THE FAMILIES, GENERA AND SPECIES OF PTERIDOPHYTA. 469 



A'eins free : 



Leaf 2-pimiatitid. roundish deltoid, i to 4 in. long" 



and broad i. geramcefolia. 



Leaf i-pinnate, lanceolate. 6 to 12 in. long, i to 3 in. 

 broad, stipe clothed with adpressed, woolly scales 

 (see also No. 6, var. niacrophyUa) ... 2. pecthiifonms. 

 Leaf 2 to 4-pinnate : 

 Shape of leaf deltoid : 



Stipe black and shining, at least above : 



Pinnules 9 lines long, 2 to 3 lines broad, rachis 



brown tomentose 4. Boivitii, 



Pinnules 2 to 6 lines long and broad; rachis 



glabrous, black and shining 8. calomclanos. 



Stipe and rachis brown, shining; leaf 4 to 18 in. 

 long and broad; pinnules divided to near the 

 rachis into 2 to 5 pairs of toothed lobes. 



3. consobr'uia. 

 vShape of leaf not deltoid : 



Leaf 4 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad, lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate ; stipe and rachis set with 

 soft, spreading, hair-like, yellowish scales. 



5. invohiia. 

 Leaf 12 to 36 in. long, ovate-lanceolate or sub- 

 deltoid; stipe nearly naked, brown, shining. 



6. hctstafa. 

 Leaf 5 inches long, ovate-oblong; stipe and 



rachis black, shining 7. Icucoinclas. 



A'eins anastomosing; leaf i or 2-pinnate. deltoid, 3 to 



9 in. long 9. Burkcaua. 



1. P. gcranicc folia. Fee. — Dry banks in bush, "Transvaal" 

 herb.. Bolus: Marovuni, Ze., Junod 233; Barberton, Bn., 

 3,000 ft.. Thorncroft. in T.M.H. 103; Waterkloof, Pa., Col. 

 Abdy. 



2. P. pccixmjormis. Baker. — Dry rocks, "Transvaal."' 

 Bolus: Mamotsuiri, Ze., not common. Juiiod 235, 887. 



3. P. cousohriiia. Hooker. — Open banks or near bush, above 

 2,000 ft. alt. Mac-a-mac Goldiields, Ly., McLca 46; near 

 Belfast. Ly., 6,000 ft., Burit-Davy 1,238; Mamotsuiri, Ze., 

 2,300 ft., Junod 204; Shiluvane, Ze., Junod; slopes of Ama- 

 juba, Wm. Rogers loo. 



4. P. Boivini, Hooker. — Magaliesberg, Pa., Zcyhcr. Burke. 

 Not since collected in South Africa. 



5. P. involuta, Baker. — Near Shiluvane, Ze., Junod 890; 

 Lekkerkraal, G. Krants, in T.M.H. 762 {Jlde Miss Lcenderfc). 



6. P. liastata. Link. — Perhaps the most common fern 

 throughout South Africa, growing both in the forest and on 

 tne veld, frequently without shelter (Sim.). Lomatie Valley, 

 Bn., 5,000 ft.. Burtt-Davy 326; near Belfast, Ly., 6,000 ft., 

 Burtt-Davy 1,245; Johannesburg", J., 5,500 ft.. Burtt-Davy 

 2,123; Houtboschberg, Ze., Miss Eastzvood : Mamotsuiri, Ze., 

 common, Junod 229; Rustenburg, R., Miss Collins, in T.M.H. 

 779; Foimtains. Pretoria. Pa., Miss Lecndertz 108; near Shilu- 

 vane. Ze., Junod 540. 



