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142. Schizcea tenella, Kaulf. Fronds simple, linear, slen- 

 der, filiform, compressed, terminated by sub-erect spikes, con- 

 taining eight pairs of fruit- bearing appendages. Kaulf. Enum. 

 rilic.,V50, tab. l,f. 7. 



Between rocks on the mountains of Hottentot's Holland. (Cha- 

 misso, Zeyher) ; in similar places near Genadendal. (Rev. C. R. 

 Kolbing.) V. s. 



XLVI. ANEMIA. SW. (1 Specics.) 



143. Anemia Dregeana. Kze. Sterile fronds pinnate, 

 linear-oblong, membranaceous, jnmKE nearly sessile, obliquely- 

 ovate, blunt, somewhat auricled, wedge-shaped at base, 

 slightly notched at the margin, smooth and glossy anove, 

 strigose along the veins below; fertile frond 3-partite, 2 of 

 its partitions fruit- bearing, 3-pinnate; the third sterile one 

 pinnate. Stipes and rachises hairy ; caudex creeping, shaggy. 

 Kze. Linnaja, vol. 10, p. 493. Suppl. to Schkuhr., tab. 20. 

 Hook. Icon. Plant, vol. 3, tab. 236, 



In moist shady places amongst rocks in the forests of Natal. 

 (Drege, Gueinzius.) c. s, 



XLVii. MOHRIA. SW. (1 Spccies.) 



144. Mohria tliurifraga, Sw. Fronds 2-pinnate, coriace- 

 ous, covered beneath with chaffy scales; pinnce alternate, 

 stalked ; pinnules ovate; the upper fruit-bearing ones crenate; 

 the barren ones detply incised. Caudex creeping, paleaceous. 

 Adiantum cuffrorum. Thbg. 



Common on the mountains of the Cape Colony, Kaffraria, and 

 Natal. V. V. and s. 



This fern, when bruised, is fragrant, and smells of Benzoin or 

 Olihanum. In some pni-ts of the colony, the dry fronds are pul- 

 verised, and with fat made into an ointment, which is cooling and 

 serviceable in burns and scalds. The vernacular name of this 

 plant is J3rand-boscIi/es, 



XIV. OSMUNDACE^. R. BR. 

 XLViii. OSMUNDA. SW. (I Spccies.) 



145. Osmunda regalis. Lin. Fronds 2-pinnate, smooth ; 

 pinnce stalked, alternate, oblong-ovate, many-yoked ; piniiules 

 shortly petioled, unequally sided, and more or less auricled at 

 base, oblong, slightly notched, blunt ; fertile panicle 2-pinnate, 



