Descriptions of the Species. 
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obtuse. Sori short, oblong, swollen, placed near the mid- 
rib, and reaching only about halfway to the edge. Lower 
pinnae slightly reduced. Terminal pinna rather larger 
than those near it, and often subtended by a bud. In some 
fronds the pinnae have a long narrow point, as in fig. b. (var. 
elongatum, Kze.), in others they are shorter and more obtuse, and 
approach A. erectum var. brachyotis ; but both can be found on 
one plant, and there is evidently no permanent form, though A. 
Boltoni, Hk. MSS. is founded on a deeply inciso-crenate form, and 
the var. microphylla, of Kuhn, is a small state. 
A. anisophyllum. Kze. Linn. io. 51 1 ; Pappe and Rawson, 18; Kuhn, 
Fil. Afr. 96; Wood’s Natal Ferns, 21 ; Hk. and Bkr. Syn. Fil. 204. 
S. America, W. Indies, and Africa south of the Equator. 
Among stones under trees, often where damp ; frequent eastward. 
East. — Kat River (E. and Z.), Grahamstown (Holland). 
Kaff. — Alice, Perie, Frankfort, Dohne Hill, &c. 
Natal. — Inanda to beyond Maritzburg (Wood),Umpumulo, Karkloof, 
Richmond (Buchanan), Fort Buckingham, Noodsberg (McKen.) 
Transvaal. — Houtbosch (Dr. Rehmann, 5589). 
76. Asplenium prionitis. Kunze. 
Plate LXXI. Natural size. 
Crown erect, paleaceous, with long black pointed scales, 
Frond two feet long, eight to ten inches broad, glabrous, herba- 
ceous, simply pinnate, with a naked stipe about one foot long. 
Stipe and rachis green. Pinnae eight to fourteen sub-opposite 
pairs ; lower ones with half-inch petiole ; upper more shortly 
stalked, all sharply toothed throughout, six inches long, one to one 
and a half inches broad at the base, and for three inches, then 
tapering to a rather elongated sharp point. Base on the upper 
side at a right angle to the pinna mid-rib, and slightly decurrent ; 
lower base very oblique. Sori linear, three-quarter-inch long, 
reaching from near the mid-rib to near the edge, and sometimes 
shorter ones between and rather nearer the edge. Veins mostly 
