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FERNS OF NATAL. 
faces densely coated with, ferruginous, woolly tomentum ; the racliis nearly 
naked. Hab. Dry precipitous rocks, with northern exposure, near Baloocln s 
10o'. N. JEckloniana, Kunze ; rhizome woody, the scales lanceolate, dense, 
bright-ferruginous ; st. 3-6 in. 1., strong, erect, scaly ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., 
bi-tripinnatifid ; upper pinna) close, the lower ones subdistant, deltoid ; pinnl. 
close, lanceolate, pinnatifid or pinnate, with short oblong segm. ; texture thick, 
coriaceous ; upper surface pale-green, lower and racliis densely clothed with 
bright-ferruginous scales. Hab. Open rocky places, Greytowu, Xoodsberg, 
Richmond, Cathkiu ; the Dargle ; Bisliopstowe. 
101. N. Buchanani, Baker ; st. tufted, slender, villose, bright chesnut-brown, 
3-4 in. 1.; fr. 14-2 in. 1., 1-14 in. br., subdeltoid, with 2-3 pairs of distinct pinnae 
below the deeply-pinnatifid apex, the lowest much the largest, cut down to the 
racliis at the base into oblong blunt repand pinnl., that on the lowei side » 
in. 1. ; texture, herbaceous ; racliis and both sides densely clothed with spread- 
ing whitish, or ferruginous hairs ; sori copious, brownish, quite marginal. 
Hab. At base of damp rocks, with southern exposure, Great and Little 
Noodsberg and Inanda. 
Gen. 52. — Gymnogramme, Desv. 
Sori arising from the veins over the under surface of the trond, linear or linear - 
oblong, simple or forked. 
102. G. Totla, Schlecht. ; rhizome decumbent; st. subtufted, 6-12 in. 1., 
slightly scaly below ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-10 in. br., bipinnatifid ; pinna) lanceolate, 
3-5 in. 1., J-l in. br., with blunt entire lobes 14-2 liu. br., which reach about 
halfway down ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both sides finely villose ; 
veinlets pinnate in the lobes, with 5-6 veinlets on a side, with the linear-oblong 
sori medial. ( Grammitis Totta, Presl.) Hab. Close by streamlets iu bush ; 
KranzKop; Fort Buckingham ; Towuhill, Maritzburg ; and Nottingham. 
103. G. cordata, Schlecht. ; st. tufted, 1-2 iu. 1., glossy, cbeneous, more or 
less scaly ; fr. 3-6 in. 1 ., 14-2 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, bipinnatifid ; pinna) ob- 
long, with a broad centre and suborbicular deeply-toothed lobes ; texture, sub- 
coriaceous ; veins flabellate, upper surface naked, lower densely coated with 
ovate acuminate ferruginous scales ; sori linear, ultimately subconflueut . 
(Ceterach capense, Kze.) Hab. : — On rocks and in bush ; near Spriugvale ; 
at Mooi River ; Cathkin ; above Bisliopstowe ; Umlaas Upper Drift. 
104. G. rosea, Desv. ; st. tufted, slender, 3-6 in. 1., dark chesnut-brown, 
glossy ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., subdeltoid, quadripinuatifid ; pinna) not numerous, often 
distant, deltoid, the lower ones 3-4 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnl. and segm. deltoid, the 
ult. divisions small, flabollato-cuneate ; texture, herbaceous ; powder white, or 
tinged with red ; sori pale-brown. ( Gymnogramme conspersa, Kze.) Hab. 
On the faces of rocks in deep ravines ; Noodsberg ; abundant iu bush on Isang- 
