31 



shaggy. Ptetis hastata, Thbg. Pteris Ccdomelanus. Sw. 

 Kunze & Schlecht. Adurab., p. 43, tab. 30. 



Between fissures of rocks ; very common all over South Africa. 

 V. V. and s. 



83. Allosonis auriculatus. Presl. Fronds^ pinnate smooth ; 

 pinncB either alternate or opposite, sub-sessile, ovate, or 

 ovate lanceolate, auricled or sub-pinnatifid at base, entire 

 or crenulated ; loicer ones rounded, upper ones oblong, all of 

 them blunt; margin and z/i?;oZ2<cre.? notched. Stipes ^mooi\\^ 

 or slightly paleaceous, purplish, glossy. Caudex clothed at 

 base with pointed, linear ferruginous scales; roots fibrous, 

 woolly. The Avhole fern little more than a span high. Adi- 

 nntum auriculatum, Thbg. Pteris auricvlata. Sw. Schlecht. 

 Adumb. p. 41. tab. 23. Cheilanthes auricidata. Link. & 

 Kze. Linna3a, vol. 10, p. 531. 



Near water-courses, Rondebosch ; in moist and shady places 

 on Table and Devil's Mountains and elsewhere common. 

 V. V. and s. 



84. Allosorus andromedcefolius. Kaulf. Fronds 2-i)mnate, 

 5-6 inches long ; pinncB remote, patent ; lower ones 2-pinnate, 

 upper ones pinnate ; inferior pinnules, 3-foliate ; leaflets 

 stalked, oblong-ovate, blunt, revolute at the margin ; involu- 

 cres short. Stipes round, sparingly scaly. Caudex creeping, 

 paleaceous ; 7-oots filiform, shaggy. Kaulf. Enum. Filic. p. 188. 



In dry localities at Kendo. (Drege.) 



^85. Allosorus consobrinus. Nob. Fronds 4-pinnate or 

 3-pinnate, pinnatifid, sub-triangular, straight, coriaceous, 

 smooth ; pinnules oblong-ovate, lower ones and those of the 

 apex pinnatifid at base ; terminal ones elongated, sterile ones, 

 broad crenate, fertile ones narrow, quite entire, i^itipes and 

 rachises flexuose, furrowed, dark purple, glossy, the former 

 covered at its base with comose paleaceous scales. Pteris 

 consohrina. Kze. Linniea, vol. 10, p. 526. 



In the forests of the Knysna (Miss Dalgairns), Krakakamma, 

 (Eckl. & Zeyher), near Fort England, Albany. (Dr. Atherstone), 

 and in Kaffraria (Dre^e.) v, s. 



*86. Allosorus coriifoUus. Nob. Fronds 3-pinnate, coriace- 

 ous, glabrous, glossy above, pale below ; middle and lower 

 primary pinncB and pinnules remote, terminal ones, short 

 stalked, approximate, confluent at the apex, all of them 



