33 



sub-reniform. Stipes and rachis ebenoiis, L>-labrou8, polished. 

 Hook. Spec. Filic. vol. 2, p. 36., tab. 74, B. 



Between rocks on Tnble Mountain, &c ; also in the woods near 

 the Kat River, and at Natal, v v. and s. 



91. Adiantum aethiopicimi. Lin. Frond 3-4-pinnate 

 oblong-ovate, membranaceous, smooth : pinnules sub-orbicular, 

 obliquely cuneate at base, stalked ; superior margin more or 

 lesslobed ; notches of the lobes soriferous; sori large, involu- 

 cres oblong-lunate. Stipes slender, compressed ; rachis eben- 

 ous, glabrous, glossy. Caudex fibrous. Hook., 1. c, p. 37, 

 tab. 77 A. ' 1 ' 



Common in moist, shady places in all parts of the colony, v. v. 

 and s. 



XXVI. CHEILANTHES. SW. (16 SpCcies.) 



92. Chcilanthes pteroides. S\v. Fronds 3-pinnate, coria- 

 ceous, smooth; pinnce and pinmdes remote, the latter stalked, 

 cordate, elliptical, obtuse, crenate, opaque ; involucres contig- 

 uous, sub-round membranaceous, extending over the whole 

 margin. Stipes and rachises woolly at their axils, stout, cben- 

 ous, glossy. Caudex creeping, scaly. Hook., Spec. Filic. 

 vol. 2, p. 80, tab. 101, A. Adiantum pteroides. Lin. 



In shady, damp places, and between rocks near Cape Town, the 

 Paarl, Tiilbagh, &c ; also at Natal, v. v. and s. 



93. Cheilanthes capensis. Svv. Fronds 2-3-pinnate, del- 

 toid, membranaceous, smooth ; pinnules adnate, decurrent, 

 ovate, or oval-oblong, crenate-dentate, rarely pinnatifid ; 

 involucres fringed at the margin ; sori numerous, approximate. 

 Stipes ebenous, shining, scaly. Caudex creeping, paleaceous. 

 Adiantum cnpense. Thbg. & Kze. Hypolepis capensis. 

 Hook. Spec. Filic, vol. 2, p. 71, tab. 77, c'. 



In shady localities between rocks in many parts of the colony. 

 V. V and s. 



94. Cheilanthes midtijida. S\v. Frond 3, below 4-pinnate, 

 deltoid-ovate, acute, coriaceous, glabrous; primary pinnce 

 rather opposite, broad-ovate, sub deltoid, stalked ; pinnules 

 or segments oblong, pinnatifid, lobes sub-round, each bearing 

 2-4 involucres. Stipes and rachises brittle, deej) ebony, black, 

 glossy. Caudex clothed with black subulate scales. Hook. 

 \. c, p. 90, tab. 100, b. 



In rocky and stony places in most parts of South Africa. 

 V, V, and s. 



