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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
A. aiiisophyllum. Kze, Linn, io, 51 1 ; Pappe and Rawson, 18; 
Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 96 ; Wood’s Natal Ferns , 21 ; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. 
Fil. 204; Sim, Fer?is of South Africa , 1st ed., 142 ; C. Chr. Index , 101. 
S. America, W. Indies, and Africa south of the Equator. 
Among stones under trees, often where damp ; frequent 
eastward. 
East. — Kat River (E. and Z.); Grahamstown (Holland). 
Kaff. — Alice, Perie, Frankfort, Dohne Hill, etc. (T. R. Sim); Main 
(Mrs Young); Engcoba (McLoughlin, 103). 
Natal.— Inanda to beyond Maritzburg (Wood); Umpumulo, Karkloof, 
Richmond (Buchanan); Fort Buckingham, Noodsberg (McKen); 
Umzimkulu, 4000 ft (R. Schl. 6629); frequent in bush (T. R. Sim). 
Transvaal.— Houtbosch (Dr Rehmann, 5589); Haenertsberg (East- 
wood) ; Barberton (T. Thorncroft) ; Woodbush (W. Nelson, 482 ; 
Mrs Pott, 4661) ; Pilgrim’s Rest (L. Collins, 972). 
Rhodesia. — Umtali (J. F. Darling, Mrs Bennett). 
67. Asplenium unilaterale Lam. 
Plate 54. Nat. size. B Pinnule. 
Stipe slender, glabrous and without scales. Frond thinly 
herbaceous, eight to eighteen inches long, three to four inches 
wide, with ten to twenty pinnae on each side. Pinnae crenate, 
one and a half to three inches long, very oblique, the lamina 
on the lower side being absent for half-distance while on the 
upper edge it is full, and parallel with the rachis. Sori medial, 
linear. Resembles A. laetum and A. anisophyllum , but the 
pinnae are much more cut away at the lower base. 
A. unilaterale. Lam. Enc. 2, 305, 1786; C. Chr. Index Filicum , 136. 
A. resectum. Sm. 1791; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 21c. 
Tropical and subtropical Asia, Polynesia, and Africa and 
African Islands. 
Rhodesia. — Chirinda Forest, 3700 to 4000 ft (Swynnerton, 840 a, 841). 
68. Asplenium prionitis Kunze. 
Plate 55. Nat. size. 
Crown erect, paleaceous, with long black pointed scales. 
P"rond two feet long, eight to ten inches broad, glabrous, 
