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Schweizer Reneke (Burtt-Davy 1670). Elim (Schinz). 

 Pilgrim's Eest (McLea 40; Bolus 17). 

 Rhodesia : — Umtali (Mrs. Bennett). 

 C. hirta, Sw. ; var. (3. contracta, Kunze. 



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

 Transvaal : — Johannesburg (Burtt-Davy 2122). 



43. Cheilanthes parviloba, Sw. 



West, Kaffraria, and Natal (P. of S. A.). 

 East (F. of S. A.) :— Grahamstown, ^,200 feet (Schlechter 

 2726). 



44. Cheilanthes multifida, Sw. 



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

 Transvaal : — Mamotsinri (Burtt-Davy 207). 

 Rhodesia : — Zambesi (Kirk). 

 C. multifida, Sw. ; var. (3. flexa, Kunze. 

 Kaffraria :— Frankfort Hill (T. R. Sim). 

 Natal : — Newcastle (Buchanan). 

 Transvaal : — Mamotsinri (Burtt-Davy 207). 



45. Cheilanthes induta, Kunze. 



West (F. of S. A.). 



46. Cheilanthes Bolusii, Baker. 



The type specimen of this species in South Africa is only one 

 rather poor young frond in Herb. Bolusianum, returned 

 from Kew after Mr. Bolus had lost the remainder of his 

 specimens in the wreck of the Windsor Castle. The 

 description in " Ferns of South Africa " is therefore from 

 insufficient material, but I have since had many specie 

 mens of a species which I believe to be C. Bolusii, and 

 which shows a variation within itself, especially in con- 

 nection with age, which necessitates an amended de- 

 scription. This plant I had at first placed under 

 C. multifida, Sw., var. (3. flexa, Kunze, but it is evidently 

 distinct from C. multifida. Both species vary in size 

 and with age and atmospheric condition, but are constant 

 as follows : — 



C. multifida, Sw. Frond oblong-deltoid, usually twice 



as long as wide, 3-4 pinnatifid, with a dark-brown 



polished rachis. 

 C. Bolusii, Baker. Frond triangular, about as wide 



as long, 4-pinnatifid ; pinnae unequally deltoid. 



Rachis dark-brown or almost black, polished. 

 In both species young fronds are finely cut and very tender, 

 the segment-margins being reflexed, rendering the seg- 



