Descriptions of the Species. 
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West. — Table Mtn., Lion’s Mtn., Rondebosch, Paarlberg, &c. 
East. — Bontjes River, Grahamstown, Bedford, &c. 
Kaff. — Komgha (Flanagan), Bazija (Baur.), Perie, Alice, Frankfort, 
Dohne, &c. 
Natal. — From Inanda inland (Wood), 3-5000 ft. (Buchanan). 
Transvaal. — Magalisberg (Sanderson). 
The toothed form has been found near Perie Mission Station, 
and at Greytown, Dohne, and Somerset East. 
65. Blechnum remotum. Presl. 
Plate LI. Natural size. b. Fertile pinna, c. Glandular hairs. 
Rhizome short, stout, procumbent, but without the slender 
running rhizomes of B. australe. Crown set with reddish lanceo- 
late scales, and having six to eight fronds. Frond three to fifteen 
inches long, half to one and a half inches broad, pinnate, lanceolate, 
or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed gradually to both ends. Pinnae 
connected with the rachis by the mid veins only, in the lower half 
of the frond ; but in the upper half connected by the whole of 
their rather narrowed bases. Pinnae oblong, abruptly pointed or 
mucronate, with a base rounded away below, but larger or with a 
lobe on the upper side. Fertile pinnae rather narrower. Sorus 
about half-way between the margin and the mid vein, and with a 
distinct clear space between it and both. Rachis round, with a 
groove down the front. Scales only below the pinnae; but the 
whole frond on both sides set with minute glandular hairs, especi- 
ally the rachis. Texture thin, membranaceous, becoming firm 
with age. Veins very distinct, veinlets forked, or sometimes twice 
forked. Sori rather interrupted ; indusium torn. This is like the 
small form of B. australe, but quite distinct. Baker writes 
( Nature , May, 1891), “ B. remotum is a variety of the American 
B. hastatum, Kaulf, which I do not think can stand as distinct 
specifically from the common Cape B. australe.” I find that in 
cultivation, as well as in the wild state, it keeps permanently dis- 
tinct, and is easily identified when alive, though dried specimens 
are very much alike. I have seen no specimens except those 
collected by myself above Perie Mission Station ; and at Evelyn 
