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next to this species, and be distinguished by the shorter and 
more terminal sori. 
A. bipinnatum (Forsk.) C. Chr. ; Hieron. Deutsche Zentralafr. Exp. 2, 
11, 1910; C. Chr. Index Fit. Suppl. 1906 — 1912, 10. 
A. achilleifolium (Lam.). C. Chr. Ind. 99, 1905. 
A. rutaefolium. Kze, 10, 521; Pappe and Rawson, 23; Hk. and Bkr, 
Syn. Fit. 222; Kuhn, Fit. Afr. 115; Sim, Ferns of South Africa, 
1st ed., 158. 
Caenopteris rutaefolia. Bergius, Act. Petr. 6, 249; Thunb. Prod. 
172 ; Flora Cap. 734. 
Darea rutaefolia J. Smith, Willd. Schl. Adum. 33. 
Asplenium stans. Kze, Linnaea , 10, 521; Pappe and Rawson, 23. 
Darea stans. Bory. 
Caenopteris furcata. Bergius, Act. Petr. 1778, 6, 248. 
Darea furcata J. Smith. Schl. Adum. 33. 
A diantum achilleifolium.. Lam. Enc. 1, 43, 1783. 
Lonchitis bipmnatum. Forsk. FI. A eg. Arab. 184, 1775. 
Fiji, New Caledonia, South Africa and its islands, and 
East Asia. One of our most common ferns throughout the 
forest districts, easily cultivated, and known as the Carrot Fern. 
Transvaal. — Houtbosch (Dr Rehmann, 5584); Houtboschberg, 6000 ft 
(R. Schl. 4463); Marovuni (Burtt-Davy, 237); Haenertsberg (East- 
wood ; Mrs Pott, 4660); Barberton (Miss Williams); Forbes Reef, 
Swaziland, 5100 ft (Burtt-Davy, 2731). 
Rhodesia. — Umtali (Holland, Mrs Bennett); Chipetzana headwaters, 
Mafusi, 4000 ft (Swyn. 807, in part). 
81. Asplenium theciferum (H. B. K.) Mett. 
Plate 72. Nat. size, b Fertile pinnule, enlarged. 
Crown tufted, or shortly creeping, and set with lanceolate, 
hard, nearly black scales. Frond lanceolate, nearly glabrous, 
two to four inches broad, half foot to two feet long, on a 
stalk half as long, which is rounded at the back, and 
furrowed in front, and more or less scaly below. Rachis with 
a thick rounded wing throughout. Pinnae and pinnules simply 
winged veins, but of firm coriaceous texture. Pinnae alternate, 
— Frequent in bush, or on rocks among scrub. 
