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Stipes short, nodose, articulated ; rhizome horizontally 
creeping, climbing, clothed with numerous awl-shaped 
imbricated scales, which have a black spot at their bases. 
Aspidium articulatum. Sw. Kunze Linnasa, vol. 18, p. 123. 
Climbing rocks in woody ravines in the Magalisberg (Zeyher), 
and in similar localities at Natal. (Gueinzius) v. s . 
VII. NEPHRODIUM. SCIIOTT. (2 Species.) 
* 15. Nephrodium Ecklonianum. Nob. Frond pinnate, 
lanceolate, coriaceous ; the lower pinnae distant, almost oppo- 
site, the upper ones alternate, approximate; all shortly stalked, 
lanceolate, sharp-pointed, inciso-pinnatifid, bearing small 
scattered resinous dots on the under surface ; segments ovate, 
subfalcate, rounded ; costae slightly scaly beneath, channelled 
above, and as well as the angular rachis downy. Sori nearly 
marginal, continuous ; involucre smooth. Stipes long, smooth ; 
root-stock covered with brown scales. Aspidium Ecklonii . 
Kze. Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 546. 
Around the hot springs at Brand valley (Worcester), at the Zwart- 
kops River (Uitenhage), Yan Staden’s River, the Knysna, &e., 
also at Natal. (Plant) v. s. 
* 16. Nephrodium Plantianum. Nob. (New Species.) 
Frond pinnate, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous ; pinnae shortly 
stalked, alternate, approximate, erect patent, lance-shaped, 
pinnatifid, smooth ; segments ovate, obtuse, notched ; stipes 
and rachis angular, naked. 
In the dense forests of Natal. (Plant No. 341) v. s. 
VIII. POLYSTICHUM. SCHOTT. (4 Species.) 
17. Polystichum pungens. Presl. Frond 2-pinnate ; 
pinnules oblong-ovate, obliquely cuneate, auricled, subfalcate, 
acute, doubly inciso-dentate, teeth mucronate. Sori irregu- 
larly scattered. Stipes and rachises scaly. Aspidium pungens. 
Kaulf. Schlecht, 1. c., p. 21, Tab. 10. 
Common in shady moist places throughout the Colony, v . v . 
and s. 
* 18. Polystichum luctuosum. Nob. Frond 2-pinnate. 
lance-shaped, coriaceous, smooth ; pinnae alternate, stalked, 
patent, erect, lanceolate acute, pinnate, pinnatifid at the apex ; 
pinnules ovate-trapeziform subfalcate, aristato-serrate, muc- 
ronate, eared at base. Sori small ; stipes and rachises clothed 
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