FEATHER- — PERNS 27 



Featherhead. Phylica capitata. S.W. Spring. 



Fennel. Foeniculum officinale*. From southern Europe, as a 

 garden escape. 



FERNS. Natural order FILICES. About 200 species known 



from S.A. The leaves are technically called " fronds." 



A few kinds only possess common names. 

 Bootlace — . Vittaria isoetifolia. Fronds long and narrow 



like blades of grass, hanging from cliffs or branches of 



trees. 



Bracken v. Adelaars' varen. 



Carrot — , Asplenium hipinnatum {A. nUaefolium) . Often 

 cultivated. 



Climbing — . Lygodium Kerstenii (Na). In cultivation often 

 replaced by L. japonicum. 



Creeping — , Gleichenia polypodioides. On moist cliffs. 



Filmy — . Several species of Eymenophyllum, the most 

 frequent one being E. tunhridgense. Also Trichomanes 

 pyxidiferum. 



Flowering — = Royal — . 



Gold — . Gymnogramma aurea. 



Hare's foot — . Polystichum adiantiforme (Aspidmrn capense). 

 Hardy, often grown in rock gardens. 



Maidenhair — . The fine-leaved kind is Adiantum Poiretii, 

 frequent in ravines around Table Mountain, etc. The 

 cosmopolitan A. capillus-veneris (fronds small but with 

 large segments) is rare in the Cape Peninsula. 

 A. aethiopicum, intermediate in foliage but taller, in 

 Natal, etc. 



Mother — . Several species produce young plants on their 

 fronds from bulbillae. Two examples are: Asplenium 

 gemmiferum (E.) and A. monanthes. 



Oak-leaf — . At the Cape Doryopteris concolor and in Natal 



Polypodium phymatodes. 

 Parsley — , Cheilanthes hirta. Very frequent. 

 Resurrection — . Notholaena Eckloniana. Karoo. 



Royal — . Osmunda regalia. Widely spread in Europe and 

 Africa. 



Scented — . Mohria caffrorum (Brand bossie). 



