FEKNS OF NATAL. 
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lie base ; texture herbaceous ; veins usually once forked ; rachis strong, erect, 
ed ; sori copious, linear, reaching nearly to the edge. Hab. On old trees 
. rocky places, Noodsberg ; Inanda ; Krantzkloof ; Coast bush, common ; 
miet ; Town Hill, Maritzburg. 
1. A. anisophgllum, Kunze ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly below ; 
1-2 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, with ten to sixteen subsessile, almost, 
i izontal pinna 1 on each side, which are 3-5 in. 1., f-1 in. br., acuminated at the 
at, crenate or crenato-dentate, the two sides unequal, the upper one narrowed 
denly, but not auricled, the lower one obliquely truncate at the base ; texture, 
baceous ; veins usually once forked ; sori, distant, elliptical, not reaching 
•e than half-way from the edge to the margin. Hab. In hush, Inanda ; 
xlsberg ; Port Buckingham ; Town Hill, Maritzburg ; Bichmond. 
. 2. A. gemmiferum, Schrad. ; st. tufted, 3-6 in. 1., firm, greyish, the base and 
sr part scaly ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 4-8 b., oblong, generally proliferous at the apex, 
i 6-12 erecto-patent distinctly-stalked pinna) on each side, the lowest of 
ch are 4-6 in. 1., J-l in., b., narrowed generally to an acute point ; the edge 
..lato-dentate, the base truncato-cuneate ; texture herbaceous or subcoriaeeous ; 
lis, firm, naked, compressed below ; veins immersed and inconspicuous ; sori 
ious, broad, falling short of both edge and midrib. (A. lucidtm, Schlecht.) 
). : — Drier parts of bush, Inanda ; Townhill, Maritzburg ; Bichmond. 
3. A. serra, Langs, and Fiscli ; st. distant, 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, chesnut - 
ured, polished, the lower part scaly ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 6-12 in. b., with 12-20 
ading pinna) on each side, which are 4-8 in. 1., J-lf in. b., the point 
ninate, the edge sharply inciso-serrate, the upper base rounded, the lower 
)ate ; texture coriaceous ; rachis, strong, erect, brown, sometimes polished ; 
.s very oblique ; sori mostly in two parallel rows close to the midrib. Hab. : 
ines, G-reat Noodsberg. 
1. A. protensum, Schrad. ; st. tufted, 3-6 iu. 1., erect, brownish, villose ; fr. 
ft. 1., 4-6 in b., with 12-20 horizontal pinnae on each side, which are 2-3 in. 
in. b. ; the point acuminate, the edge cut half-way down to the rachis, the 
sides unequal at the base, the upper one auricled and narrowed suddenly, 
lower one obliquely truncate in a curve; texture, herbaceous; rachis, firm, 
t, brownish, villose ; veins inconspicuous ; sori in two oblique rows, almost 
ined to the undivided part of the pinnae. Hab. : Streamlets in ravines ; 
mon, from Great Noodsberg to the Drakensberg. 
>. A. Adianttm-nigrum, Linn. (Black Maidenhair Spleenwort) ; st. tufted, 
in. 1., nearly naked, polished, chesnut -brown ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. b., 
deltoid, with numerous pinna) on each side, the lower ones deltoid, 2-3 
., l|-2 in b., cut down to a compressed winged rachis into numerous lanceo- 
deltoid pinnl., truncate on the lower side, cut down nearly or quite to the 
is into oblong or spathulate segrn., sharply toothed round the outer edge ; 
.ire coriaceous ; rachis polished aud chesnut -coloured below, upwards 
,• red and compressed ; veins obscure, oblique ; sori copious, at last often occu- 
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