266 filices (Carruthers). [Adiantvm 
mountains of Queta, by the side of torrents but not frequent ; Oct. 
1854, Aug. 1855. No. i50c. 
Welwitsch distinguished this as a species, and gave it a name in his 
Herb. It had been raised to this rank ly R. Brown, from specimens 
collected in the Congo region by Chr. Smith, and his herbarium name 
A. pteropus has been quoted in books. The striking character which 
suggested Brown's name is the bread wing on the short stalk of the 
pinnae, which also parses down the rachis. 
3. A. Zollingeri Mett. teste J. E. Bommer. 
Pungo ANDONGO. — On schistose i-ocks near M-popo, not far from the 
banks of the river Cuanza. In fr. April 1857. No. 149. In a single 
place, but there abundant on shaded moist rocks near Rio Mangue ; 
31 Jan. 1857. No. 1496. 
4. A. Capillus Veneris Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1096 (1753); Hk. & 
Bak. Syn. Ml. p. 123. 
Cape de Verde Islands. — Frequent in humid places in the interior 
of the Isle of St. James ; in fruit Jan. 1861. No. 71. 
Golungo Alto. — Common at springs, on humid banks, etc. Grow- 
ing all the year round. At cataracts of the river Cuango ; Aug. 1855. 
No. 151. 
Bumbo. — Frequent on river banks in shady places of the Serra da 
Xella ; in fr. Oct. 1859. No. 200. 
7. LONCHITIS Linn. Gen. PI. p. 522 (1737). 
1. L. occidentalis Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 128 (1867). 
L. glabra Hk. f. (non Bory), Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 234. L 
glaberrima Mett. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 81. (1868). 
Golungo Alto. — 4 to 8 ft. high, generally 5 ft. In the woods, 
chiefly near the rivers of Sobati de Quilombo, 2500 to 2800 ft. high ; in 
fr. July 1856. No. 132«. Woods of Mata de Quisucula, Sobati de 
Bango Aquitamba ; 29 April 1856. No. 132^. 
Welwitsch observes that as the sori are not limited to the sinus, but 
extend up the margins, even to the apex of the lobes, this species 
exhibits a transition from Lonchitis to Pteris. 
8. CHEILANTHES Swartz, Syn. Fil. p. 5, 126 (1806). 
1. C. Kirkii Hk. Second Cent. Ferns, tab. lxxxi. (1861). 
Golungo Alto. — Very rare on the mossy banks of the cataracts 
near Pedra Cabondo ; in fr. Nov. 1856. No. 142. In the shady 
margins of the road from Sange to the source of the Capopa, 2000 ft. ; 
Dec. 1856. No. 143- 
Huilla. — On shaded rocks near the cataract of Ferrao de Sola near 
Lopollo. 
This is Pelloea geraniifolia Fee with the rounded distinct indusia of 
Cheilanthes. Welwitsch says that a true indusium is present, which 
appears not to be formed from the edge of the frond ; this would 
transfer it to the genus Pteris, where Kuhn places it, but it is, in my 
judgment, a true Cheilanthes. 
2. C. hirta Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 128 (1806). 
Huilla. — On wooded banks near the stream that flows from Morro 
de Lopollo ; Nov. 1859. No. 202. 
3. C. Welwitschii Hook, in Hk. &Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 142 (1868); 
non C. lutea Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 246. 
