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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
Cheilanthes hastaefolia. Kze, Linn. 23, 307. 
Pteris viridis. Forsk, FI. Aeq. Arab. (1775); Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 89. 
Cheila?ithes viridis Sw. Hk. Sp. 2, no. 
Adiantum hastatum. Linn. Suppl. 447. 
Pteris auricnlata. Thunb. Prod. 172; Flor. Cap. 733. 
Lady Barkly includes here Pappe and Rawson’s Allosorus 
cordifolius P. and R., and Allosorus capensis Pr., both of which 
belong to Pteris aquilina ; also Cheilanthes firtna Moore, and 
C. linearis Moore, both of which were afterwards merged by 
Moore into C. triangula Kze, a synonym of P. quadripinnata. 
Africa and African islands. It is perhaps the most 
common fern throughout the whole of South Africa, growing 
both in the forest and on the veld, from the coast to the 
mountains, wherever it has a little bush shelter, and frequently 
without shelter. It is also the most variable, from simply 
pinnate to three-pinnate. It occurs north to Abyssinia. 
Orange Free State. — Rietfontein Hills, near Parijs (Potts, 568); near 
Van Reenen (Dr Bews). 
Transvaal. — Johannesburg (Burtt-Davy, 2123); Marovuni (Burtt-Davy,. 
229); Belfast (Burtt-Davy, 1245); Lomatie Valley, Barberton (Burtt- 
Davy, 326); Haenertsberg (Eastwood; Mrs Potts, 4671); Zeerust 
(T. J. Jenkins); and many other places. 
Rhodesia. — Salisbury (H. M. Hole); Umtali (Mrs Bennett); Jumbo 
Mine (Holland) ; Zimbabye ruins (Holland) ; Mazoe, 4400 ft (F. 
Eyles, 312); Matopo Hills, 5000 ft (Eyles, 1018; Miss Gibbs, 89); 
Bulawayo (Eyles and Johnson); Gwaai River and Victoria Falls 
(J. Sim). 
Portuguese East Africa. — Lourenzo Marques (R. Schlechter, 11,653); 
Umbelusi (T. R. Sim); Inyamadzi Valley, 2500 ft (Swyn. 848); 
Moramballa Mts (Kirk). 
Var. MACROPHYLLA, (Plate 99 , nat. size) has the frond 
usually only once pinnate, with pinnae much larger, and more 
pointed, than the pinnules in the ordinary form; or sometimes 
with the lowest pinnae again divided. It varies considerably, 
and is possibly only a young state, and passing gradually into 
the ordinary form. Not uncommon in forest. I have also 
West. 
East. 
The most common fern in or out of the forest. 
Kaffraria. 
Natal. 
