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placed at the extremity of the frond. Schkuhr. Icon. Filic, 

 tab. 145. 



On a cataract between the Omzamcaba and Omzamvoobo Rivers 

 Natal. (Drege.) 



Var. Spectahilis, Kze. Sterile pinnules elongated, thicker, 

 obliquely truncate and inciso-crenate at base. Osmunda spec- 

 tabilis, Willd. Spec. Plantar, vol. 5, p. 98. 



In shady places near rivulets, in the mountains of Hottentot's 

 Holland, Swellendam, Tulbagh, Uitenhage, &c. (Eckl. & Zeyh.), 

 at Natal. (Drege.) v. s 



XLIX. TODEA. WILLD. (1 SpecieS.) 



146. Todea africana. Willd. Fronds 2-pinnate, oblong, 

 erect, smooth, coriaceous 5-6-feet high ; pinnce opposite, 

 shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, many-yoked, patent, the 

 upper and lower ones being smaller by degrees ; pinnules alter- 

 nate, linear-lanceolate, cohering at base, blunt, crenate-serrate. 

 Stipes quadrangular, smooth. Osmunda barbara. Thb. Schkuhr. 

 Icon. Filic, tab. 147. 



In shady localities near rivulets, common all over the Cape 

 colony and Natal, v. v. and s. 



XV. MAEATTIACE^. Sw. 



L. MARAT TI A. SW. (1 SpecicS.) 



147. Marattia salicifolia. Schrad. Fronds 2-pinnate, sub- 

 coriaceous ; pinncB oblong-lanceolate, alternate or opposite, 

 stalked, patent, erect, acuminated ; pinnules subsessile, lan- 

 ceolate, cuneate at base, sharp pointed, acutely inflexo serrate, 

 the terminal larger one often pinnatifid or lobed ; partial 

 rachises margined or winged in the upper portion, smooth. 

 ^j/Tzc/zyz^ elliptical, remote from the edge and from one another. 

 Caudex short, creeping, paleaceous. Schlecht. Adumb. p. 11. 

 Kunze Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 488. Suppl. to Schkuhr. Icon., 

 p. 79, tab. 38. 



In the forests of the Tzitsikamma and Natal. (Drege, Guein- 

 zius, &c.) V. s. 



XVI. OPHIOGLOSSE^. R. Br. 



LI. OPHIOGLOSSUM. LIN. (4 SpCcics.) 



148. Ophioglossiim nudicaule. Lin. fil. Fro«^ sessile, ellip- 

 tical or lanceolate-ovate, sheathing, mucronate, reticulated, 



