266 FiLiCES (Carruthers). [Adianturn, 



mountains of Queta, by the side of torrents but not frequent ; Oct. 

 1854, Aug. 1855. No. ibOc. _ , . 



Welwitsch distinguished this as a species, and gave it a name in nih 

 Herb It had been raised to this rank hy E. Brown, from specimens 

 collected in the Congo region by Chr. Smith, and his herbarium name 

 A. pteropus has )>een quoted in books. The strikmg character which 

 suggested Brown's name is the broad wing on the short stalk ot the 

 pinnae, which also passes down the rachis. 



3. A. Zollingeri Mett. teste J. E. Bommer. 



PaNGO Andongo.— On schistose rocks near M-popo, not far from the 

 banks of the river Cuanza. In fr. April 1857. No. 149. In a single 

 -place, but there abundant on shaded moist rocks near Kio Mangue ; 

 31 Jan. 1857. No. 1496. 



4. A. CapiUus Veneris Linn. Sp. PL p. 1096 (1753); Hk. & 

 Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 123. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — Frequent in humid places in the interior 

 of the Isle of St. James ; in fruit Jan. 1861. No. 71. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — Common at springs, on humid banks, etc. Grow- 

 ing all the year round. At cataracts of the river Cuango ; Aug. 1855. 

 No. 151. 



Bumbo. — Frequent on river banks in shady places of the Serra da 

 Xella ; in fr. Oct. 1859. No. 200. 



7. LONCHITIS Linn. Gen. PI. p. 522 (1737). 

 1. L. oecidentalis Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 128 (1867). 



L. glabra Hk. f. (non Bory), Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 234. L 

 glaberrima Mett. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 81. (1868). 



GoLUNGO Alto.— 4 to 8 ft. high, generally 5 ft. In the woods, 

 chiefly near the rivers of Sobati de Quilombo, 2500 to 2800 ft. high ; in 

 fr. July 1856. No. 132a. Woods of Mata de Quisucula, Sobati de 

 Bango Aquitamba ; 29 April 1 856. No. 132i. 



Welwitsch observes that as the sori are not limited to the sinus, but 

 extend up the margins, even to the apex of tlie lobes, this species 

 exhibits a transition from Loncliitis to Fteris. 



8. CHEILANTHES Swartz, Syn. Fil. p. 5, 126 (1806). 

 1. C. Kirkii Hk. Second Cent. Ferns, tab. Ixxxi. (1861). 

 GoLTJNGO Alto. — Very rare on the mossy banks of the cataracts 



near Pedra Cabondo ; in fr. Nov. 1856. No. 142. In the shady 

 margins of the road from Sange to the source of the Capopa, 2000 ft. ; 

 Dec. 1856. No. 143. 



HuiLLA. — On shaded rocks near the cataract of Perrao de Sola near 

 Lopollo. 



This is Pelloea geraniifolia ¥6e with the rounded distinct indusia of 

 Cheilanthes. Welwitsch says that a true indusium is present, which 

 appears not to be formed from the edge of the frond ; this would 

 transfer it to the genus Pteris, where Kuhn places it, but it is, in my 

 judgment, a true Cheilanthes. 



2. C. hirta Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 128 (1806). 



Htjilla. — On wooded banks near the stream that flows from Morro 

 de Lopollo ; Nov. 1859. No. 202. 



3. C. Welwitschii Hook, in Hk. &Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 142 (1868); 

 non C. lutea Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 246. 



