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rachises, fringed with ferruginous scales. — Linniea, vol. 18, 

 p. 122, Kunze Supplem. to Schkuhr's, Filic, T.84. 



In moist shady ravines near the great cataract between the 

 Omfondi and Togela Rivers, Natal. (Gueinzius.) v. s. 



IV. ASPLENIACE^. Presl. 



XI. CYSTOPTERIS. BERNH. (1 Specics.) 



23. Cystopteris fragilis. Bernh. Fronds lanceolate 

 2--pinnate, slender, smooth. PinncE ovate or lanceolate, 

 toothed, lobed or iDinnatificL Segments more or less acute, 

 entire or much dentate. Sori scattered, often crowded and 

 almost confluent. Rachis winged. Stipes glabrous, scaly at 

 base. Hook. Spec. Filic, vol. 1, p. 197. Aspidium fragile. 

 Sw. Schkuhr. Icon. Filic. tables 54, 5Q. 



In a mountain kloof near Bedford (Dr. Atherstone) and in 

 shady places on the Kat River mountains. (Ecklon.) v. s. 



XII. ATHYRIUM. ROTH. (1 Specics.) 



*24. Athyrium laxum. Nob. (N. sp.) Fronds 2-pin- 

 nate, flaccid, membranaceous. Pinnce alternate remote, 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate, smooth. Pinnules ovate-oblong, 

 pinnatifid ; their segments incised, serrate, acute. Sori round. 

 RacJdses flexuose, somewhat margined. Stipes long, chafl^y 

 only at the base. 



In woods and shady places at Natal. (Gueinzius.) v. s. 



XIII. BLECHNUM. LIN. (2 Species.) 



25. Blechnum radiatum. Presl. Fronds much divided, 

 radiating, stiff". Segments linear, erect, dichotomous, toothed 

 at the apex, perfectly smooth. Stipntes clustered, much 

 longer than the fronds. Rhizome short, scaly at the base, 

 roots fibrous. Adiantum radiatum. Koenig. Acropteris 

 radiata. Link. 



On rocks at the Magalisberg (Zeyher), and in Griqualand. 

 (Mr. Robt Moffatt.) v. s. 



* 26. Blechnum Atherstoni. Nob. (N. sp.) Frond pin- 

 nate, coriaceous. Pinnce alternate, rigid, sessile, sub-auriculate 

 cordate, linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly waved at the margins. 



