Asplenium] filicbs (Oarruthers). 271 



HuiLLA. — On rocks on the highest ridges of the Serra da Xella ; 

 Oct. 1859, June 1860. No. 195. In rocky thickets of Morro de 

 LopoUo ; Feb. and May 1860. No. 1956. 



12. A. lividum Mett. in Linnsea, xxxvi. p. 100 (1869). 

 Pttngo AndonCtO. — Among rocks north-east of the prEEsidium in 



very shaded places, growing with Cheilanthas Welwitschii ; Dec. 

 1856. No. 89, in part. In fissures of the rocks of Pedra de Cabondo ; 

 Feb. 1857. No. 101. 



13. A. braohypteron Kze. in Linn, xxiii. p. 232 (1850). 

 PuNfio Andongo. — On wet rocks near the Casalald in Barrancos da 



Pedra Songue ; April 1857. No. 92. 



Welwitsch distinguished a form growing with this and collected at 

 the same time, characterised by the pinnEe not being so obviously 

 dimidiate and having the segments more deeply pinnatifid. No. 926. 



14. A. Welwitschii Hook, in Hk. & Bak. 8yn. Fil. p. 235 (1868). 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — ^Very rare in the forests of Mata de Quisucula, by 



the streams with species of Begonia and Marattia ; 29 April 1856. 

 No. 100. 



15. A.proliferum Lam. Encyc. Meth. ii. p. 307 (1786). 

 A.deciissatimiBer.iD Schrad. Journ. Bofc.ii.forl8()0,p.51(1801). 

 St. Thomas's Island. — In the primitive forests near Fazenda de 



Monte Cafeg, about 2500 ft. ; with fr. Dec. 1860. No. 60. Sub-arbo- 

 rescent, the stem about as thick as the oorm, usually 2 in. in diameter,. 

 rising only a little above the ground ; fronds 3 to 4 ft., rarely longer. 



14. ACTINIOPTERIS Link, Fil. Sp. Hort. Berol. p. 79 (1841).- 



1. A. radiata Link, I.e., p. 80 (1841). 



PuNGO Andongo.— In sunny rocky places of the prjesidium ; Dec. 

 1856, Jan. and April 1857. No. 78. ' 



Of all the smaller ferns which Welwitsch saw in Tropical Africa 

 this he considered the most elegant ; scarcely 3 or 4 in. high, csespitose, 

 somewhat rigid, and where seen very rare. 



Bumbo. — Not infrequent in rooky thickets not far from Chao da 

 Xella, half way up the Serra da Xella. Never seen in the plains of 

 Huilla. Oct. 1859. No. 163. 



2. A. australis Link, I.e., p. 80. 



Pttngo Andongo.— On the gneissic, bare, but humid rocks of the- 

 praesidium, frequent but only at Barrancos de Oatete ; Dec. 1856.. 

 No. 79. 



Probably a few lobed variety of A . radiata. 



15. DIDYMOCHL.ffi:NA Desv. in Gesellsch. Nat. Freunde Berlin 

 Mag. V. p. 303 (1811). 



D. sinuosa Desv., I.e., (1811). 



B. squamata Desv. Journ. Bet. vol. vi. p. 282 (1827). D. 

 lunulata Desv. Journ. Bot. vol. vi. p. 282 (1827). 



St. Thomas's Island. — In the bushy woods of Monte Gaffe at an 

 elevation of 2500 to 2800 ft. In fr. Dec. 1860. No. 67. A sub- 

 arborescent form with fronds 3 to 4 ft. long. 



16. NEPHRODIUM E,icli. in Marthe, Oat. Jard. Med. Paris,, 

 p. 120 (1801). 



