DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES 
HZ 
rachis ; lower pinnae hardly less than those above ; pinnae 
nearly equal sided, ovate, rounded at the point, and pinnately 
divided to the rachis into about six distinct, flabellate rounded, 
toothed pinnules, which are often cuneate at the base, with 
flabellate venation, and one to four sori in each pinnule. 
Easily recognised as a distinct form from A. erectum, var. 
gracile by its small size, comparatively greater breadth of 
the frond, and the more rounded outline of the pinnae and 
lobes. 
A. varians Wall. Hk. and Gr. Ic. Pl. 172, 1830 ; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. 
Fil. 216; Sim, Ferns of South Africa , 1st ed., 140; C. Chr. Ind. 137. 
A.fimbriatum. Kze, Linnaea , 18, 1 17 ; Pappe and Rawson, 33 ; Kuhn, 
Fil. Afr. 102. (Not A. fimbriatum, Hk. Syn. Fil. 229.) 
Eastern Asia and S. Africa ; not growing here below 
4000 ft altitude. 
East. — Bedford (Miss Cook, Holland) ; Boschberg (MacOwan). 
Kaff— Katberg (Buchanan); Sage’s Bush, Izeli (Leighton) ; Komgha 
(Flanagan) ; above Perie Mission Station (T. R. Sim). 
Natal. — Between Omfondi and Tugela Rivers (Gueinzius) ; Verulam 
(Wood); Umpumulo, Maritzburg, Nottingham, Cathkin (Buchanan); 
Great Noodsberg (McKen) ; Howick, 3200 ft (R. Schl. 6782); Buc- 
cleuch (W. Leighton). 
Transvaal. — Pilgrim’s Rest (L. Collins, 902). 
Rhodesia. — Umtali (J. F. Darling). 
61. Asplenium Eylesii Sim. (New species.) 1 
Plate 61. Fig. 2. Nat. size. 
Crown erect, set with brown scales. Fronds deltoid, two- 
pinnatifid, three inches long, one to two inches wide, softly 
1 61. Asplenium Eylesii Sim. (Species nova.) 
Tab. 61. Fig. 2. Mag. nat. 
Corona erecta, paleis fuscis ornata ; folia deltoidea, bipinnatifida, 3" longa, 
1 — 2" lata, lente herbacea, supra et infra pilis albentibus pubescentia; stipes 1 — -2" 
longus, viridis, mollis, pilis numerosis ac mollibus obsitus; rachis non alata; 
folii pars superior pinnatifida, lobis rotundatis, crenatis, decurrentibus, infra quos 
una atque altera paria opposita pinnarum brevi-petiolatarum, lobatarum, nec non 
et deltoideum infimum par pinnarum 1" longarum, f latarum, semel paene ad 
costam incisarum ; nervi flabellati ; sori abundantes, obliqui, longi ; in- 
dusium angustum, membranaceum. 
Rhodesia, in monte Ironmask, Mazoe, 4500 ped. Jan. 1909, Eric Eyles 
(Herb. Eyles, 564). Dissimilis ulli cuilibet filici mihi notae. 
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