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105. Cheilanthes Atherstoni. Hook. Frond 4-pmnate, del- 

 toid, glabrous ; primary pinnce ovate-deltoid, and as well as 

 the secondary and tertiary pinnce, stalked ; the lower ones 

 distant, the upper ones more approximate ; pinnules sessile, 

 oblong, entire or pinnatifid in their lower half; involucres 

 formed of the inflexed margins of the pinnules, pale and 

 membranaceous at the edge, generally continuous; the edge 

 more or less crenate or lobed. Stipes and principal rachis 

 purple, ebenous, glossy. Hook, 1. c, p. 107. 



In the district of Somerset (Dr, Atherstone.) 



106. Cheilanthes Jirma. T. Moore. Frond 3-4-pinnate, 

 smooth, coriaceous, pentagonal acuminate, \-\^ feet long ; 

 inferior pinnules of the lower pinnne obliquely deltoid ; ;:>ri- 

 mary piancB of lowest inferior pinna3, pinnate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 deeply pinnatifid, the segments oblong, bluntish, with notched 

 margins ; the lowest secondary pinnules stalked, the interme- 

 diate ones either stalked or sessile, lanceolate-oblong, scarcely 

 pinnatifid ; the uppermost ones connate, pointed. Stipes and 

 rachises smooth, brown, shining, channelled. Sort continuous; 

 involucres lobed, crenate. T. Moore, in Hook., Journ. of Bo- 

 tan, and K. G. Miscellany, vol. 5, p. 225. 



According to Mr. Moore, nearly related to C. Atherstoni, 

 Hook. 



On the sides of mountain streams. Natal (Plant.) 



107. Cheilanthes linearis. T. Moore. Frond 4-pinnate, 

 deltoid, coriaceous smooth, 6 inches high ; ultimate pinnules 

 all distinct, small, linear, obtuse, the terminal one of the same 

 form ; sori numerous ; involucres continuous, narrow, slightly 

 waved. Stipes and rachises round behind, plane and margined 

 in front, purple, glossy. T. Moore, 1. c, p. 226. 



In rocky places near Impafane, Natal (Plant.) 



XXVII. HYPOLEPIS BERNH. (2 SpCcIeS.) 



108. Hypolepis anthriscifolia. Presl. Fronds 3-pinnate, 

 hairy on the mid-rib and veins beneath, membranaceous ; 

 primary pinnce oblong-ovate, acuminate; secondary ones 

 broad, oblong ; pinnules linear-oblong, sub-falcate, deeply 

 pinnatifid ; segments small, entire or toothed, bearing solitary 

 sori in the inner margin ; involucres squamiform. Stipes and 

 rachises glabrous. Cheilanthes sparsisora Schr. C. commutata, 

 Kze. Linna^a, vol. 10, p. 542. Hook. Spec. Filic, vol. 2, 

 p. m, tab. 95. A. 



In the forests near Plettenberg's Bay, in the Zuurbergeii 

 (Albany), at Natal (Plant, No. 369), &c. v. s. 



