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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
117. Notholaena Buchanani Baker. 
Plate 108. Fig. 1. Nat. size. 
Crown procumbent, paleaceous, with long linear red scales. 
Frond three-pinnatifid, deltoid, herbaceous or sub-coriaceous, 
one to six inches long, one to four inches broad, with a 
stipe one to four inches long, set with spreading hairs, or, 
when old, black and naked. Pinnae about six opposite pairs, 
oblong, obtuse, pinnatifid, the upper united, the lower un- 
equally deltoid, cut quite to the mid-rib into distinct decurrent 
pinnatifid pinnules, largest on the lower side. Upper surface 
woolly ; lower surface clothed with spreading woolly light 
brown tomentum or hairs. Sori abundant, easily seen, mar- 
ginal. Generally this appears quite distinct from N. inaequalis , 
especially in small specimens ; but I have seen specimens 
which were almost indistinguishable, and am doubtful whether 
they are not conditional forms of one species. 
N. Buchanani Baker in Hk. and Bkr. Syn. Fit. 373, 1868; Sim, 
Ferns of S. Afr. 1st ed. 207; C. Chr. Index , 459. 
Natal. — On damp rocks under shade, always with a southerly aspect, 
not common (Wood); Great and Little Noodsberg and Inanda 
(McKen) ; Umpumulo, 2000 to 3000 feet (Buchanan). 
Kaffraria. — Port Stjohn’s (Flanagan, 2580); Toise River (Dr Brownlee). 
Transvaal. — Marovuni (Burtt-Davy, 225). 
Rhodesia. — Matopo Hills under overhanging rocks near the “View” 
(Miss Gibbs, 70). 
1 18. Notholaena Eckloniana Kze. 
Plate 107. Fig. 2. ■ Nat. size. 
Rhizome short, procumbent, hard, with lanceolate, chaffy, 
white or rufous scales. Frond sub-coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 
three-pinnatifid, two to eight inches long, one to two inches 
broad, with a stout, woolly, or paleaceous stipe, three to six 
inches long. Pinnae eight to fifteen opposite pairs, ovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse, pinnatifid, the lower ones largest, unequally 
deltoid, with several large, oblong, pinnatifid pinnules on the 
