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rachises, fringed with ferruginous scales. — Linnaea, vol. 18, 
p. 122, Kunze Supplem. to Schkuhr’s, Filic., T.84. 
In moist shady ravines near the great cataract between the 
Omfondi and Togela Rivers, Natal. (Gueinzius.) v. s. 
IV. ASPLENIACEiE. Presl. 
XI. CYSTOPTERIS. BERNH. (1 Species.) 
23. Cystopteris fragilis. Bernh. Fronds lanceolate 
2-pinnate, slender, smooth. Pinnae ovate or lanceolate, 
toothed, lobed or pinnatifid. Segments more or less acute, 
entire or much dentate. Sori scattered, often crowded and 
almost confluent. Rachis wfinged. Stipes glabrous, scaly at 
base. Hook. Spec. Filic., vol. 1, p 197. Aspidium fragile. 
Sw. Schkuhr. Icon. Filic. tables 54, 56. 
In a mountain kloof near Bedford (Dr. Atherstone) and in 
shady places on the Kat River mountains. (Ecklon.) v. s. 
XII. ATHYRIUM. ROTH. (1 Species.) 
*24. Athyrium laxnm. Nob. (N. sp.) Fronds 2-pin- 
nate, flaccid, membranaceous. Pinnae alternate remote, 
ovate-lanceolate acuminate, smooth. Pinnu'es ovate-oblong, 
pinnatifid ; their segments incised, serrate, acute. Sori round. 
Rachises flexuose, somewhat margined. Stipes long, chaffy 
only at the base. 
In woods and shady places at Natal. (Gueinzius.) v. s. 
xiii. blechnum. lin. (2 Species.) 
25. Blechnum radiatum . Presl. Fronds much divided, 
radiating, stiff. Segments linear, erect, dichotomous, toothed 
at the apex, perfectly smooth. Stipites clustered, much 
longer than the fronds. Rhizome short, scaly at the base, 
roots fibrous. Adiantum radiatum . Koenig. Acropteris 
radiata. Link. 
On rocks at the Magalisberg (Zeyher), and in Griqualand. 
(Mr. Robt Moffatt.) v . s. 
* 26. JBleclmum Atherstoni. Nob. (N. sp.) Frond pin- 
nate, coriaceous. Pinnae alternate, rigid, sessile, sub-auriculate 
cordate, linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly waved at the margins. 
