THE PERIS OF NATAL 
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EEYISED LIST, 1875. 
GLEICHENIA. 
1. — G. polypodioides, Sm. On rocks and" moist 
banks ; often in large pendulous masses: Kianskloof; 
Inanda ; Noodsberg ; Umpumulo; Maritzburg Town- 
bill ; fine in a ditch at Radley's ; Magalisberg, and 
throughout South Africa to Angola. — M. 
G. argentea, Klf. {G. glauca, Sw.,) a Cape plant, is 
only a variety. 
2. — G. (Mertensia) umbraculifera, Moore ; (Mert. 
umbraculifera, Kze.) On moist open slopes ; usually 
in extensive beds about the upper margins of bush, 
2, 000-3, 000ft. above sea; behind Half-way House; 
Noodsberg ; Umpumulo ; Greytown ; Town-hill of iVIa- 
ritzburg ; Richmond ; abounds on Drakensberg at 
Cathkin ; Kafraria — U.M. 
3. — G. (Mertensia) dichotoma, Willd. ; {Mert. diclio- 
toma, Kze , Mesosorus, Hassk.) Discovered 1874 at 
Umpumulo, on a moist open slope, facing the south, 
in bush, near the top of a hill, two miles W. by S. of 
the Mission Station, about 2,500ft. elevation ; through- 
out the Tropics. — M. 
CYATIIEA. 
4. — C. Dregei, Kze. A tree-fern, common in open 
places near water, from Westville to the Drakens- 
berg ; Kafraria to the Zambezi. — N. 
C. Burkei, Hk., in the Transvaal, is a mere variety. 
HEMITELIA. 
5. — II. ( Amphicosmia) Capensis, R. Br. ; {Amp hie. 
riparia, Gardn. Alsophila Capensis, J. Sm., As- 
pidium, Sw.) An elegant tree-fern, common in the 
Gape, found in Natal only by streamlets in bush. 
In the range of hills extending from the Inanda to 
Umpumulo, 2, 000-3, 000ft. above sea. Occurs also on 
Town-hill of MdHtzburg ; Mauritius, Comoro Islands, 
Java, Brazil. — M. 
WOODSIA. 
6. — W. { Physematium ) Burgessiana, Gerr. Rocks ; 
at Liddesdale; Nottingham; Lynedoch; Karkloof; 
