Descriptions of the Species. 
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Transkei. — Bazija (Rev. R. Baur; MacOwan). 
Transvaal. — Wetkloofs, Pilgrim’s Rest, Drakensberg (J. H. M‘Lea, No. 
34 ; Herb. Bolus. 3030), Macamac (Ayres, Buchanan’s List, No. 3, 
page 30). 
99. Aspidium falcatum. Swartz. 
Plate XCIV. Frond reduced, b. Pinna, nat. size. 
Crown erect, abundantly paleaceous, with large, black, pointed 
scales. Fronds coriaceous, glabrous, shining, dark green, simply 
pinnate, two feet long, six to eight inches broad, and with a stout 
stipe six to nine inches long, with numerous large scales at the 
base. Pinnae six to ten pairs, sub-opposite, shortly stalked, widely 
lanceolate, or ovate, with a falcate, acuminate point ; the base 
often unequal, the lower side being cut away and the upper side 
rounded. Margin finely toothed, or nearly entire. Veins 
anastomosing into a regular network. Sori abundant, irregular, 
half-line diameter. 
Aspidium falcatum. Swartz.; Hk. and Bkr. Syn. Fil. 257; Wood, 
Natal Ferns, 26. 
Cyrtomium falcatum. Presl., Pappe and Rawson, 15. 
Aspidium anomophyllum. Zenk. pi. ind. ; Kunze, Linnsea, 24.277; 
Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 125. 
South Asia and South Africa ; growing in deep shade. 
East. — Boschberg (Guthrie, MacOwan). 
Kaff. — Katberg (Holland), near Tyumie (F. H. Ely), Pontz’ Bush, Izeli, 
3500 feet. 
Natal. — Nottingham to Drakensberg (M‘Ken), Umpumulo, rare, Riet 
Vlei, Cathkin, 3500 feet (Buchanan), Maritzburg (Wood). 
Transvaal. — Macamac (M‘Lea, No. 6). 
Genus XXII. — Nephrodium. Rich. 
Sori roundish or reniform, with a reniform indusium attached 
by its sinus. This is a large genus, closely connected with 
Aspidium, and in some cases not very satisfactorily distinct where 
