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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
under shade, and consequently of less firm texture, and with 
the lamina of the frond more expanded, less fertile, and less 
woolly. Christensen maintains C. Manniana Hk. from West 
tropical Africa, and C. Thomsoni from Nyassaland. 
Cyathea Dregei. Kunze, IJnnaea , io, 551; Pappe and Rawson, 1 1 * 
Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 164; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 21 ; Sim, Ferns of 
S. Africa , 1st ed., 57; C. Chr. Index Filicum , 191. 
C. Burkei. Hk. Sp. 1. 23. 
C. Dregei. Kze, var. Burkei , Pappe and Rawson, 11. 
Known only in Africa, and extending from Kaffraria to 
or beyond the Equator, from 1000 feet alt. upward ; native 
names “ Isihihi ” and “ M’panga.” 
East. — Knysna, T. H. Rex, 836. 
Kaff. — Katberg (Holland); Bazija, 2500 ft (Baur, 161); Pondoland 
(Drege) ; Magua Falls, East Pondoland (Sim) ; Toise River, Thomas. 
River, Dohne Hill, Hogsback, Cathcart, etc. (Sim) ; Engcoba 
(McLoughlin). 
Natal.— Umzimkulu (Wood); Thabamhlope (Sim); Shafton, Howick 
(Mrs H. Hutton, 134); Buccleuch (W. Leighton); Pinetown, Mur- 
cheson Flats, Hill Crest, Greytown, and abundant from Westville 
and Umbilo Falls to the Drakensberg, always on sour-veld. 
Transvaal. — Magalisbergen (Zeyher, 1862), Macamac (McLea), Hout- 
boschberg, 6700 ft (Schlechter, 4460), Barberton Mountains (Burtt- 
Davy, 329), Belfast (R. Leendertz, 2776), Kloofs everywhere 
(Burtt-Davy, 220) ; Woodbush (Mrs R. Pott, 4628). 
Rhodesia. — Penhalango (Mrs Bennett); Umtali (Holland); Mt Pene, 
6500 — 7000 ft (Swynnerton, 816); Mt Pene, 7000 ft (Swynnerton, 
6030 ; named C. Manniana Hk.) ; Chirinda, 3800 ft (Swynnerton, 
817; named C. Thomsoni Bkr); Moramballa Mountains (Waller, 
Livingstone, Kirk); Matopo Hills, near American Mission, by 
streams (Miss Gibbs, 292). “Not uncommon in ravines and by 
streams with high protecting banks. Matopo Hills, 5000 ft; Eyles, 
No. 72.” (Eyles 5 list.) 
Genus 4. Hemitelia R. Brown. 
Tree ferns with long stems, and large spreading fronds in 
a crown at the top. Capsules surrounding a conical receptacle, 
and subtended by the small involucre, which is like a scale 
under the under side of the sorus, with an irregular broken 
margin. A small genus of about 58 species, of which two 
are African, and other two have been found in Madagascar. 
The other species are distributed through the tropics. 
