FEBXS OF N ATAX. 
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Gen. 63. — Todea, Willd. 
Sori on the hack of the leafy part of the frond. Texture of frond coriaceous. 
114. T. larbara, Moore ; caud. subarborescent ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., stout, 
erect, quadrangular, quite naked; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., often 1 ft. br. ; pinnae close, 
erecto-patent, 6-9 in. 1., l£-2 in. br. ; pinul. close, linear, erecto-patent, 1-TJ in. 
1., g-i in. br., the edge more or less distinctly toothed, the upper ones connected 
at the base ; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; sori dense, when mature 
filling up the whole under surfaces of the pinnules on which they are placed. 
( Toclea Africana, Willd.) Hab. : — By streams : Palmiet ; TJmbilo Falls ; 
about Pinetown ; Inanda ; and Noodsberg. 
Gen. 64. — Schiz.ea, Smith. 
i Daps, sessile, in 2-4 rows, which cover one side of close distichous spikes, which 
form separate fertile segments at the apex of the fronds. 
115. S. tenella, Kaulf. ; st. dense, ehesnut-brown, passing gradually into the 
i\, which is 6-8 in. 1., not very rigid, subcompressed, with a broad distinct midrib, 
. ind two equal wings, the whole about 1 lin. br. ; fertile segm. suberect, £-f in. 
., unilateral, with 4-8 rather stout erecto-patent spikes on each side, the lowest 
1 L 2-2 lin. 1. Hab.: -In streamlets, Iuvangwine. 
Gen. 65. — Anemia, Sw. 
daps, small, very abundant, forming a copiously-branched panicle, quite distinct 
from the leafy part of the frond. 
116. A. Dregeana, Kzc. ; st. 8-12 in. 1., firm, slightly villose ; barren segm. 
ub-sessile, 8-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., about equal in width in the lower half, with 
-12 pinnae on each side, which are 1-11 in. 1., -*-$ in. br., ovate-deltoid, unequal 
it t the base, the upper side subcordate, the edge inciso-crenatc ; texture sub- 
oriaceous ; racliis and surfaces finely villose, a distinct midrib often half-way to 
he apex ; panicle 3-4 in. 1., the lower branches elongated, on a peduncle about 
• s long as itself. Hab. : — Banks of Palmiet, and other streams behind tl\e Berea ; 
mush, Inanda ; Town Hill, Maritzburg ; Noodsberg. 
Gen. 66. — Mohria, Sw. 
Caps, sessile, placed on the back of the leafy frond near the edge. 
117. M. Caffrorum, Desv. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., slightly scaly; fr. 6-18 in. l. t 
-4 in. br., tripinnatifid ; pin me close, lanceolate-oblong, cut down to a narrowly - 
l| inged racliis into oblong pinnl., which are pinnatifid and deeply toothed in the 
II irrcn frond, less divided in the fertile one ; texture, herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; 
| .chiscs and under-surface more or less clothed with linear subulate pale-brown 
|| ales. This fern is fragrant when bruised. The vernacular name in the Old 
| olony is Brand -boschjes. (Mohr in thnrifraja, Sw.) Hab. : — Damp open places; 
|| mi moil over the colony. 
