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and pinnatifid. Sori solitary, distant. Stipes and rackis 
somewhat scaly; rhizome thick, creeping. Aspidium incequale. 
Schlecht. 1. c., p. 23, Tab. 12. 
Moist and shady spots on Devil’s Mount; at Hottentot’s Holland, 
Swellendam (Voormansboscli), British Kaffraria, Natal, &c. — 
v. v. and s. 
11. Lastrea spinulosa. Presl. Fronds 2-pinnate, erect, 
oblong-lanceolate ; pinnce elongated, oblique, opposite ; pin- 
nules oblong, acute, decurrent, inciso-serrate or pinnatifid, 
with sharp-toothed lobes. Sori round in a double row. 
Stipes slightly scaly. — Aspidium spinulosum . Sw. Schkuhr. 
Filic. T. 48. 
In shady rocky localities in the Du Toit’s Kloof, Swellendam 
(Drege.) 
12. Lastrea pentagona. Moore. Fronds 2-pinnate coria- 
ceous, smooth, ovato-pentagonal; pinnce acuminate, the lower 
pairs triangular, unequal-sided ; the inferior pinnules of the 
lowest pinnae longest, pinnate with distant oblong-obtuse, 
duplicato-serrate decurrent secondary pinnules, with mucro- 
nate teeth ; the superior pinnules and those of the upper part 
of the frond pinnatifid, with oblong mucronato-serrate lobes* 
Sori distinct, forming two lines near the mid-vein on the 
pinnules ; stipes and rachises scaly. — Moore, p. 227. in Hook. 
Journ. of Botan., and K. G. Miscellany, vol. 5., p. 227. 
In ravines and moist places near the Umvoti, Natal (Plant.) 
* 13. Lastrea atkamantica. Nob. Fronds 3-pinnate coria- 
ceous, lanceolate, smooth, pinnce “stalked, oblong, acuminate. 
Primary pinnules sessile, ovato-oblong cuneate, at base 
decurrent ; secondary falcate, blunt, veiny. Sori round, 
solitary. Stipes short, erect, flexuose, covered at base with 
long linear deciduous scales. Aspidium atliamanticum. Kze. 
Linmea, vol. 18, p. 123. Lastrea Flantii Moore in Hook. 
Journ. of Botan., etc., vol. 5, p. 226. 
On grassy hills and in boggy localities at Natal (Gueinzius), and 
in deserted holes of the jackal near Moore lliver, Natal (Gueinzius, 
Plant.) v. s. 
The natives, who call this fern Umkomo-Komo use its root- 
stock as a vermifuge, especially for the cure of the tape-worm. 
vi. oleandea. cav. (1 Species.) 
14. Oleandra articulata. Presl. Fronds simple, entire, 
lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous ; Sori round, scattered. 
