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58. Ceterach cordata. Kze. Fronds pinnate ; pinnce ses- 

 sile, cordate, oblong, orenate or iobecl, paleaceous beneath ; 

 the inferior pinncB small, more remote ; lobes rounded, crenate- 

 dentate. Kze. Linnasa., vol. 10, p. 497. Gymnogramme 

 cordata. Schlecht. Adumbr. p. 16. 



Amongst rocks in almost all parts of South Africa, v, v and s. 



XVI. SCOLOPENDKIUM. SM. (1 species). 



59. '^colopendriinn Krebsii. Kze. Fronds coriaceous? 

 lanceolate, acuminate pinnate. Pinnct sessile, cordate, and 

 auricled at base, lanceolate, acute, falcate, margined, and 

 reflexed at the margin ; lower pinna smaller, ovate ; ter- 

 minal-ones confluent. Involucres and son oblique, placed near 

 the mid-rib. Stijjes short, angular, scaly at its base. Rhizome 

 horizontally creeping, paleaceous. Kunze Linnaea, vol. 18, p. 

 119. Sui^pl. to Schkuhr, Filic, tab. 74. 



In moist, shady places, and between rocks, near Graham's 

 Town (Krebs. & Dr. Atherstone) ; in the forests of Natal (Guein- 

 zius) V. s. 



V. DAYALLTACE^. Gaudich. 



XVII. MICEOLEPIA. TKESL. (1 SpecicS.) 



60. Microlepia polypodioides. Presl. Fronds ovate or 

 deltoid, acuminate, 3-pinnate, flaccid, more or less hairy or 

 downy, especially on the veins and costse beneath. Primary 

 pinnce and lower secondary ones acuminate, distant. Pinnules 

 oblong or rhomboid-lanceolate, blunt, deeply pinnatifid. 

 Lobes ovate or ob-ovate, entire or irregularly inciso-lobate, or 

 again pinnatifid, sub-oblique, very obtuse. Sori large usually 

 solitary on the entire lobes, several, on the pinnatifid-ones, and 

 in the sinuses within the margin. Involucres small, half cup- 

 shaped, smooth. Rachis downy on the underside. Hook, 

 Spec. Filic, vol. l,p. 181. Davallia polypodioides, Don, 



In the forests of the Magalisberg. (Zeyher.) v. s. 

 XVIII. DAVALLIA. SM. (2 Species.) 



61. Davallia nitidula, Kze. Fronds triangular sub- 

 coriaceous, nearly glabrous, paler beneath, sub-3-partite, 

 3-pinnate ; piiina^ alternate, stalked, patent, ovate, pointed, 

 slightly curved; lowermost remote, nearly opposite ; secondary 

 pinnules from a cuneate base unequally ovate, obtuse, pinna- 

 tifid or incised; segments cuneate-oblong, retuse or sub- 



