DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES 
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or luxuriant condition of P. lycopodioides , and this is admitted 
by Baker in Syn. Fil. 
Polypodium lycopodioides Linn., var. Mackenii , Sim, Ferns of S. Afr ., 
1st ed., 203. 
P. Mackenii. Baker, Syn. Fil. 357; C. Chr. Ind. 542. 
Natal. — In a ravine, village of Verulam, and at Nonoti (McKen); 
coast districts (T. R. Sim). 
163. Polypodium loxogramme Mett. 
Plate 146. Nat. size, b Sporeling plant. 
Rhizome creeping, slender, six to twelve inches long, not 
wiry, but clothed with pointed, adpressed, small, dark scales. 
Fronds simple, entire, glabrous, thickly sub-coriaceous, or 
when dry flaccid, four to twelve inches long, one-half to one 
inch broad, lanceolate, pointed, tapering gradually down to 
the base, where there is only a winged mid-rib but seldom 
a distinct stipe. Veins hidden, anastomosing. Sori oblong, 
oblique, as in Asplenium, immersed, medial. 
It generally grows among moss on stones in deep shade, 
often pendent. Roots furnished with black tomentum. 
This has the habit and appearance of Polypodium lineare , 
but the fronds are more succulent, and the sori elongated and 
sunk. 
Polypodium loxogramme. Mett. Polyp. No. 216 (1857); Kuhn, Fil. 
Afr. 148; C. Chr. Ind. 541. 
Gymnogramme lanceolata. Hk. Sp. 5, 157; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 
387; Wood’s Natal Ferns , 35; Sim, Ferns of S. Africa , 1st ed. 216. 
Grammitis lanceolata. Sw. 
Asia, Polynesia, and Africa. 
Kaff. — Bazija (Baur); frequent in the forests, Perie, Frankfort, etc. 
Natal. — Common from Noodsberg to the Drakensberg (McKen) ; 
Umpumulo, Greytown, etc., 3000 to 4000 feet (Buchanan); upper 
and midland districts (Wood). 
Transvaal. — (McLea); Marovuni (Burtt-Davy, 280). 
Rhodesia. — Umtali (Mrs Bennett); Chirinda, 3080 ft; Mt Pene, 
7000 ft (Swyn. 814, 6020). 
164. Polypodium Billardieri (Willd.). C. Chr. Ind. 
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Unknown to us, but included by Christensen as from 
