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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
Transvaal. — Houtboschberg (W. Nelson, 490); Lydenburg (Dr F. 
Wilms, 749); Zoutpansberg (H. Junod, 11 7); Elandshoek (Rev. F. A. 
Rogers, 1 15); Paul Pieters Rust and Scheerpoort (R. Leendertz, 2332 
{major) and 749). 
Rhodesia. — Mazoe (J. F. Darling); abundant in every stream in the 
country (H. M. Hole); Victoria Falls (Allen, 11; Eyles, 113, 126; 
Rev. F. A. Rogers, 5017; Holland; Engler; Jas. Sim; C. Wilde, 
866, cut forni) ; Tatagura Valley, 4300 ft (E. Eyles). 
Portuguese East Africa. — Umbelusi Poort (T. R. Sim); behind Beira 
(T. R. Sim). 
Besides the usual form, the following varieties occur : 
Var. j 3 . major (Plate 122). Pinnules very broad, larger 
than the ordinary form, deeply lobed, rather rounded below, 
but tapering a little to the petiole ; most of the pinnules except 
the terminal ones more or less one-sided. A cut form from 
Zambesia is shown on Plate 122, B. 
Var. 7. minor (Plate 121). Fronds as large as in the 
type, but pinnules narrower, and more cuneate ; sori long, 
often crossing the whole pinnule, and then straight. Frond 
nearly flat. 
The normal form is intermediate between these two 
varieties, and frequently approaches them. 
136. Adiantum Paradiseae Baker. 
(Extracted from Gardener's Chronicle , Nov. 16, 1889, 1 1 - 5 5 8.) 
“ General habit of A. aethiopicum , cuneatum , and venus turn . 
Stipe and rachis slender, naked, glabrous, brown-black. Frond 
deltoid, tripinnate, glabrous, half a foot long and nearly as 
broad, lower pinnae largest, deltoid, unequal-sided, cut away 
on the lower side at the base, conspicuously petioled ; ulti- 
mate segments rhomboidal, a quarter to a third of an inch 
long and broad, cuneate, and entire in the lower half or more, 
irregularly rounded, and sparingly crenate at the apex. Sori 
one to three to a segment, oblong, broadly shallowly reniform, 
one-twelfth to one-sixth of an inch long. Indusium broad, 
glabrous, persistent. — J. G. Baker. 
“ This new Adiantum has been sent to the Gardeners y 
Chronicle by Mr William Juby, for the last twenty-five years 
