DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES 
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196. O. lusitanicum. Barren frond linear-lanceolate; plant one 
to three inches high. 
197. O.nudicaule. Barren frond ovate-lanceolate ; plant one to 
three inches high. Barren segment united low. 
198. O. cape?ise. Frond ovate, tapering to the base, with a 
more or less distinct mid-rib. Barren segment united high ; 
plant four to eight inches high. 
199. O. reticulatum . P'rond cordate at the base, veins reticu- 
lated, without distinct mid-rib. Larger than the other species. 
195. Ophioglossum Bergianum Schl. 
Plate 167. Fig. 1. Nat. size. 
Crown erect, not bulbous, bearing four to eight fronds ; 
the barren and fertile fronds separate to the base ; barren 
fronds one to three inches long, one-half to one line broad, 
fleshy, tapering below to a narrow yellow stipe ; fertile frond 
one to one and a half inches long, quite linear, with quarter- 
inch fertile, placed quarter inch or so below the point, 
which is sometimes linear and sometimes a flattened lamina. 
The fertile part has four to eight pairs of capsules, placed 
together. A very distinct little plant, collected many years 
ago as below, but not found since, till 1892, when it was again 
found near Cape Town by Mr R. Schlechter. 
He collected somewhat similar plants in several localities 
near Cape Town and distributed specimens, considering that 
his 989 was typical O. Bergianum Schl., and that his 1017 
and 1058 were a variety of the same, which he named var. 
Harveyanum. The latter however are Schlechtendal’s O. 
Bergianum, as figured in Hooker’s leones Plantarum , plate 263, 
and correspond with Harvey and Pappe’s specimens. The 
name var. Harveyanum must therefore sink. These speci- 
mens are (1017) from Table Mountain, above Orange Kloof, 
700 to 1000 ft alt., and (1058) from moist sandy ground near 
Wynberg, 80 ft alt., and Schlechter’s 10,843 collected at 
Lammkraal, Clan william, in 1897 also belongs to this. There 
is an evident misprint in Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 447, 
where the barren frond is described as one-half to one 
line long. 
