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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
feet alt., while A. harpeodes and A. gracile range from 2000 to 
5000 feet alt. 
A. lumdatum Swartz. Schr. Jour. 1800 2 , 52, 1801 ; C. Chr. Index , 
1 19; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 202. 
A. erectum Bory. Sim, Ferns of South Africa, 1st ed., 136. 
Varieties are as under. 
Var. a. LUNULATUM Sw. 
Plate 47. Nat. size, b Pinna. 
Pinnae straight and entire along the lower and inner edges, 
rounded at the point, not deeply toothed but crenate, a half 
to three-quarter inch long, two lines broad. Frond two to 
three feet long, sometimes proliferous. 
A. erectum Bory, var. lunulatum. Sim in Kaff. Ferns, 40 ; Sim, 
Ferns of S. Afr., 1st ed., 137. 
A. lumdatum Swartz. Schrad. Jour.\ Schl. A dum. 27 ; Kz z, Linnaea, 
10, 514; Pappe and Rawson, 19; Wood, Natal Ferns, 20; Hk. and 
Bkr, Syn. Fil . 202, in part ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 105. 
A. falcatum. Thunb. Prod. 172; FI. Cap. 734. 
Frequent throughout South Africa. 
West. — Knysna. 
East. — Uitenhage (E. and Z.) ; Kat River (Drege); Grahamstown 
(Holland); Van Staaden’s River (Browning). 
Kaff. — Frequent throughout the forest, Komgha (Flanagan) ; Engcoba 
(A. G. McLoughlin, 85). 
Natal. — Coast to Umpumulo and Maritzburg (Buchanan); frequent 
everywhere (T. R. Sim). 
Orange Free State. — Near Van Reenen (Prof. Bews). 
Transvaal. — Houtboschberg (Schlechter). 
Rhodesia. — Victoria Falls (Holland, Engler, J. Sim) ; Chirinda Forest, 
3700 to 4000 ft (Swynnerton, 827). 
Var. fi. MINOR Sim. 
Plate 45. Fig. 2. Nat. size, b Pinna. 
Pinnae as in var. lumdatum , but smaller. Frond six to 
nine inches high, generally proliferous. Found at Dohne 
Hill, Kaffraria. 
