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The Ferns of South Africa. 
14. Asplenium aspidioides, Schl. 
15. Nephrodium Thelypteris, Desv. 
16. Nephrodium Bergianum, Bkr. 
17. Nephrodium Filix-mas, Rich., var. elongatum (grows at 
Umtali, nine feet high). 
18. Nephrodium cicutarium, Baker. The specimens agree in 
cutting and venation with the Johanna Island specimens 
sent me from Kew (Plate 148), but differ in having the 
upper surface of the frond thinly but regularly set with 
small roundish scales ; the rachis shortly pubescent, and 
the upper part of the costa and pinnae mid-ribs bearing 
numerous adventitious buds on the upper surface. 
19. Nephrodium. Three-pinnate or decompound, barren 
and incomplete, but distinct from any species hitherto 
recorded from South Africa. 
20. Nephrolepis exaltata, Schott. This species resembles 
N. biserrata, Sch., in general outline, but is smaller in all 
parts, the frond being only one to two feet long, and two 
to three inches broad, while the pinnae are about an inch 
long, half-inch broad, and minutely serrate along the 
margin. It was found by Oates in Matabeleland, but 
has not yet been recorded outside the tropic. 
21. Osmunda regalis, Linn. 
22. Mohria caffrorum, Desv. 
23. Marattia fraxinea, Smith, with narrow pinnules. 
24. Selaginella Kraussiana, A. Br. 
25. Selaginella (incomplete), possibly S. Cooperi, Bkr. The 
leaves are however ciliated or serrated all round, 
especially towards the point, as also are the smaller 
leaves and bracts. The smaller leaves have a long 
toothed point, and the very short spikes are abundant 
and terminal upon every branchlet. The habit seems to 
be sub-erect, with roots from the lower half only, but 
better specimens are required to fully identify this. 
