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the heights above Karkloof and Riet Ylei. Gathered 
also by Sir Ii. Barkly in Basutoland. Not known in 
Cape. Cosmopolitan.— U. 
75. — A. (Athyr ) Schimperi. A. Br. ; (formerly mis- 
taken for A. Filix-fcemina. but at once distinguished 
from it by its creeping rhizome.) About exposed but 
damp rocks in Nottingham and Karkloof districts ; 
and in bush at Cathkin, fine; 4,000-5,000ft. above sea. 
Appears at Umpumulo, 2,500ft. Abyssinia, — [J. 
76. — A. (Athyr.) aspidioides , Schl. ; (Allantodia, 
Kze., Aspid. scandicinum , Willd., Athyrium laxum, 
P. & R.. as shown in Rawson Herbarium ) Ye y wet 
places in shade; Kranskop; Noodsberg; Umpumulo; 
Karkloof to Richmond Throughout So. Africa. 
Fernando Po, Masc. Is., Neilgherries, Sandwich Is., 
and Ecuador. — M.U 
[Actiniopteris radiata. Link. ; ( Blcchnum radiatum, 
Pr.) Gathered by Mr. Todd in the Transvaal; is 
probably to be found also in the northern portion of 
Natal. Lady Barkly gives Griqualand West as a 
habitat. Zambezi, Abyssinia, Egypt, Angola, Masc. 
Is., Ar-abia, Ceylon, India, Ava.] 
DIDYMOCHL/ENA. 
77. — T). lunulata, Desv. ; ( D. dimidiata, Kze.) 
Wet shady places; Inanda; Maritzburg Town-hill; 
I npumulo ; 2, 000-3, 000ft. above sea. W. Trop. Afr., 
Masc Is., Malay Penins. and Is., Fiji, and Trop. 
America. Kuhn regards our plant as a var. 
( dimidiata ) of 1). lunulata , and confines it to Natal. 
-M. 
ASF1DIUM. 
78. — A. ( Polystichum ) aculeatum, Sw.; ( Polystichum 
augulare , Pr., but not P. pungens, P. & R. as quoted 
here by Kuhn. It is the British ‘ Prickly Shield 
Fern.’) Abundant in bush ; from Maritzburg Town- 
hid and Karkloof to the Drakensberg, 3, 000-7, 000ft. 
above sea. One solitary plant has been seen on the 
Little Noodsberg. E. Prov. Cape. Cosmopolitan. — U. 
79. — A. ( Polyst .) luctuosum, Kze ; (Polystichum 
luctuosum, P. & R.,) regarded at Kew as only a var. 
of No. 78.) Bush, not usually beside water ; Maritz- 
burg Town-hill, and Nottingham. 3,000- 4,000ft. E. 
Prov. Cape, and Kafraria.— ' U. 
80. — A. ( Polyst.) pungens, Kaulf. ; (Polyst. pungens, 
P and R., distinguished at once from No. 78 by its 
running rhizome.) In bush, but not beside water ; 
