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142. Schizcea tenella. Kaulf. Fronds simple, linear, slen- 
der, filiform, compressed, terminated by sub-erect spikes, con- 
taining eight pairs of fruit-bearing appendages. Kaulf. Enum. 
Filic., p. 50, tab. 1, f. 7. 
Between rocks on the mountains of Hottentot’s Holland. (Cha- 
misso, Zeyher) ; in similar places near Genadendal. (Rev. C. R. 
Kolbing.) v. s. 
XL vi. anemia, s w. (1 Species.) 
143. Anemia Dregeana. Kze. Sterile fronds pinnate, 
linear-oblong, membranaceous, pinnce nearly sessile, obliquely- 
ovate, blunt, somewhat auricled, wedge-shaped at base, 
slightly notched at the margin, smooth and glossy aoove, 
strigose along the veins below ; fertile frond 3-partite, 2 of 
its partitions fruit-bearing, 3-pinnate; the third sterile one 
pinnate. Stipes and rachises hairy ; caudex creeping, shaggy. 
Kze. Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 493. Suppl. to Sehkuhr., tab. 20. 
Hook. Icon. Plant, vol. 3, tab. 236. 
In moist shady places amongst rocks in the forests of Natal. 
(Drege, Gueinzius.) z. s. 
xl vii. mohria. sw. (1 Species.) 
144. Mohria thurifraga . Sw. Fronds 2-pinnate, coriace- 
ous, covered beneath with chaffy scales; pinnce alternate, 
stalked ; pinnules ovate ; the upper fruit-bearing onescrenate; 
the barren ones deeply incised. Caudex creeping, paleaceous. 
Adiantum caffrorum. Thbg. 
Common on the mountains of the Cape Colony, Kaffraria, and 
Natal, v. v. and s. 
This fern, when bruised, is fragrant, and smells of Benzoin or 
Olibanum. In some parts of the colony, the dry fronds are pul- 
verised, and with fat made into an ointment, which is cooling and 
serviceable in burns and scalds. The vernacular name of this 
plant is Brand-bosclyes. 
XIV. OSMUND ACEiE. R. BR. 
xlviii. osmunda. sw. (1 Species.) 
145. Osmunda regalis. Lin. Fronds 2-pinnate, smooth ; 
pinnce stalked, alternate, oblong-ovate, many-yoked ; pinmdes 
shortly petioled, unequally sided, and more or less auricled at 
base, oblong, slightly notched, blunt ; fertile panicle 2-pinnate, 
