Descriptions of the Species. 
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Acrostichum argent eum. Bory. 
G. conspersa. Kze. Linnsea, 18. 116; Pappe and Rawson, 41 ; Hk. Sp. 
V. 147. 
G. farinosa. Bojer MS. 
G. rosea. Desv. ; Hk. and Bkr. Syn. Fil. Ed. I. 385 ; Moore’s Index, 
62 ; M‘Ken’s Natal Ferns, 104. 
South Africa and Mascerene Islands only; known as the silver 
fern, and Wood remarks that it is very difficult to transplant from 
the wild state. 
Natal. — In the crevices of rocks near the cataract between the Omfondi 
and Togela Rivers (Gueinzius), rocks in damp ravines, common on 
Noodsberg, Isangwaan, Karkloof (M‘Ken), Umpumulo rare, 3000 feet 
alt. (Buchanan). 
Transvaal. — Drakensberg, near Macamac Gold Fields (M'Lea). 
Var. aurea. Mett. 
Similar in every respect to G. argentea, but the powder on the 
under surface of the frond is bright yellow instead of white. 
G. argentea, Mett., var. aurea. Mett. MS.; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 59. 
Gymnogramme aurea. Desv. 
Acrostichum aureum. Bory. 
Found in Madagascar, Angola, Bourbon, Natal, and Trans- 
vaal. 
Natal. — Rare beside lskoti, on Little Noodsberg (Buchanan), Indwedwe, 
north side of Umhloti, Inanda (M £ Ken). 
Orange Free State. — (Buchanan). 
Transvaal. — Magalisberg (J. H. M‘Lea). 
136. Gymnogramme lanceolata. Hk. 
Plate CXXVIII. Natural size. b. Sporeling plant. 
Rhizome creeping, slender, six to twelve inches long, not wiry, 
but clothed with pointed, adpressed, small, dark scales. Fronds 
simple, entire, glabrous, thickly sub-coriaceous, or when dry 
flaccid, four to twelve inches long, one-half to one inch broad, 
