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The Ferns of South Africa. 
Aspidium catopteron. Kze. Linnsea, 10.550. 
Lastrea catoptera. Pappe and Rawson, 12. 
Aspidium lanuginosum. Willd. Hb. ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 135. 
Lastrea lanuginosa. Moore’s Index, 87. 
Nephrodium elatum. Desv. (fide Kuhn, not N. elatum, Baker). 
Aspidium odoratum. Sieb., Mett. (not N. odoratum, Baker). 
South Africa and Mascerenes ; growing in shade near streams. 
West. — George, and Knysna (Lady Barkly), Koratra (Drege). 
Kaff. — Near Mission Station, St. Augustine, Transkei (Baur, 221). 
Natal. — From Inanda inland (Wood), Omsamcaba (Drege), Noodsberg, 
Umpumulo (Buchanan). 
hi. Nephrodium crenatum. (Forsk.) Mihi. 
Plate CV. Natural size. 
Crown procumbent, and like the base of the stipe clothed in 
abundant linear shining brown scales three-quarter inch long. 
Frond herbaceous, scented, deltoid, three-pinnatifid, six to nine 
inches long, four to six inches broad, with a channelled stipe 
which is glabrous below, with a tuft of scales at the base ; but 
upward it is like the rachis and whole frond finely villose on both 
surfaces. Pinnae widely lanceolate, the lower largest and deltoid, 
three inches long, two inches broad, with the pinnules on the 
lower side larger and more cut. Pinnae cut to the rachis into 
oblong, ovate, blunt, pinnatifid pinnules, which are separate below, 
but connate above ; those in the lower pinnae stalked, and again 
cut into similar pinnatifid segments, with minutely crenate blunt 
lobes. Sori numerous, near the mid-rib ; indusium large, light 
coloured, persistent, horse-shoe shaped, but with one side longest ; 
bristly with white hairs. 
In form the indusium approaches that of the Athyrium section 
of Asplenium. 
Baker’s description indicates a rather larger plant, but the 
above is from Mr. Bolus’ specimens. 
Polypodium crenatum. Forsk. fl. aeq. Arab. 185. 
Aspidium crenatum. Willd.; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 129. 
