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acuminated, 3-partito 2-pinnatifid ; 'pinna trapezoid, inciso- 
pinnatifid, wedge-shaped and decurrent at base ; segments 
cuneate, 2-fid, blunt ; sori few seeded. Stipes long ; rachises 
and ribs purplish. Comdex tufted. Kunze. Linnsea., vol. 18, 
p. 116. 
In the crevices of rocks near the cataract between Omfondi and 
Togela Rivers, Natal. (Gueinzius.) v. s. 
* 126. Gymnogramma namaquensis. Nob. (N. sp.) Annual. 
Frond (about 4 inches long), membranaceous, smooth, pinnato- 
pinnatifid ; pinna alternate, distant, lanceolate oblong, rough 
on the upper surface, glandular and scaly beneath ; segments 
inciso-crenate. Stipes flexuose, erect, and as well as the rachis 
densely-paleaceous. Caudex short, caespitose, obliquely 
descending;. 
Between rocks near Modderfontein, Namaqualand (Rev. H. 
Whitehead, 1856.) v. s . 
127. Gymnogramma leptophylla. Desv. Annual. Frond 
slender, very delicate, 2-pinnate, smooth, 3 inches high ; pin- 
nules roundish-cuneate, sub-trilobed ; lobes bluntly 2-dentate ; 
sori confluent ; roots filiform. Grammitis leptophylla. Sw. 
Willd. Spec. Plant., vol. 5, p. 143. Schkuhr. Filic., tab. 26. 
In moist vegetable soil, near the cataract on the east side of the 
Devil’s Mountain — rare. (Mundt , Dr. Alexander, 1848.) v. s. 
X. TiENITIDEJE. Presl. 
XXXYIIL NOTHOLJ3NA. R. BR. (3 Species.) 
128. Notholoena Eckloniana. Kze. Frond 2-pinnato- 
pinnatifid, lanceolate, hoary above, clothed beneath with 
rufous shaggy scales; pinna opposite, 3-angular-ovate ; pin- 
nules oblong, the lowermost bent downwards, and as well as 
the middle ones deeply incised ; segments ovate-oblong, 
blunt ; the uppermost entire, confluent. Caudex short, ascen- 
ding, paleaceous. Kze. Linnsea, vol. 10, p. 501. 
In the mountains of Uitenhage, Beaufort, Kat River, Kaffraria 
and Natal. (Eckl. & Zeyher, Krebs, Drege, Dr Rubidge) ; and 
on hills along the Orange River, and Gamohana range, Griqua- 
land. (Mr. Robt. Moffatt.) v. s. 
*129. Notholana Bawsoni. Pappe. (N. sp.) Frond pinnate, 
linear oblong, stout, coriaceous, about 6-7 inches long, dark 
green, somewhat rough on the upper surface, covered beneath 
with thick ferruginous or white shaggy flit ; pinna alternate. 
