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47. — L. pror. era, Spreng. ; {Osmund a Capensis, L., 
Lorn.. Capensis, Willd., Blechnum Capense, Schl , Lorn, 
cord if a, Desv ) Streamlets, open or shaded : Atter- 
cliffe ; Field’s-hill; Krantzkop; Inanda toUmpumulo; 
Greytown, to Richmond, 2,000-3, 000ft. above sea. 
Throughout bo. Africa. Trop. Amer , Malay, and 
Polyn. Is , Anstr., Tasm , N. Zealand — M. 
48. — L. Boryana, Willd ; ( L . tabularis, Melt., 
Pteris. Thbg , Blechnum tabulare, Kuhn, Lom. Majel- 
lanica, Desv , L. D dy air mice, P. & R , L. cycadoides, 
P. & R., the last being o dy an auricled form, often 
to be met with amongst ordinary forms, where the 
growth is luxuriant ) About springs in open land : 
2.000- 3,OOOft above sea. from Botha’s-hill through 
Inanda to Umpumulo. from Greytown to Richmond, 
and all between these lines. Throughout So. Africa. 
Angola, Masc Is.. W. Ind. to Straits of Magellan. — Iff. 
BLECHNUM. 
49 — B. Atherstoni, P. & R , regarded at Kew as 
only a Blechnoid variety of Lom. punctulata, Kze., 
but retained by Kuhn as a distinct species ; and we 
are inclined to agree with him. There is a Blechnoid 
form of L punctulata, resembling the normal plant 
in size ancl texture, and Scol. Krebsii is not much 
different in these respects, whereas this plant is 
large and coarse, of quite coriaceous texture, and in- 
distinct venation, with a very tough stipes. It hat 
often a creeping rhizome. The sori are usually quite 
Blechnoid in the upper part of the frond ; in the 
middle and lower parts, where the sori gradually 
draw away from the rachis to the tips of the pinnae, 
the inner portion of the fructification is broken up 
into small dots, somewhat as in a Doodia. But in all 
cases the soii lie close to the midrib; never, as in 
Scol. Krebsii, midway towards or near to the margin. 
Its habitat is never, like the latter and L. punctulata, 
in wet places, but usually the comparatively dry 
upper margins of bush. Inanda; Grt. Noodsberg 
(very fine); Umpumulo; Karkloof ; near Grahams- 
town, Cape. — M.U. 
50 . — Blechnum australe, L. ; (B. rigidum, Sw., B. 
hastatum & tricuspe, Klf., Lomaria pumila, P. & R.) 
Rocks and shady banks; Greytown; Nottingham; 
Cathkin ; very fine beside Iskoti, Little Noodsberg ; 
3.000- 5,O00ft. above sea. Throughout S. Africa. 
Masc. Is. (to which Kuhn adds Asia & So. Amer ) 
-U.M. 
