42 



acuDiinated, 3 -parti to 2-pinnatifid ; pinncB trapezoid, inciso- 

 pinnatifid, wedo-e-sliaped and decurrent at base ; segments 

 cuneate, 2-fid, blunt ; sori few seeded. Stipes long ; rachises 

 and ribs purplish. Caudex tufted. Kunze. Linngea., vol. 18, 

 p. 116. 



In the crevices of rocks near the cataract between Omfondi and 

 Togela Rivers, Natal. (Gueinzius.) v. s. 



* 126. Gymnogramma namaquensis. Nob. (N. sp.) Annual. 

 Frond {^OMt 4 inches long), membranaceous, smooth, pinnato- 

 pinnatifid ; jnnnce alternate, distant, lanceolate oblong, rough 

 on the upper surface, glandular and scaly beneath ; segments 

 inciso-crenate. Stipes ilexuose, erect, and as well as the rachis 

 densely-paleaceous. Caudex short, caespitose, obliquely 

 descending. 



Between rocks near Modderfontein, Namaqualand (Rev. H. 

 Whitehead, 1856.) v. s. 



127. Gymnogramma leptophylla. Desv. Annual. Frond 

 slender, very delicate, 2-pinnate, smooth, 3 inches high ; pin- 

 nules roundish-cuneate, sub-trilobed ; lobes bluntly 2-dentate ; 

 sori confluent ; roots filiform. Grammitis leptophylla. Sw. 

 Willd. Spec. Plant., vol. 5, p. 143. Schkuhr. Filictab. 26. 



In moist vegetable soil, near the cataract on the east side of the 

 Devil's Mountain — rare. (Mundt , Dr. Alexander, 1848.) v, s. 



X. T^NITIDE^. Presl. 

 XXXVIII. NOTHOL^NA. R. BR. (3 Species.) 



128. NotholcBna EcUoniana. Kze. Frond 2-pinnato- 

 pinnatifid, lanceolate, hoary above, clothed beneath with 

 rufous shaggy scales; pinncB opposite, 3 -angular-ovate ; pin- 

 nules oblong, the lowermost bent downwards, and as well as 

 the middle ones deeply incised ; segments ovate-oblong, 

 blunt ; the uppermost entire, confluent. Caudex short, ascen- 

 ding, paleaceous. Kze. Linngea, vol. 10, p. 501. 



In the mountains of Uitenhage, Beaufort, Kat River, Kafl*raria 

 and Natal. (Eckl. & Zeyher, Krebs, Drege, Dr Rubidge) ; and 

 on hills along the Orange River, and Gamohana range, Griqua- 

 land. (Mr. Robt. Moffatt.) v, s. 



* 129. NotholcEna Bawsoni. Pappe. (N. sp.) Froyzc? pinnate, 

 linear oblong, stout, coriaceous, about 6-7 inches long, dark 

 green, somewhat rough on the upper surface, covered beneath 

 with thick ferruginous or white shaggy filt ; pinnce alternate. 



