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sori distant from the midrib ; caps, naked. Hab. : — In marsh, under bush, 
head of Natal Bay. 
Gen. 45. — Nefuholepis. (Schott.) 
' Sori round, arising from the apex of the upper branch of a vein, generally near 
the edge. Invol. reniform or roundish, veins free. 
83. N. exaltata, Schott ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., firm, naked, or slightly scaly •' 
fr. 1-2 ft. or more 1., 3-6 in. br. ; pinnae close, 1J-3 in. 1., £-) in. br., usually 
acute, the edge entire or slightly crenate, the upper side auricled, the lower 
rounded at the base, texture sub-coriaceous ; racliis and both sides nearly naked ; 
sori submargiual ; invol. firm, distinctly reniform. Ilab. : — Bush swamp, head 
of Natal Bay. 
Gen. 46. — Oleandb.y. (Cav.) 
s Sori round, inserted in a row near the baso or below the centre of the compact 
free vcinlets. Invol. reniform. 
84. U. articulata, Cav. ; shoots firm, suberoct, wide- climbing, clothed with 
linear - subulate adpressed scales; st. scattered, sometimes opposite but not 
whorled, 1-2 in. 1., with the joint close to the base ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 1 1-2 in. br. ; 
i texture subcoriaceous ; midrib beneath slightly scaly : sori in two irregular rows, 
often some distance from the midrib. ( 0. neriiformis, Hk.) Hab. : — On 
rocks, Inchanga ; Town Hill Bush ; Kranzkloof ; Great Noodsberg ; Inanda. 
Gen. '18. — POLYFODIUM. (L.) 
: lori naked, dorsal, round or rarely oblong, not more than twice as long as broad. 
85. P. prolifermi, Prosl. ; rhizome stout, creeping ; st. spreading, naked, 2-8 
n. 1. ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., or more, 6-12 in. br., erect or decumbent, often elongated 
.nd rooting at the point, and branching copiously from the axils ; pinna? 4-6 in. 
£-f in. br. broadest at the base, truncate or cordate, the edge bluntly lobed 
aore than 1 lin. deep, the point often blunt ; texture subcoriaceous ; racliis and 
under side naked or slightly pubescent ; veinlets fine, 6-10 on a side ; sori medial, 
■val, sometimes confluent. ( Goniopleris prolifera.J Hab. : — Marshy places 
tear Umgeni brickfields. 
86. P. unilum, Hk. ; st. 1-11 ft. 1. slender, naked, fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; pinna- 
-6 in. 1., f-y in. br. the apex acuminate, the edge bluntly lobed about a quarter 
f the way down, the base truncate ; texture firm-herbaceous ; racliis and both 
ides naked ; veinlets 5-6 on a side ; sori close to the main veins. ( Goniopteris 
\ ilvatiea , P. and R.) Hab. : — Beside streamlets iu bush, Inanda ; Great 
foodsberg ; Fort Buckingham ; Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg. 
87. F. vul/jare, Linn, (common polypody) rhizome stout, the scales bright- 
wrruginous ; st. 2-4 in. 1., firm, erect, stramineous ; fr. 6-12 in. 1. ; 3-6 in. br., 
it down nearly or quite to the racliis into close entire or slightly toothed 
- sually blunt pinna? )- ' in. br. ; texture herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; both sides 
