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barren ones 2-4 in. 1., J-l in. br., entire, often blunt, narrowed gradually at the 
base, tbe fertile ones longer and narrower; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked, 
areolae in several rows, that containing the uniserial sori tbe largest, the free 
veinlets few and inconspicuous. (Pleopeltis lycopodioides, Presl.) Hab. 
Trees and rocks, Inanda ; Kruis Fontein, Tongaat ; Umbilo ; Umblatuzan ; com- 
mon. 
95. -P. Maclcenii, Baker ; rhizome epigaeous, 1 in. thick, very wide-creeping, 
the scales lanceolate-acuminate, pale reddish-brown ; fr. distant, nearly sessile, 
4-5 in. 1., |-v in. br., the point subacute, the edge entire, the base narrowed 
■rather suddenly ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides quite naked ; areola: in one 
large central row, which contains the sori, and one of smaller ones on each side, 
with free veinlets ; sori round in a single row nearer the midrib than the edge. 
Hab. : — In a ravine, Village of Verulam ; also on trees and rocks, Nonoti. 
96. P. nor male, Don ; rhizome woody, scandent, clothed with deciduous 
alack fibrillose scales ; st. 1-3 in. 1., stramineous ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 1-2 in. br., entire, 
narrowed gradually to both ends ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; no 
distinct main veins, but the tine veinlets slightly raised, forming copious irregular 
ireolee, with free included veinlets ; sori large, prominent, not immersed, in a 
ow not far from the midrib. Hab. : — Moist rocks in bush, Town Hill ; Ricli- 
nond ; and York. 
97. P. irioides, Lam. ; rhizome stout, the scales dark-brown, ovate, obtuse ; 
r. sessile or subsessile, 1-3 ft. 1., 1-3 in. br., narrowed gradually to both ends, 
he edge entire ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; main veins fine, 
ut distinct to the edge, connected by cross veinlets larger than the others, with 
apious fine areola: in the interspaces, including free veinlets ; sori very small 
ad copious, scattered irregularly. (Phymatodes irioides, Presl.) Hab. Trees 
l the Coast bush ; on rocks at Palmiet River, near Clare ; and Inanda. 
98. P. phymatodes, L. ; rhizome wide-creeping, woody, the scales dark-brown, 
brillose ; st. 3-12 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy ; frond varying from simple, oblong- 
nceolate, to 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. br., cut down to a broadly -winged racliis into numerous 
ltire acuminate lanceolate -oblong lobes 4-8 in. L, 1-1* in. br., texture coriaceous ; 
>th sides naked; no distinct main veins ; areolffi fine, with copious free veinlets ; 
ri large, more or less immersed, 1-2 serial or scattered. ( Phymatodes vulgaris, 
resl.) Hab. : — In the bush around Durban and West-end Park. 
Gen. 50. — Nothochlasna, R. Br. 
iri marginal, at first oblong or roundish, soon confluent into a continuous 
marginal line, without a distinct involucre, but with the edge of the frond 
frequently indexed. Veins free. 
99. N. inis quails, Kze. ; rhizome stout, the scales long, dense, fibrillose, 
ight- ferruginous ; st. 3-6 in. 1., firm, erect, naked, stout, ebeneous ; fr. 4-6 in. 
2-3 in. br., lanceolate or subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; upper pinna: lanceolate, 
rer deltoid, with blunt lanceolate pinnatifid pinnl. ; texture thick ; both sur- 
