112 Geographical Handbook of Ferns. 



Ophioglosmm — continued. 



0. (Cheirogloasa) palmatum, L. Hab. : Bourbon, very rare ; 

 Seycbelles. Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 4. 



2. CAPE COLONY AND NATAL, TRISTAN 

 D'AOUNHA. 



Gleicbenla. 



G. polypodioides, Sm. Hab. : Cape Colony, probably cbiefly on 

 the mountains near the Cape Colony, at an elevation of from 1,500- 

 4,500 feet. ' Summit of Table Mountain.' — C. Buribury. Macalis- 

 berg ; Transvaal Krauakloof, near Pinetown, Natal, 1-6,000 feet. 

 J. Sanderson. 



G. (Mertensia) umbraculifera, Moore. Hab. : Natal, open banks 

 of streams, 1-2,500 feet. — J. Sanderson. Cape of Good Hqpe, 

 Kumahala. $. 

 Cjratbea. 



C. Dregei, Kze. Hab. : Natal, Macalisberg, as far as the Zam- 

 besi, S. lat. 20°; rocky valley at the great cataract between 

 Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba ; Moramballa, alt. 3,000 feet. $. 

 Hemltelia. 



H. Oapensis, R. Br. Hab. -. moist watery places. Cape of Good 

 Hope. In mountain ravines in many parts of the Cape Colony, 

 there is a noble forest of this fern in the moist woods above 

 ' Paradise,' on the east side of Table Mountain. ' Zwellendam, by 

 the side of a small stream in a deep wooded ravine among the 

 mountains.' — C. Bunbury. Natal. 

 'Woodsia. 



W. Burgessiana, Oerr. MSS. Hab. : Tugela River, Natal. $. 

 Hymenopbyllum. 



H. rarum, R. Br. Hab. : Natal, and Cape Colony, ' ravines of 

 Table Mountain.' — W. H. Harvei/. Near Graham's Town. 



H. obtusum. Hook, et Am. Hab. : on Table Mountain, Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



H. £eruginosum, Carm. Hab. : on rooks, Tristan d'Acunha. $. 



H. Tunbridgense, Sm. (H. Dregeanum, Presl. ; H. Wilsoni, 

 Hook.). Hab. : Cape of Good Hope, Natal. 

 Trlcboxnanes. 



T. pusillum, Swz. (T. quercifolium, Hook. ^ Or. Ic. Fil. t. 116). 

 Hab. : Kranz-kop, Natal. 



T. Filicula, Bory. Hab. : Cape Colony, Natal. 



T. pyxidiferum, L. Hab. : Cape of Good Hope ; Natal, on moist 

 stones and trees in shady ravines, Field's Hill, near Richmond, &c. 

 1-2,500 feet. J. Sanderson ; Hook. Sf Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 206. 



T. tenerum, Sprengel (T. angustatum, Carm.). Hab. : Island of 

 Tristan d'Acunha. Hook. S,- Or. Ic. Fil. t. 166. 



T. rigidum, Sim. (T. atrictum. Hook. ^ Or. Ic. Fil. t. 122). 



