17 



Loioer p'uuKB remote. Stipes and glabrous rachis destitute ol' 

 scales. 



This species much resembles and stands close to Blcchnum 

 cartilagineum. Sw. 



On the southwest of Graham's Town, near the blockhouse. (Dr. 

 Atherstone, 1856.) v. s. 



XIV. ASPLENIUM. LiN. (29 Specics.) 



27. Asplenium (jemmifcrum. Schrad. Fronds pinnate, 

 smooth, membranaceous, often gemmiferous towards the 

 apex. PinncB alternate stalked, lanceolate ovate, elongated, 

 acute, crenate or sub-serrate, obliquely cuneatc and decurrent 

 at base. So?'i oblong distant. Stip^js channelled above and 

 scaly below. Caudex paleaceous. Roots densely clothed 

 with ferruginous shag. Asplenium lacidum, Schlecht. 

 (not Forster), Adumbr., p. 25, table 14, f. 1. 



In the dense forests of the Knysna, Tsitzikamma, and near the 

 great cataract of the Omzamcaba River (Natal ) v* s. 



28. Asplenium Pj'ionites, Kze. Fronds pinnate, ovate, 

 oblong, coriaceous. Pinnce alternate, stalked, patent, lance- 

 olate, acuminate, cuneate at the base, sharply and unequally 

 toothed, glabrous; the lowermost shorter, smaller, almost 

 auricled. Sori oblong, cushioned, often irregular. Stipes 

 angular, rachis winged at the apex, and both of them scaly. 

 Rhizome creeping. Linngea, vol. 10, p. 511. 



In Blockhouse-kloof, near Graham's Town (Dr. Atherstone), 

 and in the forests of Natal. (Drege, Gueinzius.) v. s. 



* 29. Asplenium discolor. Nob. (N. sp.) -Fro7z^5 pinnate 

 lanceolate, elongated, acuminate, membranaceous smooth, 

 sometimes gemmiferous. PinncB alternate, remote, stalked, 

 patent, spreading, oblong-lanceolate, acute, sub-pinnatifid, 

 dark green above, paler beneath, cuneate at base. Segments 

 confluent at the apex, wedge-shaped, obtuse, 2-crenate re- 

 curved, the lowermost remote, decurrent, almost auricled. 

 Sori linear-oblong. The channelled stipes and flexuose mar- 

 ginate rachises sparingly scaly. Asplenium lucidam. Schlecht., 

 var. b. Adumbr., table 14, f. b. 



In the forests of the Knysna (Miss Dalgairns), Albany (Dr. 

 Atherstone), and in the mountain-woods near Philipstown, Kat 

 River. (Ecklon and Zeyher.) v. s. 



