DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES 
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Polypodium adiantiforme . Forst. Prod. 82, 1786. 
Polypodium capetise. Thunb. FI. Cap. 735. 
Aspidium coriaceum. Swartz, Prod. 133, 1801 ; Schl. Adum. 21 ; 
Schk. Filic. tab. 50 ; Kunze, Linnaea , 13 ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 128. 
Polypodium coriaceum. Sw. Prod. 133, 1788. 
Polystichum coriaceum Schott. Moore’s Index\ Pappe and Rawson, 1 5. 
Tropics and sub-tropics, south of the equator, in America, 
Africa, Australia and islands ; epiphytal on trees, in large 
clumps, and also growing on the ground about stones, in 
sunshine. 
West. — Swellendam, Genadendal (Kunze); Rondebosch (Bergius) ; 
Knysna (Rex) ; Caledon (S. Viljoen) ; Zwartberg, near Sandfontein 
(R. Schl. 1035 1). 
East. — Van Staaden’s River, Krakakamma, Grahamstown (Holland); 
Somerset East (Rogers, 166); Boschberg (MacOwan); Uitenhage, 
Storms River, 250 ft (R. Schlechter, 5952). 
Kaff. — Komgha (Flanagan) ; Main (Mrs Young) ; common throughout 
the forest district. 
Natal. — From Inanda inland (Wood); Maritzburg, Noodsberg, In- 
changa (McKen); Itafamasi, Umpumulo, rare (Buchanan); Zwaart- 
kop, Karkloof, etc. (T. R. Sim). ' 
40. Polystichum aristatum (Forst.) Presl. 
Plate 30. Nat. size. 
Rhizome creeping, paleaceous. Frond sub-coriaceous, or 
firmly herbaceous, glabrous, deltoid, three-pinnate or four- 
pinnatifid, one and a half to two feet long, one foot broad, 
with stipe twelve inches long, set below with narrow scales. 
Lowest pinnae much the largest, and with pinnae largest on 
the lower side, unequally deltoid; other pinnae less cut, lanceo- 
late from a wide base. Pinnules ovate-cuneate, sharp pointed, 
and with pointed teeth, or toothed lobes. Sori small, abundant. 
This resembles P .adiantiforme in outline, but is sharply toothed, 
with smaller sori, and is less coriaceous. In some herbaria it 
is confused with Dryopteris elongata. 
Polystichum aristatum (Forst.). Pr. Tent. 83, 1836; C. Chr. Index , 
578. 
Aspidium aristatum Swartz. Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 255 ; Kuhn, 
Fil. Afr. 209; Buchanan’s List, No. 82 (where McKen’s A. fron- 
dosum is said to be a mistake) ; Sim, Femis of S. Afr., 1st ed., 170. 
Polypodium aristatum. Forst. Prod. 82, 1786. 
