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naked ; veinlets pinnate ; sori large, uniserial. Hab. : — Sources of Mooi River ; 
bush on tbe farm Lyndoeb ; the Dargle. 
88. P. ensiforme, Tkunb. ; rliizome stout, the scales linear, ferruginous, 
fimbriated ; st. 4-6 in. 1., stout, erect, naked ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with a 
ligidate terminal pinna 3-4 in. 1., { in. br., and several distant similar erecto- 
patent ones on each side, which are decurrent at the base ; texture very thick ; 
both sides naked ; veins immersed ; areola: uniserial, the sori large, distinctly 
immersed. Hab. : — Natal. 
89. P. incanum, Sw. ; rhizome woody, wide-creeping, the scales small, dense, 
dull brown, fibrillose ; st. 1-4 in. 1., firm, erect, furfuraceous ; fr. 2-4 in. 1., 1-li in. 
br., cut down to the rachis into subdistant spreading entire blunt pinna} 1-li 
liu. br. dilated at the base ; texture coriaceous, under side densely scaly ; veins 
united or frequently free: sori uniserial. (P. Ecklonis, Kze.) Hab.: — On 
trees, Cowie’s Hill ; Kranzkop ; Maritzburg ; and everywhere in upland bush. 
90. P. Africanum, Mett. ; rhizome stout, densely clothed with large grey 
ovate scales ; fr. subsessile, 6-12 in. 1 ., 1-1 ' in. br., narrowed gradually to both 
ends, the edge entire ; texture coriaceous ; upper surface naked, lower densely 
coated with close nearly white (omentum ; veins immersed ; sori close, bright- 
coloured, spread over the whole of the upper part of the frond, sunk in the 
tomentum. ( Nipliobolus African us, Kze.) Hab. : — On a rocky hill (Dacomb’s 
Kop), Oakford, Umhloti ; in ravines at Spring Vale, Umkomanzi ; on trees in 
a marsh near sources of Omoa. 
91. P. Schraderi, Mett.; rhizome firm, short -creeping, the scales black, 
fibrillose ; fr. 3-5 in 1., .)-$ in. br., narrowed gradually' upwards and below 
into a short stem or the base, the edge entire ; texture subeoriaceous, no main 
veins ; areola' fine, irregular, with free veinlets ; sori large, in a single row on 
each side, close to the midrib. (Phy mat odes elonyata, Presl.) Hab. : — On 
trees and moist shady rocks over the colony. 
92. P. lineare, Tliunb. ; rhizome wide-creeping, woody, the scales lanceolate, 
dull brown ; st. varying from almost none to 1-2 in. 1. ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., J-2 in. br., 
entire, narrowed gradually to both ends ; texture subeoriaceous ; both sides nearly 
naked ; areola) fine, with copious free veinlets ; sori distinctly immersed, large, 
prominent, forming a single row nearer the midrib than file edge ; when young, 
covered with copious peltate scales. Hab. : — Forest near York. 
93. P. lanceolatum, Linn. ; rhizome wiry, w ide-creeping, the scales lanceo- 
late, ndpressed, bright -ferruginous ; st. distant, 1-3 in. 1., firm, erect; fr. 3-9 in. 
1., J-t in. br., narrowed gradually to both ends ; texture coriaceous ; both sides, 
especially the under one, more or less thickly coated with fine peltate scales ; 
veins immersed, hidden ; areola: without free veinlets ; sori large, uniserial, 
immersed, often reaching from the midrib to the edge. ( Pluopeltis lepidota, 
Presl.) Hab. : — On trees in moist places ; common from Inanda, inland. 
94. P. lycopodioides, L. ; rhizome wide-creeping, firm ; the scales lanceolate- 
subulate, ferruginous; fr. distant, dimorphous, short- stalked or sessile, the 
