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glabrous. Asplenium polymorphum, Eckl. and Zeyli. Herb. 

 (Asplenii erecti var. Kze, Linna3a, vol. 10, p. 513, in note.) 



Amongst rocks, and in shady ravines, Uitenhage (Dr. Rubidge), 

 near Philipstown, Kat River. (Eckl. and Zeyli.) v. s. 



35. Asplenium lumtlatum. S\v. Fronds pinnate, slender, 

 curved. Pinn(B alternate, sub-sessile, patent, oblong-ovate, 

 more or less falcate, blunt, notched, confluent at the apex, 

 truncate and aurlcled at the base. Sori oblong, numerous. 

 Stipes and rachises margined. Kze. Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 514. 



In the woods near Uitenhage (Eckl. and Zeyh.) j also at Kat 

 River and Natal. (Drege.) v. s, 



36. Aspleniitm monanthemum. Smth. Fronds pinnate, 

 linear lanceolate, erect, smooth. Pinnce oblong-trapeziform, 

 sessile, blunt, truncate at the lower base ; apex and upper 

 margin crenate-serrate. Sori generally solitary, linear, sub- 

 marginal. Stipes almost quadrangular, and, as well as the 

 rachis black, polished. Rhizome tufted. J. E. Smith, Plant. 

 Icon, inedit., tab. 73. 



Common in shady places in many parts of the colony, v, v.and s, 



37. Asplenium ebeneum. Ait. i^?'o?26^5 pinnate, smooth, linear 

 lanceolate. Pinnm sessile, oblong, obtuse ; upper ones auricled, 

 bluntly crenate at the margin ; lower pinnce, cordate, hastate. 

 Sori oblong, approximate. Stipes and rachis smooth, ebenous, 

 glossy. Rhizome creeping. Roots fibrous. 



In the forests of the Krakakamma, Uitenhage. (Eckl. and 

 Zeyh.) V. s. 



38. Asplenium Trichomanes. Lin. Fronds pinnate, slen- 

 der, smooth. Pinnce irregularly oblong-ovate, crenate, 

 truncate and cuneate at the base, and obtuse at the apex. 

 Sori linear, at length confluent, and placed in a single row on 

 each side of the costa. Stipes and rachis purplish-black, 

 glossy. Schkuhr., Filic, t. 74. 



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

 (Drege); near Bedford (Dr. Atherstone); in the Winterberg, 

 Kaffraria. (Eckl, and Zeyher.) c. s, 



39. Asplenium dentatum. Lin. Fronds pinnate, glabrous ; 

 pinnce obovate-oblong, blunt, unequally cuneate and attenuate 

 at base ; irregularly and obsoletely toothed on the margins. 

 Willd. Spec. Plant, vol. 5, p. 324. 



Among rocks on the mountains of the Bosjesmansrand, Natal. 

 (Dr. F. Krauss.) 



