i'ERNS or XATAE. 
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72. A. Capense, Willd. ; st. scattered, 1-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, greyish, densely 
icaly below ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br. subdeltoid ; lowest pinnae the largest, 
!-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. and segm. lanceolate, the latter bluntly lobed, 
he teeth not mucronate ; texture very coriaceous ; rachis strong, polished ; 
oth surfaces naked; veins immersed, pinnate ; sori 1 lin. br., in two rows filling 
learly the space between midrib and edge. {A. coriaceum, Sw.) Hab. : — 
Joist rocks ; on the Inchanga ; bush, Great Noodsberg ; Townhill, Maritz- 
>urg. 
73. A. frondosum, Lowe ; st. scattered, 1-2 ft. 1., strong, straw-coloured or 
ale-brown, polished, densely scaly below ; fr. 18-24 in. 1., 1 ft. or more br., 
nbdeltoid, the lower pinnae much the largest, 6-12 in. L, 3-4 in. br., long- 
alked ; pinnl. lanceolate, erecto-pateut ; segm. very unequal-sided, pinnatifid 
itli rounded mucronate lobes, obliquely truncate at the base below ; texture, 
kabcoriaceous ; rachis glossy, stramineous ; both surfaces naked ; lateral veins of 
bes often forked ; sori large, copious, principally in two rows near the midrib, 
ab. : — Ravines near Peel’s on the Umlass; Kranz Kop ; Townhill ; No t ting - 
am. 
74. A. aristalum, Sw. ; rhizome creeping, st. scattered, 12-18 in. 1., clothed, 
I specially below, with linear or fibrillose scales ; from 1-2 ft. 1., 9-12 in. br., 
irate-deltoid, tri- or quadripinnatifid ; lower pinna; largest, 6-9 in. L, 3-4 in. 
., subdeltoid ; lowest pinnl. much the largest, lanceolate-deltoid, 2-4 in. 1., 
.th subdeltoid lower segm. ; teeth copious, aristate ; texture, subcoriaceous, 
assy ; both surfaces naked ; rachis nearly so ; sori small, principally in two 
ws near the midrib ; invol. sometimes reniform. Hab. : — Natal. 
75. A. falcatnm, Sw. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in 1., densely clothed below with large 
rk scales ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinna; numerous, the 
ver ones stalked, ovate-acuminate, falcate, 4 to 6 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., the edge 
tire or slightly undulated, the upper side narrowed suddenly, sometimes 
■ ricled, the lower rounded or obliquely truncate at the base ; texture, coriace- 
5 ; both surfaces naked, the upper one glossy ; sori small, copious, scattered. 
yrtomium falcatnm , Presl.) Hab. : — In drier parts of bush ; Townhill, 
rtermaritzburg ; Nottingham to the Berg. 
Gen. 44. — NEniitODirsr, Rich. 
i subglobose, dorsal or terminal on the veinlets. Invol. cordato -reniform, 
attached by the sinus. 
6. N. Berglanum, Baker ; st. 6-12 in. 1., naked or finely villose ; fr. 1* to 2 
long, 6-10 in. br. ; pinna; 3-5 in. 1., J in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis 
> close entire lobes J in. br. ; texture, herbaceous ; rachis and under side 
•e or less villose ; veinlets 6-8 on a side ; sori medial ; invol. small, fugacious. 
strea patens , Presl.) Hab. : — Ravines at Kranz Kloof ; Kranz Kop ; Pal- 
, t, near Clare ; Maritzburg. 
'. N. Thelypterls (Harsh Bucklcr-fern), Desv. ; rhizome slender, wide- 
