FEEJfS OF NATAL. 
tripinnatifkl ; pinnae opposite, spreading from the main rachis at right angles, 
lanceolate, 1-3 in. 1., cut down to the racliis into numerous oblong pinnl., which 
are scarcely more than ;' f in. 1., and again inciso-pinnatifid ; texture subcori- 
aceous ; racliis and both surfaces more or less tomentose ; margin of the segm. 
much incurved ; sori copious. Hab. : — Pry roclcy places, and in bush ; 
common over the colony. 
25. C. mullijida, Swartz ; st. tufted, 3-9 in. 1., strong, erect, dark cliesnut 
brown, polished, slightly scaly towards the base ; fr. 3-12 in. 1., 2-8 in. b., 
ovate lanceolate or deltoid, tri or quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnl., opposite, remote 
erecto-patent, deltoid 2-6 in. 1. ; ult. divisions, linear-oblong, deeply lobed, and 
the margin in the fertile plant much recurved ; texture subcoriaceous, racliis 
dark chesnut brown, naked and polished, both surfaces naked ; sori terminal on 
the lobes, small, roundish, slightly confluent ; invol. membranaceous. Hab. : 
— Rocks and rocky bush ; Inanda ; Inclianga ; Cathkin, and near Insusi Falls. 
Gen. 30. — Pelljea, Link. ; Hooker (Allosorus, Presl.). 
'Sori intramarginal, terminal on the veins, but soon running into a line. Invol. 
formed of the more or less changed edge of the frond ; quite continuous, 
sometimes very narrow. 
26. P. geraniifolia, Fee ; st. 6-9 in. 1., naked, erect, why, brownish-black 
polished, slightly scaly towards the base ; fr. 2-4 in. each way, deltoid, cut down 
nearly to the rachis into three or four pinnae on each side, of which the lowest 
pair is much the largest, with the pinnl. on the lower side much larger than the 
others, and deeply lobed with linear-oblong segm. ; rachis and costa dark 
coloured and polished like the stipe ; texture herbaceous, lateral veins once 
forked ; sori in broad marginal lines. ( Pteris pedafa, Willd.) Hab. : — Pu- 
rparts of bush ; Pahniet, near Clare ; Umbilo ; Krantzkloof ; Inanda ; Town 
Hill and Zwartkop. 
27. P. dura, Hk. ; st. strong, erect, 6-12 in. 1., naked, dark chesnut-brown 
polished ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 2-4 in. b., linear-oblong and simply pinnate, or branched 
at the base with short deltoid pinna; ; segm. quite sessile, 1-1J in. 1., J-i in. b. ; 
texture coriaceous ; racliis naked or slightly pubescent ; veins hidden ; both 
surfaces pale green, naked ; sori broad, soon hiding the narrow membranous 
involucre. Hab. : — Rocks, Inanda. 
28. P. consobrina, Hk. ; st. strong erect, 6-12 in. 1., naked, dark brown, 
polished ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 4-9 in. b., deltoid, tri or quadripinnatifid, lowest pinnte 
.deltoid, with the pinnl. of the lower side larger than the others, these latter 
usually cut down into several lanceolate or deltoid pinnatifid segm. ; simple ult. 
divisions, linear oblong, sometimes in. 1.; texture coriaceous ; rachis and 
both surfaces naked ; sori in a continuous line along the margins ; invol. mode- 
rately broad, membranous, the edge of the segments often enrolled. P. Bojeri, 
a small var., abounds in open rocky places near Pinetown and Inanda. Hab. : — 
