FEKNS 01? NATAL. 
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., l|-2 in. br., cnfc down into numerous close-placed horizontal pinna; on each 
ride, the central ones 1 in. 1., £-f in. br., cut down throughout nearly to the 
*ntre into simple or forked erecto -patent pinnl., the lowest on the under side 
mispressed ; texture, herbaceous ; rachis compressed, winged ; veins, one to 
.•achsegm; sori sohtary, sub-marginal. Hab.: — Natal. 
62. A brachypteron, Kunze ; st. tufted 2-4 in. long, wiry, naked ; fr. 4-6 in, 1., 
l-l f in. br., with 12-25 horizontal pinnro on each side, of which from half to 
t iearly the whole of the lower side is cut away, the largest -J-f in. 1., cut down 
0 the rachis into simple or forked linear pinnl. 1-1 i lin. 1. ; texture, herbaceous ; 
■achis slender, naked ; sori solitary, often quite marginal. Hab. : — Moist 
■ocks, in bush ; the Inanda ; Townhill, Pietermaritzburg. 
63. A. Dregeanum, Kunze ; st. 2-4 in. 1., grey, naked ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. 
ir., flaccid and rooting at the point, with numerous flaccid pinnae on each side, 
ome of which have half the lower side cut away ; the largest 1-1£ in. 1., cut 
own into simple or slightly-forked linear pinnl., )- j] in. 1. ; texture, herbaceous ; 
'.achis naked; sori solitary, submarginal. Very doubtfully distinct Horn A. 
rachypteron , with which it is joined by Mettenius. Hab. : — Natal. 
64. A. fiaccidum, Forst. ; st. tufted 4-8 in. 1., stout, greenish, naked ; fr. 1-3 
:. 1., 4-8 in. br., often pendent, with numerous close or distant lanceolate pinna;. 
Inch are 4-8 in. 1., |--f in. br., sometimes rather rigid and recurved, sometimes 
uite flaccid and drooping like the main rachis, sometimes deeply pinnatifid, but 
lore often cut down to the thick rachis in oblique or subfalcate narrow linear 
>bes ; texture thick, subcoriaceous ; rachis naked, pale-green, like the frond, 
impressed upwards ; veins obscure, one in each lobe ; sori in the divided form 
nite marginal. (A. Odontites, It. Br.) Hab. : — Natal. 
65. A. ruteefolium, Kunze ; st. tufted, 6-9 iu. 1., compressed, greenish, naked ; 
. 6-15 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., with 12-20 pinna; on each side, the lowest subdeltoid, 
in. or more 1., cut down to the rachis into numerous erecto-patent distant 
nnl. on each side, the lowest on the upper side again cut down into erecto- 
ttont linear segm., the lowest on the under side suppressed ; texture, coriace- 
is ; rachis compressed ; colour pale-green ; sori small, marginal. (A. stems. 
zo.) Hab. : — On trees and drier parts of bush ; Palmiet near Clare ; Um- 
lo ; Kranz Kloof ; Kranz Kop ; Inanda ; Maritzburg ; Richmond. 
66. A. Thunbergii, Kunze ; st. tufted, 3-4 iu. 1., firm, naked, greyish ; fr. 
15 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with numerous pinnae on 
ch side, the largest 2 in. 1., 1 in. br., bluutish at the point, truncate at the 
sse on the lower side, regularly cut down throughout to a broadly-winged 
chis into blunt pinnls., 1 line br., the lowest larger and often again pinnatifid ; 
1 Eture, herbaceous ; rachis compressed and flaccid upwards ; veins and sori, 
e in each segment. (Ccenopteris auriculata, Thbg.) Hab. : — Near streamlets, 
bush, on Grrcat Noodsberg ; Inanda ; Townhill, Pietermaritzburg. 
67. A. Filix-fmnina, Bern. (Lady-fern); st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, 
aw-coloured or brownish, scaly below ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 6-12 in. br., oblong-lan- 
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