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smooth, ovate-oblong, wedge-shaped below, 3-fid, pinnatifid ; 

 pinnate at base or sometimes simple ; segments of the sterile 

 frond opposite, attenuated at top, rather acute ; those of the 

 fertile ones linear ensiform, blunt, repando-crenate, decurrent ; 

 sori circular in a single row. Stipes short ; rhizome creeping, 

 paleaceous. Poli/podium ensiforme, Thbg. Kze. Suppl. to 

 Schkuhr's Filic, p. 117, tab. 54. 



At the trunks of decayed trees in the forests of Swellendani and 

 George ; also at Natal, v. s. 



XXXIII. PLEOPELTIS. HUMB. & BONPL. (2 Species.) 



118. Fleopeltis lepidota. Presl. Frond lanceolate, much 

 narrowed towards the base, rather blunt at the apex, quite 

 entire or sinuate, coriaceous, almost naked on the upper surface, 

 and covered with minute scales below. Sori large, cushioned, 

 solitary ; rhizome creeping, paleaceous. Polypodium adsper- 

 sum.. Schr. P. lepidotum, Schlecht. Adumb. p, 17, tab. 8. 



In woods and shady spots near Cape Town, Kirstenbosch, Para- 

 dise, &c., and in the districts of Swellendam, George, Albany, &c.; 

 also at Natal, v. v. and s. 



119. Pleopeltis lycopodioides. Presl. Frond subsessile, 

 lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, obtuse, 

 glabrous. Sori large, placed in one row on each side of the mid- 

 rib. Caudex creeping, scaly. Polypodium lycopodioides. Willd. 

 Spec. Plant, vol.' 5, p. 150. Schkuhr. Filic, tab. 8. c. 



Creeping and climbing at the feet of old trees, in the forests of 

 Natal (Gueinzius.) v. s. 



XXXIV. PHYMATODES. PRESL. (3 SpecicS.) 



120. Phymatodes vulgaris. Presl. Frond simple, elongated 

 3-angular, coriaceous, smooth, deeply 3-lobed at the apex, 

 decurrent at base ; segments lanceolate, patent, acuminate, 

 quite entire ; sori almost circular, scattered, immersed. Stipes 

 broadly winged in the upper portion of the frond. Rhizome 

 creeping, scaly. Polypodiuin phymatodes. Lin. Willd. Spec. 

 Plant, vol. 5, p. 167. Schkuhr. Filic, tab. 8. d. 



On the trunks of old trees in the aboriginal forests of Natal* 

 (Gueinzius Plant.) v. s. 



121. Phymatodes irioides. Presl. Frond cartilaginous, 

 simple, elongated, quite entire, oblong-lanceolate, sword- 

 shaped, attenuated at the base, reticulated, perfectly smooth. 



