4^ 



remote, short, p'lnnatifid ; upper ones sessile, lowermost oppo- 

 site, smaller, shortly petioled ; segments ovate, rounded. 

 Stipitcs aggregate, flexuose, black-purple, shining, clothed with 

 fugacious shag. Caudex creeping, densely surrounded by 

 linear- acute, margined scales. 



On hills between Spectakel and Komaggas, Namaqualand. (Rev. 

 H. Whitehead, July, 1856.) v. s. 



130. NotholcEiia incequalis. Kze. Frond ovate-oblong, 

 bluntly acuminate, coriaceous, stiff, hairy on the ujjper sur- 

 face, clothed with thick rufous shag at the underside, 'l-pin- 

 nate at base, simple above, confluent at the a})ex ; pinncR 

 opposite or alternate, remote, patent, unequally sided; lower 

 ones stalked, almost 3-angular-oblong, subt'alcate obtuse ; 

 pinnules sinuate, the lowermost bent downwards, inciso-pin- 

 natifid, elongated ; sort concealed under the shag. Stipes and 

 the stout 7'ac/iises ^Qxuose, ebenous, hairy. Rhizome hoi izontal, 

 densely scaly. Kze. Suppl. to iSchkuhr. Filic, p. 146, tab. 

 64, fig. 1. 



In the fissures of rocks in the Magalisberg. (Zeyher) v. s. 



XXXIX. PTEROPSis. DESV. (1 Species.) 



131. Pteropsis angustifoUa. Desv. F/-07zc?5 fascicled, linear- 

 lanceolate, erect, simple, perfectly entire, coriaceous, smooth, 

 tapering towards the base into a short stipes; sari marginal. 

 Rhizome round, covered with linear ferruginous scales. Fteris 

 angustifoUa. Sw. 



Between rocks on the mountains near Genadendal. (Rev. C. 

 R. Kolbing.) v. s. 



XL ACKOSTICHACE^. Presl. 



XL. STENOCHL^^NA. J. SMITH. (1 Species.) 

 * 132. Stenochlccna Meyeriana. Nob. Frowns oblong, lan- 

 ceolate ; sterile frond pinnate, pinncB alternate, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, smooth, glossy, very veiny, twice and irregularly 

 serrate; ribs furrowed on the upper side ; fertile frond 2-pin- 

 nate ; pinnce alternate, pinnules linear, sub-recurved at the 

 apex, rather obtuse ; partial rachises slender, flexuose. Caudex 

 bent, angular, rough, climbing. Lomaria Meyeriana, Kze. 

 Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 509. 



Climbing up large trees in damp ravines near the coast of Natal. 

 (Drege, Plant, Gueinzius.) v. s. 



