The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . rather a rare plant,growing in the midland districts, but generally in inaccessibleplaces. On the highest mountain ranges several species of Britishferns find a congenial home. They include the Prickly-shieldfern, PolvsticJinin angulare, the Maidenhair Spleenworts,Aspleniuui Tricomanes, and A. Adiantum nigrum. The Royalfern, Osmunda regalis, is common beside streams in many partsof the Colony, as is also the Bladder Spleenwort, Cystopterisfragilis. Before concluding this brief notice of Natal ferns, mentionmust be made o
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . rather a rare plant,growing in the midland districts, but generally in inaccessibleplaces. On the highest mountain ranges several species of Britishferns find a congenial home. They include the Prickly-shieldfern, PolvsticJinin angulare, the Maidenhair Spleenworts,Aspleniuui Tricomanes, and A. Adiantum nigrum. The Royalfern, Osmunda regalis, is common beside streams in many partsof the Colony, as is also the Bladder Spleenwort, Cystopterisfragilis. Before concluding this brief notice of Natal ferns, mentionmust be made of the two or three species of umbracnlifcra and G. polypodioides are the com-monest. The first-named species grows on sunny banks, 62 generally on the outskirts of the bush, and is an exceedinglyinteresting and graceful fern. G. polypodioidcs is found inshady and moist positions. Leaving the woodland shade for the bright sunlight of thegrassy veld, the foot treads a delightful sward of greenestverdure, which extends from one end of the Colony to the. -€} hough H^A STELLATA other. Near the coast the varieties of grasses are coarser thanthose growing inland, but everywhere there is an abundantpasture for horses, cattle and sheep. The bulbous and herbaceous plants which adorn these vaststretches of pasture lands are legion, and baffle description ina section so brief as this must necessaril) be. The Dieramapendula is a very peculiar plant, belonging to the order Iride? very much resembles the ordinary grasses of the country,is common almost everywhere, and bears tall pendulous bells,some of which arc mauve, others are white and light purple. Gladiolus are largely represented, and, like the Watsonias,are distributed throughout the country. The colouring ofmany of the Gladiolus is exceedingly beautiful, and theWatsonias are mostly mauve, although there are one or tworarer species which bear scarlet and white flowers. One ofthe most beautiful plants of the c
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