34 



* 95. Cheilauthes refracta. Nob. (N. sp.) Frond 2-3- 

 pinuate, deltoid, rigid, perfectly smooth ; pinnce alternate, 

 remote, deltoid-ovate, patent, upper ones sub-sessile, middle 

 and lower ones stalked ; petioles more or less reflexed ; 

 pinnules lanceolate-oblong, sessile, confluent at the ape^, and 

 as well as the intermediate ones crenate ; loicermost distant, 

 pinnatifid. Stipes short, half round, channelled on the upper 

 side, flexuose, and like the rarhises, glossy. 



In Griqiialand (Mr. Robert Moffatt, 1857). v. s. 



96. Cheilanthes triangula. Kze. Frond 3-pinnate, tri- 

 angular, coriaceous, smooth; pinnce and pinnules remote, 

 patent, stalked ; secondary pinnules or lobes oblong, obtuse, 

 sinuate, lobate, margined ; the margin inflexed, crenate ; 

 involucres marginal ; sori contiguous. Stipes and rachises 

 flexuose, stiff, purple, slightly hairy. Caudex short. Kze. 

 Linntea, vol. 10, p, 535. Hook. 1. c, p. 91. 



Rocky places in the Sneeuwbergen, Witbergen and Compasberg. 

 (Drege) in similar localities at Natal. (Dr. F. Krauss.) v. s. 



97. Cheilanthes Bergiana. Schlecht. Fronds 3-pinnate 

 membranaceous, sparingly hairy on both sides ; primary 

 pinnce ovate, sub-acuminate ; secondary ones rather obtuse ; 

 pinnules and primary lobes subovate, almost oblique, entire, 

 or })innatifid ; involucres small, situated at the inner margin 

 of the lobe. Stipes and primary rachises deep purple, black, 

 and as well as the secondary rachises and ribs clothed with 

 rusty hairs. Schlecht. Adumbr., p. 51. Hypolepis Bergiana, 

 Hook. 1. c. p. 67. 



In thickets and at the borders of the forests in the Swellendam, 

 George, and Uitenhage districts; also at Kat River and Natal, v. s. 



98. Cheilanthes elata. Kze. Frond 4-pinnate-pinnatifid, 

 S-anorular, membranaceous ; pinnce and primary pinnules 

 stalked, remote, erect, and as well as the secondary ones sub- 

 sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; tertiary ones oblong, 

 blunt, sinuate, or inciso-pinnatifid, slightly clothed with 

 whitish hairs ; sori and involucres semi-orbiculate. Stipes and 

 rachises flexuose, rough, covered with reddish chaffy hairs. 

 Kze. Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 542. Hypolepis elata. Hook, 1. c, 

 p. 67. 



In woods at Koratra (Drege.) 



99. Cheilanthes hirta, Sw. Froiid 2-3-pinnate, lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, sub-coriaceous, hairy on both sides ; 



