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The Ferns of South Africa. 
Var. Namaquensis. P. and R. 
Plate CXXV. Fig. 3. Frond, nat. size. b. Tinna, magnified. 
Frond lanceolate, on a longer stipe. Pinnae all distinct, sub- 
coriaceous, cut throughout to the winged mid-rib into separate, 
roundish, flabellate, one-sided, decurrent, sub-opposite, toothed 
pinnules, clothed on the under side with reddish linear scales ; 
upper side glabrous. Veins free. 
Pappe and Rawson describe this as annual, but that applies to 
the fronds only, not to the plant. 
Gymnogramme namaquensis. P. and R. 42. 
Near Modderfontein, Namaqualand (Rev. H. Whitehead), 
Namaqualand (Scully), Great Namaqualand (Hans Schinz), Fish 
River (MacOwan). 
Var. bi-pinnata. Mihi. 
Plate CXXV. Fig. 2. Natural size. 
Frond ovate, two-pinnate, four inches long, two inches broad at 
the middle, with a stipe three inches long. Upper pinnae ligulate, 
entire, adnate, obtuse ; other pinnae distinct, one inch long, one- 
third inch broad, cut to the mid-rib into entire blunt oblong lobes, 
of which the lower are less than the others. Upper surface 
glabrous, lower surface and rachis clothed with pointed brown 
scales. Lower pinnae rather reduced. 
The locality for this curious form which has only been seen in 
Mr. Holland’s collection is not known with certainty, but it is 
thought to have been received from Namaqualand. 
133. Gymnogramme leptophylla. Desv. 
Plate CXXV. Fig. 1. Natural size. 
Plant annual, delicately herbaceous, yellowish green, with a 
small erect crown producing four to eight fronds. First fronds 
