Descriptions of the Species. 
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dry, oblong deltoid, three to six inches long, one to two inches 
broad, with a hard stipe two to three inches long, which, like the 
underside of the frond, is clothed with small, ovate, pointed, 
peltate scales. Pinnae oblong or linear, one-half to one inch long, 
two lines broad, with a widened adnate base, or sometimes not cut 
quite to the mid-rib ; entire or irregularly crenate, with a rounded 
apex. Sori in a line on each side of the pinna, almost marginal. 
Veins anastomosing or free, but not easily seen. 
This is one of those curious plants known as Resurrection 
plants, on account of the fronds curling up so as to show only the 
scaly underside of the frond during drought, and again expanding 
fresh and green when moist weather returns. 
A specimen in Herb. Gub. has the frond larger, lower pinnae 
separate, an inch long, and with one or two distinct pinnules on 
the lower side (fig. d.). 
Polypodium incanum. Sw. ; Schrad. Jour. 1800, II., 25; Kunze, 
Linnsea, 9.41 ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 147 ; Hk. and Bkr. Syn. Fil. 346. 
Marginaria minima. Bory. 
Polypodium Ecklonii. Kze. Linnaea, 10.498 ; Pappe and Rawson, 39. 
Tropical America and Africa ; epiphytal on trees, and often far 
up among the branches. 
West. — Knysna (Lady Barkly). 
East. — Uitenhage, Bushman’s River (E. and Z.), Bedford (Holland), 
Grahamstown (Bolus, 1726), Kagaberg (MacOwan). 
KafF. — Beaufort (E. and Z.), Transkei (Drege), Komgha (Flanagan), 
abundant in Perie, Alice, Dohne, and all the larger forests. 
Natal. — Common in upper and midland districts (Wood), Van Reenan's 
Pass (Dr. Rehmann, 7 209), Maritzburg, Kranzkop, Umpumulo, and 
common in upland bush (Buchanan). 
Transvaal. — Macamac (M‘Lea). 
1 19. Polypodium ensiforme. Thbg. 
Plate CXII. Natural size. 
Rhizome stout, creeping, branching, rooting, epiphytal, densely 
paleaceous toward the point, with Jaciniated, lanceolate, 
