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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
Endemic to 
South Africa 
Not recorded 
elsewhere in 
South Africa 
Total 
Species 
South Africa as defined in this work 
58 
69 
220 
Cape Province — Western Districts ... 
12 
15 
96 
Cape Province — Eastern Districts 
I 
I 
90 
Kaffraria, including Transkei 
I 
2 
IO9 
Natal 
3 
IO 
*51 
Orange Free State 
1 
I 
31 
Transvaal 
2 
6 
113 
Rhodesia 
7 
21 
12 6 
Portuguese East Africa 
1 
8 
45 
U ncertain ( Polypodium Billardieri ) ... 
— 
1 
1 
Western and Eastern Districts of Cape Province ... 
15 
18 
1 15 
Eastern Districts of Cape Province and Kaffraria ... 
2 
3 
118 
Kaffraria and Natal 
6 
16 
154 
Natal and Orange Free State 
4 
11 
152 
Natal and Transvaal ... 
5 
20 
164 
Transvaal and Rhodesia 
9 
3 i 
161 
Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa 
9 
33 
139 
Natal and Portuguese East Africa ... 
4 
18 
164 
Western and Eastern Districts and Kaffraria 
16 
20 
14° 
Eastern Districts, Kaffraria and Natal 
7 
17 
157 
Kaffraria, Natal and Transvaal 
8 
29 
165 
Natal, Transvaal and Rhodesia ... 
9 
58 
190 
Transvaal, Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa ... 
1 1 
44 
1 70 
Natal, Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa 
j 2 
52 
191 
Common to West, East, Kaffraria and Natal 
6 
66 
,, East, Kaffraria, Natal and Transvaal ... 
— 
4 
67 
, , Kaffraria, N atal , T rans vaal and Rhodesia 
,, Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia and Portu- 
— 
.7 
52 
guese East Africa ... 
— 
3 
19 
,, each of the eight areas ... 
— 
7 
,, seven of the eight areas 
— 
— 
27 
,, six of the eight areas 
— 
— 
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Perhaps the most striking feature is that although there is 
a reasonable representation of species in each distribution- 
area only seven species are known to occur in all the eight 
areas, viz.: Adiantum capillus-veneris, Pteridium aquilinum , 
Polypodinm lanceolatum , Dryopieris Bergiana , D. elongata , 
Pellaea viridis and Mohria caffrorum. The first three of 
these are almost cosmopolitan in similar climates ; the last 
four are confined to Africa and its islands. But most of the 
