12 
Hook. Spec. Filic., vol. 1, p. 36. Hemitelia Capensis. R. Br. 
Amphocosmia riparia. Gardner. London Journal of Botany, 
vol. 1, p. 441, Tab. 12. 
Common in the woody ravines and forests of South Africa. — 
v. v , and s. 
III. ASPIDI ACEiE. Peesl. 
v. lastrea. prsl. (7 Species.) 
7. Lastrea Thelypteris. Prsl. Fronds pinnate ; pinnae 
pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate smooth ; segments ovate, acute, 
nearly entire, the fertile-ones revolute. Sori marginal, con- 
tiguous, at length confluent. Stipes, with or without scales, 
downy at the apex. Caudex creeping. Aspidium. Thelypteris, 
Sw. Schlecht. Adumbr. Filic. Capens, p. 23, Tab. 11. 
In moist localities, near rivulets, in the Cape flats, on Devil’s 
Mountain, near the Paarl, Swellendam, Tulbagh, Uitenhage, &c., 
also at Natal. — ( v . v, and 5.) 
8. Lastrea patens, Presl. Fronds pinnate ; pinnae pinnati- 
fid ; segments subfalcate-lanceolate, acute, the lower ones of 
the inferior pinnae pinnatifido-incised. Sori small, round, in 
a double line ; upper portion of the stipes, costa, and rachises 
downy. — Aspidium patens, Sw. Schlecht, 1. c., p. 22. Hook. 
Genera Filic., t. 45 a. 
In shady localities, at the foot of Table Mountain (Kirstenbosch), 
and in the forests of Stellenbosch, George, Uitenhage, British 
Kaffraria, and Natal. — v, s, 
* 9. Lastrea Catoptera. Nob. Fronds 2-pinnatifid ; pinnae 
stalked, distant, erect, oblong-lanceolate sharp-pointed ; pin- 
nules oblong, the lower ones blunt, deeply pinnatifid ; seg- 
ments ovato-oblong, subfalcate, obtuse sinuato-subdentate, 
downy on both sides ; the basal-one triangular, wedge-shaped, 
decurrent. Sori sub-marginal ; rachis and stipes downy. 
Aspidium catopteron, Kze. Linnaea., vol. 10, p. 550. 
In the forests between Omzamcaba and Omzamwoobo, also at 
Koratra, Natal. (Drege. Gueinzius.) v. s. 
10. Lastrea inaequalis, Presl. Fronds 2 -pinnate, smooth ; 
pinnae confluent and pinnatifid at the apex, bipinnatifid at the 
base ; pinnules oval, obtuse, obliquely cuneate, inciso-dentate 
