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65. Pteris cretica, Lin. Fronds either ternate or pinnate, 

 glabrous. PinncB opposite acuminate ; the lower ones more 

 or less stalked, often 2-fid ; middle ones confluent, sub- 

 decurrent; terminal pinna \vinQQo\viiQ 2>-^di \ sterile pinnce lan- 

 ceolate, serrate at the sub-cartilaginous edge ; fertile ones 

 linear, entire. Caudex destitute of scales. Schlecht. Adumb., 

 p. 40. Schkuhr. Filic, tab. 90. Pteris Serraria, S\v. 



On the wood-clad mountains of Swellendam, George, and 

 Uitenhage, at the Kat River, in the Winterberg, and at Natal, v s. 



66. Pteris arguta. Sw. Fronds 2-pinnatifid, glabrous; 

 pinnce pinnatifid, lanceolate-ovate, falcate, acuminate, patent ; 

 upper ones ^q^^Wq, somewhat decurrent; lower o?ies stalked ; 

 segments lanceolate-oblong, sub-falcate, acutely serrate at the 

 apex ; basal ones irregularly 3-4-lobed. Sori placed at the 

 inferior half of the segments below the serratures; margin of 

 involucre entire ; rachises and stipes naked, very smooth. 

 Schlecht. Adumb, p. 43. Pteris Jiahellulata, Thbg. (?) 



In shady mountain localities ; common in all parts of the colony, 

 as well as at Natal. ^*. v, and s. 



67. Pteris catoptera, Kze. Fronds pinnate, membrana- 

 ceous, smooth, somewhat pale on the under surface ; pinncR 

 sub-sessile; segynents confluent (bearing short, stipule-like 

 spines on the mid-rib of the upper side), oblong-linear, blunt, 

 entire ; rachises, ribs, and stipes glabrous, straw-coloured. 

 Kze. Linnaea., vol. 18, p. 119. Pteris biaurita, Kze. Lin- 

 naea., voL 10, p. 436. 



In the forests of Natal (Drege, Gueinzius) ; at the Magahsberg. 

 (Zeyher.) v. s, 



68. Pteris incisa, Thbg. Fronds 2-pinnate, membrana- 

 ceous, glabrous ; pinnce opposite, sessile, many-yoked ; pin- 

 nides lanceolate, pale underneath ; lower ones opposite, 

 pinnatifid; terminal ones con^xxQut', ^e-^mew^^ lanceolate-ovate, 

 sinuate or entire ; stipes round, stramineous. Schlecht. 

 Adumb., p. 44. Thunb. Flora Capens., p. 733. 



On the Devil's Mountain near the waterfall ; in shady ravines 

 at Hottentots' Holland ; in the Du Toit's Kloof, etc. v. v. and s. 



This Fern has not the venation of Litobrachiay to which genus 

 it is referred by Presl. 



