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58. Ceterach cordata. Kze. Fronds pinnate ; pinnce ses- 
sile, cordate, oblong, crenate or lobed, paleaceous beneath ; 
the inferior- pinnae small, more remote ; lobes rounded, erenate- 
dentate. Kze. Linnaea., vol. 10, p. 497. Gymnogramme 
cordata. Schlecht. Adumbr. p. 16. 
Amongst rocks in almost all parts of South Africa, v . v and s . 
xvi. scolopenbrium. sm. (1 species). 
59. Scolopendrium Krebsii. Kze. Fronds coriaceous* 
lanceolate, acuminate pinnate. Pinnce sessile, cordate, and 
auricled at base, lanceolate, acute, falcate, margined, and 
reflexed at the margin ; lower pinnce smaller, ovate ; ter- 
minal-ones confluent. Involucres and son oblique, placed near 
the mid-rib. Stipes short, angular, scaly at its base. Rhizome 
horizontally creeping, paleaceous. Kunze Linnaea, vol. 18, p. 
119. Suppl. to Schkuhr, Filic., tab. 74. 
In moist, shady places, and between rocks, near Graham's 
Town (Krebs. & Dr. Atherstone) ; in the forests of Natal (Guein- 
zius) v. s. 
V. DAY ALLI ACEiE. Gaubich. 
XVII. MICROLEP1A. TRESL. (1 species.) 
60. Microlepia polypodioides. Presl. Fronds ovate or 
deltoid, acuminate, 3-pin nate, flaccid, more or less hairy or 
downy, especially on the veins and costae beneath. Primary 
pinnce and lower secondary ones acuminate, distant. Pinnules 
oblong or rhomboid-lanceolate, blunt, deeply pinnatifid. 
Lobes ovate or ob-ovate, entire or irregularly inciso-lobate, or 
again pinnatifid, sub-oblique, very obtuse. Sori large usually 
solitary on the entire lobes, several, on the pinnatifid-ones, and 
in the sinuses within the margin. Involucres small, half cup- 
shaped, smooth. Rachis downy on the underside. Hook. 
Spec. Filic., vol. l,p. 181. Davallia polypodioides. Don. 
In the forests of the Magalisberg. (Zeyher.) v. s. 
xviii. bavallia. sm. (2 Species.) 
61. Davallia nitidula . Kze. Fronds triangular sub- 
coriaceous, nearly glabrous, paler beneath, sub-3-partite, 
3-pinnate; pihnce alternate, stalked, patent, ovate, pointed, 
slightly curved; lowermost remote, nearly opposite ; secondary 
pinnules from a cuneate base unequally ovate, obtuse, pinna- 
tifid or incised; segments cuneate-oblong, retuse or sub- 
