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123. C. multifida . Frond deltoid-oblong, usually twice as long as 
wide, three to four-pinnatifid, glabrous, with two to four mem- 
branous indusia to each lobe. Rachis dark brown, polished. 
124. C. induta. Frond ovate-lanceolate, three-pinnatifid, glabrous 
above ; segments hairy and tomentose on the under surface, in- 
volved, and with hardly a distinct indusium. 
125. C. Bolusii. Frond triangular, about as wide as long, four- 
pinnatifid ; pinnae unequally deltoid. Rachis dark brown or almost 
black, polished. 
126. C. farinosa. Frond coated with white or yellow powder on the 
under surface. 
120. Cheilanthes depauperata Baker. 
Plate 94. Fig. 1. Nat. size, b Pinna, when dry. c Pinna, enlarged, 
d Pinna of wider form, nat. size. 
Rhizome shortly running, with tufted crown, set with 
numerous brown scales. Stipe wiry, glabrous below, slightly 
viscose above, four inches long. Frond two-pinnate, six to 
eight inches long, half to three-quarter inch broad, with 
twenty to twenty-five deltoid or three to five foliate pinnae, 
sessile above, stalked below. Pinnules linear, one to two 
lines long, half line broad, with the edges inturned in lobes 
of same texture, without separate involucre, and the under- 
side densely set with rufous tomentum, with a few scattered 
whitish hairs mixed. Upper surface nearly glabrous. Pin- 
nules when dry all very much recurved downward like birds’ 
claws ; when fresh they are flat. General aspect is like one 
elongated pinna of C. parviloba , but tomentose below, and as 
in that species, the pinnules drop off, leaving the short 
petioles dry. 
South Africa only, western region. 
C. depauperata. Baker, Annals of Botany, 5, 210 (1891); Sim, Ferns 
of S. Afr ., 1st ed., 82; C. Chr. Index , 173. 
In Herb. Gub. a specimen in the Barkly collection from 
Hex River and one from Namaqualand (Herb. MacOwan) 
belong to this species. Baker gives as locality “ Central 
Karroo region (Sir H. Barkly, Bolus),” and piaces it after 
No. 15 in Syn. Fil. p. 134. R. Schlechter’s 7804 (Heoch, 
1500 ft, 1896) is the same. 
