Descriptions of the Species. 
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into oblong obtuse pinnules, which are either entire, or in the 
lower ones again pinnatifid. Upper surface more or less woolly ; 
under surface densely clothed with rufous woolly tomentum, which 
when young is nearly white. 
N. insequalis. Kze. Fil. I. 146 ; Pappe and Rawson, 43 ; Hk. and Bkr. 
Syn Fil. 371. 
Cheilanthes insequalis. Mett. ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 73. 
South Africa only; 2000 to 2500 feet alt. 
Natal. — Dry rocks with a northern aspect, Inanda (Wood), Baloochis 
Kraal, Inanda (M‘Ken), Umpumulo (Buchanan). 
Transvaal. — Magalisberg (Burke, Zeyher). 
129. NothochljENA Buchanani. Baker (“ Syn. Fil.,” 373). 
Plate CXXII. Fig. 1. Natural size. 
Crown procumbent, paleaceous, with long linear red scales. 
Frond three-pinnatifid, deltoid, herbaceous or sub-coriaceous, one 
to six inches long, one to four inches broad, with a stipe one to 
four inches long, set with spreading hairs, or, when old, black and 
naked. Pinnae about six opposite pairs, oblong, obtuse, pinnatifid, 
the upper united, the lower unequally deltoid, cut quite to the 
mid-rib into distinct decurrent pinnatifid pinnules, largest on 
the lower side. Upper surface woolly ; lower surface clothed 
with spreading woolly light brown tomentum or hairs. Sori 
abundant, easily seen, marginal. Generally this appears quite 
distinct from N. inaequalis, especially in small specimens ; 
but I have seen specimens which were almost indistinguish- 
able, and am doubtful that they are conditional forms of one 
species. 
Natal only. On damp rocks under shade, always with a southerly aspect, 
not common (Wood), Great and Little Noodsberg and Inanda (MTven), 
Umpumulo, 2000 to 3000 feet (Buchanan). 
