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brown, polished ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 4-8 in. br. ; lateral pinnco usually in 2 to 6 
>pposite sessile pairs, of which the upper one is sometimes a little de current 
1-6 in. 1., i to f in. hr., the sterile ones considerably the broadest and spinuloso- 
icrrated, the lower pairs often cleft down nearly to the base into two or three 
inear pinnl. ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; texture coriaceous ; veins fine, close, 
mrallel, simple or onco forked ; invol. pale, membranous. Hab. : — In dry parts 
>f bush, from Town Hill, Maritzburg, to Drakensberg. 
34. P. serrulata, L. fil. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., erect, wiry, naked, pale or brownish ; 
V. 9-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., ovate, bipinnatifid, the main rachis margined with a 
? ving, which is 1 i -2 lin. br., at the top, and grows gradually narrower down- 
i. .vards ; pinna in six (or more) distant opposite pairs, the upper ones simple, often 
I 1-6 in. 1., in. br., the lower ones with several long linear erecto-patent pinnules 
■n each side, the edge of the barren ones spinuloso-serrulatc ; texture scarcely 
oriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins clearly visible, simple or once 
irked, about 1 lin. apart at the base ; invol. narrow, membranous. Hab. : — 
' 'fatal, teste II. W. Hawson, Esq. 
35. P. quadriaurila, Rctx ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, erect, naked or slightly 
eabrous, straw-coloured or brownish ; fr. 6 in. to 2 or 3 ft. 1., 4 in. to 1 ft. or 
lore br., with a terminal central pinna cut down nearly to the rachis into 
umerous close, parallel linear-oblong lobes f-1 in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., the barren ones 
ntire or slightly serrated, and below this several similar pinnae on both sides, 
-kicli are 6-12 in. or more 1., 1-2 in. br., the lowest 1-2 in. apart at the base, 
usually again compound, with 1 or 2 similar, but smaller, pinnl. branching from 
hem at the base on the lower side ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both 
surfaces naked $ veins conspicuous, usually once forked, 1 lin. to J- in. apart at 
le base ; sori often continuous along the whole margin of the segments. ( Pterix 
itoptera, Ixze.) Hab. : — Common beside running streams, from the coast 
; iland. 
36. P. Jlabellala, Thunb. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., strong, erect, naked, glossy, 
1 '.raw-coloured ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; terminal pinna 6-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. 
r., made up of numerous, almost contiguous, erecto-patent linear lobes 1-2 in. 
, 2-3 lin. br., which reach down nearly to the rachis, and are finely serrated 
hen barren ; pinnae several on each side, similar to the terminal one, the lowest 
ith 1 to 3 similar smaller pinnl. from the base on the lower side ; texture 
i erbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins } in. apart at the base, 
- sually once forked ; sori narrow, continuing along nearly the whole length of 
le segments. (Pt. arguta, Sw.) Hab. : — In bush, head of Natal Bay ; Krantz- 
1 oof ; Great Noodsberg ; Greytown ; Town Hill, Maritzburg ; Nottingham. 
37. P. a quili net, L. (common brake) ; rhizome stout, wide creeping, sub- 
rraueous ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., strong, erect, naked, straw-coloured or pale- 
[i lesnut ; fr. 2-4 ft. or more 1., 12-24 in. br., subdeltoid in general outline, only 
te uppermost pinna; simple, those next in order lanceolate, cut down nearly or 
iute to the rachis into short triangular or linear pinnl., the lowest long-stalked, 
