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remote, short, pinnatifid ; upper ones sessile, lowermost oppo- 
site, smaller, shortly petioled ; segments ovate, rounded. 
Stipites aggregate, flexuose, black-purple, shining, clothed with 
fugacious shag. Caudex creeping, densely surrounded by 
linear-acute, margined scales. 
On hills between Spectakeland Komaggas, Namaqualand. (Rev. 
H. Whitehead, July, 1856.) v. s. 
130. Notholcena incequalis. Kze. Frond ovate-oblong, 
bluntly acuminate, coriaceous, stiff, hairy on the upper sur- 
face, clothed with thick rufous shag at the underside, 2-pin - 
nate at base, simple above, confluent at the apex; pinnae 
opposite or alternate, remote, patent, unequally sided ; lower 
ones stalked, almost 3-angular-oblong, subfalcate obtuse ; 
pinnules sinuate, the lowermost bent downwards, inciso-pin- 
Datifid, elongated ; sori concealed under the shag. Stipes and 
the stout rachises flexuose, ebenous, hairy. Rhizome horizontal, 
densely scaly. Kze. Suppl. to Schkuhr. Filic., p. 146, tab. 
64, fig. 1. 
In the fissures of rocks in the Magalisberg. (Zeyher.) v. s. 
xxxix. pteropsis. desv. (1 Species.) 
131 Pteropsis angustifolia. Desv. Fronds fascicled, linear- 
lanceolate, erect, simple, perfectly entire, coriaceous, smooth, 
tapering towards the base into a short stipes ; sori marginal. 
Rhizome round, covered with linear ferruginous scales. Pteris 
angustifolia . Sw. 
Between rocks on the mountains near Genadendal. (Rev. C. 
R. Kolbing.) v. s. 
XI. ACROSTICHACEiE. Presl. 
XL. STENOCHL^NA. J. SMITH. (1 Species.) 
* 132. Stenochlccna Meyeriana. Nob. Fronds oblong, lan- 
ceolate; sterile frond pinnate, pinnae alternate, lanceolate, 
acuminate, smooth, glossy, very veiny, twice and irregularly 
serrate; ribs furrowed on the upper side ; fertile frond 2-pin- 
nate ; pinnae alternate, pinnules linear, sub-recurved at the 
apex, rather obtuse ; partial rachises slender, flexuose. Caudex 
bent, angular, rough, climbing. Lomaria Meyeriana . Kze. 
Linnsea, vol. 10, p. 509. 
Climbing up large trees in damp ravines near the coast of Natal. 
(Drege, Plant, Gueinzius.) v. s . 
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