DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES 
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Var. Burchellii (A. Br.) Sim. 
Plate 172. Fig. 2. Nat. size. 
Rhizome short, freely branched, with a compact habit, 
hairy buds, and numerous leaves upon petioles about an inch 
long. Leaflets narrowly cuneate, one to two lines long, half 
line broad, slightly emarginate at the point, villose. Capsules 
one line long and broad, on a stipe one line long ; attached 
to the stalk along the whole base, nearly square, but with a 
distinct point at the upper corner, and rounded from that to 
the stipe. 
M. Burchellii A. Br. Baker, Fern Allies, 144; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 198; 
Sim, Ferns of S. Afr., 1st ed., 258 ; C. Chr. Ind. 417. 
M. quadrifolia, y. Burchellii. Kze, Linnaea, 10, 556. 
M. minuta. Burchell. 
M. pusilla. A. Br. 
M. pumila. Meyer. 
M. filiformis. Burch, (grown in water, so rather larger). 
“Cape (Drege ; Burchell, 1625,2123); Orange River (Backhouse), 57 
fide Kuhn. 
“Cape Colony as far North as the Transvaal 55 (Baker, Fern Allies, 
144); Papelfontein, Onder-Bokkeveld, 2200 ft (R. Schl. 10,909). 
Var. BILOBA (Willd.) Sim. 
Plate 172. Fig. 3. Nat. size. 
Rhizome wide creeping, with short branches on which the 
numerous leaves and capsules are thickly crowded. Leaflets 
two to six lines long, cuneate, and divided about halfway 
into two linear lobes ; petioles one to three inches long, 
slender ; capsule attached to the two to three line petiole 
by its whole base, somewhat ascending, nearly square, but 
with a point at the lower corner, and rounded at the upper 
corner ; one and a half lines long, one line broad, and set 
with red silky hairs. 
M. biloba Willd. Baker, Fern Allies, 144 ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 198 ; 
Sim, Ferns of S. Afr., 1st ed., 258; C. Chr. Ind. 417. 
M. glomerata. Presl. 
“ Cape, near Mossel Bay (Meuron), (Drege ; Burchell, 4444),” fide 
Kuhn; Lovedale (W. G. B. 729); Boterkloof {West), 2300 ft 
(R. Schl. 10,889); Gwelo {Rhodesia), (Gardner, 28); Transvaal 
(Burtt-Davy). 
