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placed at the extremity of the frond. Schkuhr. Icon. Filic., 
tab. 145. 
On a cataract between the Omzamcaba and Omzamvoobo Rivers 
Natal. (Drege.) 
Yar. Spectabilis. Kze. Sterile pinnules elongated, thicker, 
obliquely truncate and inciso-crenate at base. Osmunda spec- 
tabilis , Willd. Spec. Plantar, vol. 5, p. 98. 
In shady places near rivulets, in the mountains of Hottentot's 
Holland, Swellendam, Tulbagh, Uitenhage, &c. (Eckl. & Zeyh.), 
at Natal. (Drege.) v. s 
XLIX. TODEA. WILLD. (1 Species.) 
146. Todea africana. Willd. Fronds 2-pinnate, oblong, 
erect, smooth, coriaceous 5-6-feet high ; pinnae opposite, 
shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, many-yoked, patent, the 
upper and lower ones being smaller by degrees ; pinnules alter- 
nate, linear-lanceolate, cohering at base, blunt, crenate-serrate. 
Stipes quadrangular, smooth. Osmunda barbara. Thb. Schkuhr. 
Icon. Filic., tab. 147. 
In shady localities near rivulets, common all over the Cape 
colony and Natal, v. v. and s . 
XY. M ARATTIACEiE. Sw. 
L. MARATTIA. SW. (1 Species.) 
147. Marattia salicifolia. Schrad. Fronds 2-pinnate, sub- 
coriaceous ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, alternate or opposite, 
stalked, patent, erect, acuminated ; pinnules subsessile, lan- 
ceolate, cuneate at base, sharp pointed, acutely inflexo serrate, 
the terminal larger one often pinnatifid or lobed ; partial 
rachises margined or winged in the upper portion, smooth. 
Synangia elliptical, remote from the edge and from one another. 
Caudex short, creeping, paleaceous. Schlecht. Adumb. p. 11. 
Kunze Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 488. Suppl. to Schkuhr. Icon., 
p. 79, tab. 38. 
In the forests of the Tzitsikamma and Natal. (Drege, Guein- 
zius, See.) v. s . 
XYI. OPHIOGLOSSEiE. R. Be. 
li. ophioglossum. lin. (4 Species.) 
148. Ophioglossum nudicaule. Lin. fil. Frond sessile, ellip- 
tical or lanceolate-ovate, sheathing, mucronate, reticulated. 
