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40. Asple?i{um prcBmorsum. Sw. Fronds 2-piniiate, sub« 

 coriaceous ; pinnce pinnate, stalked, patent ; pinnules alternate, 

 oblong-cuneate, truncate, the extreme-one elongated, trifid, 

 the lowermost erect, lobed, auricled, all of them inciso-serrate, 

 striated. Sori linear ; rachises flexuose, not margined ; stipes 

 channelled purple, fringed here and there with short downy- 

 scales. Cttw^ecT creeping, paleaceous; roo^s fibrous. Schkuhr. 

 Filic, t. 29, fig. 1. 



In the forests of the Tzitsikamma, Uitenhage. (Dr. Krauss) 

 at Natal. (Gueinzius) v. s. 



41. Asplenium ruta muraria. Lin. Frond 2-pinnate 

 at the lower, singly pinnate at the upper portion ; pinnce 

 stalked, opposite or alternate, remote; pinnules rhomboid- 

 oblong, cuneate at base, blunt, striated ; crenate and inciso- 

 lobate. Sori confluent. Stipites aggregate, flaccid, flexuose, 

 perfectly smooth. Roots filiform, clothed with ferruginous 

 shag. Willd. Enum. Plant, vol. 5, p. 341. Schkuhr's Filic. 

 tab. 80. b. 



On the top of Muizenberg mountain, in crevices of rocks 

 (Hon'ble R. W. Rawson, March, 1857.) v. v. and s. 



42. A splenium furcatiim. Thbg. Fronds 2-Y^mi?iiQ \, pinnm 

 lanceolate attenuated at the apex ; pinnules distant, cuneate- 

 lanceolate 3-fid and pinnatifid; segments inciso-serrate. 

 Sori linear, confluent. Stipes and rachis clothed below with 

 scaly down. Caudex thickly paleaceous ; rhizome creeping. 



Very variable in its forms, some of which have been described 

 as distinct species. 



In woods and shady localities ', very common within the Colony 

 and Natal, v, v. and s. 



43. Asplenium fimhriatum. Kze. Fronds sub-2-pinnate, 

 membranaceous, oblong, smooth ; pinncR distant, stalked, 

 ovate-rhomboidal ; pinnules obovate-cuneate, with a cartila- 

 ginous edge, and elevated veins on the upper surface, incised 

 and lobed at the apex ; segments curved, apiculate ; involucres 

 membranaceous ; sori confluent ; rachises and short stipes 

 purplish ; rhizome tufted, paleaceous. Kunze. Linnsea., vol. 

 18, p. 117. 



On rocks in the woods between the Ornfondi and Togela Rivers, 

 Natal. (Gueinzius.) v. s. 



44. Asplenium cuneatum. Lam. Fronds 2-pinnate, mem- 

 branaceous, smooth ; pinnce stalked, pinnate, alternate ; pin- 



