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FERNS OF NATAL. 
1 ft. or more 1., with ample lanceolate pinnl., which are cut down to the rachi 
into numerous lanceolate segm., which are again fully pinnate ; largest entire ult 
divisions 1 in. 1., 2 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surface 
naked or pubescent ; veins close, conspicuous, often twice forked, involucre doubl 
or the inner one obsolete. Hab. (Cosmopolitan :) — Open country generally. 
38. P. incisa, Thunbg. ; st. stont, erect, polished, straw-coloured or bright 
brown, sometimes slightly muricated towards the base, fr. often several ft. 1., bi 
or tripinnate, only the uppermost pinnae simply pinnate with entire linear-oblonf 
pinnl., those next in order with numerous pinnatifid pinnules 2-3 in. 1., abou 
f in. br., in opposite pairs, the lowest often quite close to the stem, reduced ii 
size and their segments dilated, the lowest pinnae often very large and compound 
texture herbaceous or subcoriaceous, under surface often glaucous ; veins free oi 
more or less anastomosing ; sori interrupted or continuous, often reaching tin 
point of the segments. Lilobrochia, Presl. Hab. : — Ravines, Noodsberg 
Krantzkloof ; Inanda. 
Gen. 33. — Lomaria, Willd. 
Sori linear, continuous, parallel with the midrib and occupying the whole, oi 
nearly the whole of the space between it and the edge. Invol. membi'auous, 
formed of the revolute edge of the frond. 
39. L. attenuata, Willd. ; caud. long, horizontal, stout, densely clothed at the 
apex with linear-subulate, briglit-brown scales ; st., 4<-6 in. 1., erect, naked oi 
slightly scaly below ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br., ovate, narrowed very gradually 
downwards ; barren pinna; numerous, contiguous, spreading, linear, 3-4 in. 1., 
■l-J in. br., narrowing gradually towards the point, which is sometimes bluntly 
serrated, dilated on both sides at the base ; texture coriaceous ; veins strong ; 
fertile pinnae as numerous but very narrow (i-1 lin. br.) ; rachis naked. L. 
gigantea, Kaulf. Hab. : — Common, in ravines, over the colony. 
40. L. punctulata, Kunze ; caud. stout, densely paleaceous at the crown ; st., 
3-6 in. 1., strong, erect ; barren fr. oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinna; 
very numerous, contiguous, linear, subfalcate, 2-3 in. 1., k'i in- br., rounded or 
cordate and auricled at the base, the lower ones deflexed, and the lowest reduced 
down to auricles ; texture coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile fr. similar, 
but the pinna; often not more than A in. br. ; invol. often more or less intra- 
marginal ; rachis stout, erect, straw-coloured, naked. This lias sometimes the 
fruit of Lomaria and sometimes of Blechnum, but the most surprising abnormal 
form is the Scolopendrium Krebsii of Kunze, found beside streamlets from Inanda 
to Patillo’s. Hab. : — Rocks, Krantzkloof ; Field’s Hill ; Inanda ; Noodsberg ; 
Inchanga ; Town Hill ; Cathkin. 
41. L. procera, Spreng. ; caud. stout, woody, elongated, clothed with largo 
ovate or lanceolate acuminate ferruginous scales ; st. 6-12 in. 1. ; stout, erect, 
scaly below ; barren fr. ovate 1-3 ft. 1., 6-12 in. br. j pinna; linear 3-12 in. 1., 
J-l in. br., the lower ones stalked, the base rounded or even cordate, sometimes 
