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FILICES. 

 Gleichenia polypodiodes Sm. On rocks in midland districts. 



2. G. dichotoma Willd. Umpumulo and Botha's Hill, 2- 

 3,000 feet alt. 



3. G. umbraculifera Moore. Midlands at margin of woods. 



Hymenophyllum gracile Bory. Near Maritzburg, Sanderson. 



2. H. Tunbridgense Sm. On damp rocks, midland and upper 

 districts. A variety with unilateral fronds is sometimes met with. 



Trichomanes pusillum Sw., var. quercifolium. On wet rocks 

 in woods, midlands. 



2. T. pyxidiferum Linn. On rocks and trees in midland and 

 upper districts. 



3. T. rigidium Sw. Under waterfalls, and on banks of brooks 

 in shade, midlands, and very fine on bank of a small brook at 

 Inanda. 



4. T. muscoides Sw. var. In dense shade on rocks and trees, 

 'Ngoya, Zululand. 



Cyathea Dregei Kze. Open ground and near streams all over 

 the Colony. 



Hemitelia capensis Br. In dense, moist woods, Noodsberg, near 

 Eichmond, and in Alexandra County. 



Woodsia Burgessiese Gerr. Upper districts in shade. 

 Davallia nitidula Kze. On trees and rocks, midlands. 



2. D. spelunceae Baker. In swamps head of Natal Bay and 

 Umpumulo only. 



3. D. thecifera H. B. K. On trees and rocks from 2,000 feet alt. 

 to Drakensberg. 



Cystopteris fragilis Bernh. In woods from 3,000 feet alt. to 

 Drakensberg. 



Lindsaya ensifolia Sw. Near Durban, and in Zululand. Coast 

 only. 



Adiantum reniforme Linn., var. asarifolium Willd. Collected 

 on Drakensberg, near Mont aux Sources. Not since met with ; the 

 specimen is in our Herbarium. 



2. A. Gapillus-veneris Linn. In moist places from coast to 

 3,000 feet alt. 



3. A. sethiopicum Linn. In drier parts of bush from 3,000 feet 

 alt. to Drakensberg. 



Lonchitis pubescens Willd. Moist places in hght shade, from 

 2-3,000 feet alt. Two apparently distinct varieties are met with. 



Hypolepis anthriscifolia Presl. Edges of woods and sheltered 

 places, from 600-3,000 feet alt. 



2. H. Bergiana Hook. Drier parts of woods, 2-3,000 feet alt. 



