DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES 
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Aspidium Macleaii. Baker in Hook. Ic. PI. tab. 1654, 1886 ; Sim, 
Ferns of S. Afr., 1st ed., 170. 
Transkei. — Bazija (Rev. R. Baur ; MacOwan). 
Transvaal. — Wet Kloofs, Pilgrim’s Rest, Drakensberg (J. H. McLea, 
No. 34; Herb. Bolus, 3030); Macamac (Ayres, Buchanan’s List, 
No. 3, page 30). 
Genus 11. CYRTOMIUM Presl. 
Veins anastomosing somewhat; other characters as in 
Polystichum. 
42. Cyrtomium falcatum (L. fil.) Pr. 
Plate 32. Frond reduced, b Pinna, nat. size. 
Crown erect, abundantly paleaceous, with large, black, 
pointed scales. Fronds coriaceous, glabrous, shining, dark 
green, simply pinnate, two feet long, six to eight inches 
broad, and with a stout stipe six to nine inches long, with 
numerous large scales at the base. Pinnae six to ten pairs, 
sub-opposite, -shortly stalked, widely lanceolate, or ovate, with 
a falcate, acuminate point ; the base often unequal, the lower 
side being cut away and the upper side rounded. Margin 
finely toothed, or nearly entire. Veins often anastomosing 
into a regular network. Sori abundant, irregular, half-line 
diameter. 
With the distinction drawn between Aspidium and Po- 
lystichum that the former has copiously anastomosing veins> 
while the latter has the veins free or nearly so, this fern 
holds an intermediate place, being somewhat irregular in this 
respect, but the network is always present, and usually very 
considerable. 
Cyrtomium falcatum Presl, Tent. 86, 1836; Pappe and Rawson, 15 ; 
C. Chr. Index Filicum , Suppl. 1906-1912, 101. 
Polystichum falcatum (Linn. fil.). Diels, Nat. Pfl. i 4 , 194, 1899 ; 
C. Chr. Index , 581. 
Aspidium falcatum. Swartz, 1801 ; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 257 ; 
Wood, Natal Ferns , 26 ; Sim, Ferns of S. Afr ., 1st ed., 171. 
Aspidium anomophyllum. Zenk. PI. Ind. ; Kunze, Linnaea , 24, 277 ; 
Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 125. 
South Asia and South Africa ; growing in deep shade. 
