272 Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 



List of South African Ferns and Fern Allies, and of South 



African Localities. 



(Localities recorded in " Ferns of South Africa" and not repeated here are marked 



F.ofS. A.) 



1. Gleichenia poly podioides, Smith.' 



West, East, Kaffraria, Natal (F. of S. A.) :— Engcobo Moun- 

 tains (Flanagan 2714). 

 Orange Eiver Colony : — Eouxville Dist. Ficksburg (Quail). 

 Transvaal : — Mamotsinri (Burtt-Davy 213). 



2. Gleichenia umbraculifera, Moore. 



Kaffraria and Natal (F. of S. A.) : — Engcobo Mountains 

 (Flanagan 2691). 



Transvaal : — Near Lydenburg (Dr. W. G. Atherstone). Pil- 

 grim's Eest (Eoe). Mamotsinri (Burtt-Davy 209). 



3. Gleichenia dichotoma, Willd. 



Natal (F. of S. A.) :— Near Inchanga (J. M. Wood). 

 Transvaal : — Mauchsberg to Sabie Valley (Burtt-Davy 468). 



Haenertsberg (Eastwood). 

 Ehodesia : — Umtali (Mrs. Bennett, who states that it prefers 



shady banks overhanging water). 



4. Hymenophyllum rarum, E. Br. 



West (F. of S. A.) :— Sir Lowry's Pass (Schlechter 7838). 

 East, Kaffraria, and Natal (F. of S. A.). 



Transvaal : — Houtbosch, 6,800 feet (Schlechter, mixed in his 

 4758, Lycopodium gnidioides). 



5. Hymenophyllum gracile, Bory. 



Natal (F. of S. A.). 



6. Hymenophyllum obtusum, Hk. & Arn. 



West (F. of S. A.). 



7. Hymenophyllum lineare, Sw. 



Transvaal : — I have seen no South African specimen, but 

 Lady Barkly and Buchanan give " Macamac, Transfield 

 Goldfields, specimens recently sent by Mr. Ayres." 



8. Hymenophyllum ciliatum, Sw. ( = H. Boryanum, Willd.). 



Eachis broadly winged, frond ciliated and hairy. Differs 

 from H. obtusum in having a broad central undivided 

 portion in the lower pinnae, and in its immersed involucre. 



" Zambesi district " (Synopsis Filicum). 



9. Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense, Smith. 



West, East, Kaffraria, and Natal (F. of S. A.). 

 Orange Eiver Colony (T. Cooper 1045, 1862). 



