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wwZ.^5 obovate-cuneate, blunt, unequally inciso-serrate, striate 

 auriolecl at base ; rachis margined at its upper extremity' 

 Sori linear, often confluent. A\^illcl. Spec. Plant, vol. 5, p." 



In Blockhouse Kloof, near Graham's Town (Dr. Atherstone 

 also Ecklon and Zeyher). In the forests of Natal (Plant.),' 

 Kaffraria (Capt. Espinasse.) vs. 



45. Asplenium solidum. Kze. Fronds sub-2-pinnatilid, 

 lanceolate coriaceous, smooth, glossy; pinme lanceolate-ovate' 

 attenuated ; pianules and segments wedge-shaped, incised' 

 armed with pungent teeth. Sori convex scattered. The 

 margined rachis and furrowed stipes glabrous. Caudex 

 creeping, scaly. Kze. Linntea, vol. 10, p. 520. 



In the vicinity of Algoa Bay (Forbes), on mountains near Ruig- 

 tevalley, amongst shrubs (Drege); near Alice, (Mr. Stewart) v. s. 



46. Asplenium splendens. Kze. Fronds 2-pinnate, ovate, 

 acuminated; /j/^zTz^e lanceolate, sharp-pointed, alternate remote, 

 stalked ; lower i/mmdes ovate-rhomboidal, cuneate at base, 

 crenato dentate, more or less lobed and rounded at the apex ; 

 terminal-one elongated incised ; all of them veiny, smooth 

 and glossy above, clothed here and there with blackish scales 

 at the underside. Sori irregular, linear ; base of the stipes, 

 and the rachis paleaceous. Caudex creeping. Linna3a, vol. 

 10, p. 516. 



In the woods of the Krakakamma and Kat River. (Ecklon 

 and Zeyher) at Natal. (Plant.) v. s. 



47. Asplenium Adiantum nigrum. Lin. Fronds 2-3- 

 pinnate coriaceous, glossy; u\)])Qy pinnce pinnatifid, uppermost 

 confluent, lower ones 2-pinnatifid ; segments obliquely 

 cuneate, acutely toothed. Sori linear elongate, at length 

 confluent. Stipes purple, ebenous. Caudex thick, tufted. 

 Schlecht. Adumb. p. 31, Tab. 17. A. argutum Bory. 



On walls, amongst rocks, &c., in many parts of the Colony. — 

 V. V. and s. 



48. Asplenium aspidioides. Schlecht. Fronds 2-3-pinnate 

 smooth ; pinnce stalked, patent, lanceolate ; pinnules ovate 

 lanceolate, pointed, wedge-shaped and pinnatifid at the base ; 

 segments more or less 2-deutatc. Sori solitary, oblong ; 



