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19. Davallia Spelunca, Baker. 



Natal and Zululand (F. of S. A.). 

 Transvaal : — Magalisberg (Burke ; Zeyher). 



20. Davallia concinna, Schrad. 



West, East, Kaffraria, Natal (P. of S. A.) :— Port St. John's 



(Flanagan 2468). 

 Transvaal: — Houtbosch (Dr. Behmann 5606). Houtbosch- 



berg, 6,500 feet (Schlechter 4700). 

 Bhodesia: — Moramballa (Kirk). 



21. Davallia (Loxoscaphe) Hollandii, Sim. (new species), PL IV. 



Stipe paleaceous, 6 inches long. Frond ovate-deltoid, quadri- 

 pinnate, thinly coriaceous, 2 feet long, 12 inches wide 

 below the middle, rather narrower to the base and 

 gradually less upward. Bachis brown, fibrillose, 

 grooved. Pinnae 6 inches long, 2 inches wide below, 

 with a marginal rachis and alternate pinnules, of which 

 the lowest is on the upper side. Pinnules 1 inch long, 

 J inch wide, cut into stalked segments, of which the 

 upper are simple and the lower 3-4-fid. Ultimate seg- 

 ments pointed, 2-3 lines long, ^ line wide or less, their 

 stalks narrower. Segments of barren fronds blunt. 

 Sori abundant, lateral, short, flattened, one near the 

 base of each ultimate segment ; the involucre scarious 

 and attached at the base and sides. A beautiful fern, 

 resembling a finely cut Darea, but with davallioid sori. 

 Well worth cultivation. 



Bhodesia : — Near Umtali (Holland ; Mrs. Bennett). 



22. Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. 



East (F. of S. A.). 



Kaffraria (F. of S. A.) :— Broughton, Molteno, 6,300 feet 



(Flanagan 1676). Engcobo (Flanagan 2715). 

 Bhodesia : — Lo Magundi, near Hanyani Biver (H. M. Hole). 



23. Lindsay a ensifolia, Swartz. 



Natal (F. of S. A.). 



24. Adiantum reniforme 1 Linn. ; var. asarifolium, Willd. 



Natal (F. of S. A.) : — The fertile specimen in the Natal 

 Government Herbarium was found among Sanderson's 

 plants, without label. 



25. Adiantum caudatum, Linn. 



Credited to Cape Colony in " Synopsis Filicum," probably in 



error. 

 Transvaal (collected by Mr. Todd of Inanda) : — Avoca, Bar- 



berton (Galpin 1244). 



