant No. 341) v. s. 

 VIII. POLYSTICHU3I. SCHOTT, (4 SpeclcS.) 



17. Polystichum pungens. Presl. Frond 2-pinnate ; 

 pinnules oblong-ovate, obliquely cuneate, auricled, subfalcate, 

 acute, doubly inciso-dentate, teeth mucronate. Sori irregu- 

 larly scattered. Stipes 2iVL^rachises^Q,2Xy, Aspidium pungens, 

 Kaulf. Schlecht, 1. c, p. 21, Tab. 10. 



Common in shady moist places throughout the Colony, v, v. 

 and s, 



* 18. Pohjstichum luctuosum. Nob. Frond 2-pinnate. 

 lance-shaped, coriaceous, smooth ; pinncB alternate, stalked, 

 patent, erect, lanceolate acute, pinnate, pinnatifid at the apex ; 

 pinnules ovate-trapeziform subfalcate, aristato-serrate, muc- 

 ronate, eared at base. Sori small ; stipes and rachises clothed 



