ferns of natal. a. 
P- prolife rum, 
. , , . „ ( Woles, offspring ; fern, I bear ) 
g ro,vSs7„ e di° S pkSs^ TudISS 11,0 appeara " ee °f ««»». 
and sometimes deJuS« aod tot U » 7^ "'“ h !“ '* «J *>■««">•• ««-. 
rl«7e i ^^7f, 1 s r*7 0, 7 ,MS% 7 :!; “- ^M.ut.T'nte 
^cSS" 8 “S u ‘3-“ Se » f 3 w! “ 
s 
P. unitum. 
Islands 11 ThTtf T iDg P ' ant found onl - v in s - Africa, and Mascarene 
and 
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Section Eu-Polypodicm, 
P y M ^ are Free veins and articulated’fronds. 
and°id™itie^ 0 \vdh^Uie f "offsh” pfi j ““t ° r , ‘ W ° pkces "P-'™"*7. 
scalv • stipes strnw-lil-o • r ° i i Foly P ody : lts rhizome is creeping and 
down’to the rachis and tl/ r ° n f d lan . ceolate ™ outline, either divided quite 
at the base and in 1 lo t i itL'I i P ln ™ te .. op the pinn* are joined togeiher 
wTch ™,™i^7 n V 3 im[7°h' S ;, am i P r d T S fr r «* Kh. foAed vLSet 
apices; tl.e sori are confined to the upper portfoil^f the" !™ d ' Q | Cl “ b ' Shaped 
ttmes covering the under surface of ^ 
Section Goniophle bium, 
( gonium , an angle ; phlebs, a vein). 
Venules anastomosing; with free veinlets in the basal areolse 
P. incanum, 
T th s,ender - scal y> creeping rhizome; the fronds which 
a.e ;-4 inches long, are cut down to the rachis into oblong blunt pin™ 
which are at nearly right angles to the rachis, dilated at the'hase the^ndm 
•• fi-equenUy free.” We have not seen or heard of any specimen bei^ found 
th ■*"? anastomosing veins, but our plant appears to be sS iden 
tica 1 both in habit and appearance, with specimens from other parts of 
b , ' V f°tl d liavin ® umt . ed veins, that it does not seem to be safely separable 
of Phe^ptfrU* iemain UUder PreS6nt SeCti ° D) althou 8 b U has the venation 
