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nules obovate-cuneate, blunt, unequally inciso-serrate, striate, 
aurioled at base ; rachis margined at its upper extremity. 
Sori linear, often confluent. Willd. Spec. Plant., vol. 5, p. 
344. 
In Blockhouse Kloof, near Graham’s Town (Dr. Atherstone, 
also Ecklon and Zeyher), In the forests of Natal (Plant.); 
Kaffraria (Capt. Espinasse.) v. s. 
45. Asplenium solidum. Kze. Fronds sub-2 -pinnatifid, 
lanceolate coriaceous, smooth, glossy; pinnae lanceolate-ovate, 
attenuated ; pinnules and segments wedge-shaped, incised, 
armed with pungent teeth. Sori convex scattered. The 
margined rachis and furrowed stipes glabrous. Caudex 
creeping, scaly. Kze. Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 520. 
In the vicinity of Algoa Bay (Forbes), on mountains near Ruig- 
tevalley, amongst shrubs (Drege); near Alice, (Mr. Stewart) v. s. 
46. Asplenium splendens. Kze. Fronds 2-pinnate, ovate, 
acuminated; pinnae lanceolate, sharp-pointed, alternate remote, 
stalked ; lower pinnules ovate-rhomboidal, cuneate at base, 
crenato dentate, more or less lobed and rounded at the apex ; 
terminal-one elongated incised ; all of them veiny, smooth 
and glossy above, clothed here and there with blackish scales 
at the underside. Sori irregular, linear ; base of the stipes , 
and the rachis paleaceous. Caudex creeping. Linnaea, vol. 
10, p. 516. 
In the woods of the Krakakamma and Kat River. (Ecklon 
and Zeyher) at Natal. (Plant.) v. s. 
47. Asplenium Adiantum nigrum . Lin. Fronds 2-3- 
pinn ate coriaceous, glossy; upper pinnae pinnatifid, uppermost 
confluent, lower ones 2-pinnatifid ; segments obliquely 
cuneate, acutely toothed. Soi'i linear elongate, at length 
confluent. Stipes purple, ebenous. Caudex thick, tufted. 
Schlecht. Adumb. p. 31, Tab. 17. A. argutum Bory. 
On walls, amongst rocks, &c., in many parts of the Colony. — 
v. v. and s. 
48. Asplenium aspidioides . Schlecht. Fronds 2-3-pinnate 
smooth; pinna stalked, patent, lanceolate; pinnules ovate 
lanceolate, pointed, wedge-shaped and pinnatifid at the base ; 
segments more or less 2 -dentate. Sori solitary, oblong ; 
