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Orange Free State is not fern country, while Portuguese East 
Africa cannot be said to have been fully explored, especially 
in regard to its mountain slopes, and further examination of 
these localities will probably increase the above list. 
Species common to some seven of the eight areas include, 
besides the above, other 20 species, viz. : Dryopteris gongylodes y 
D. thelypteris, D. inaequalis , Asplenium theciferum , Poly podium 
polypodioides and Ophioglossum capense , which are not recorded 
from the Orange Free State, and Polystichum aculeatum , 
P. pungens, Asplenium monanthes, A. lunulatum , A. adiantum- 
nigrum , Ceterach cor datum y Pellaea hastata, P. quadripinnata , 
Cheilanthes hirta, Pteris cretica , Elaphoglossum petiolatum y 
Gleichenia polypodioides and Equisetum ramosissimum, which 
are not recorded from Portuguese East Africa. 
Turning from those which are most widely dispersed to 
those which are most local in their distribution, at least in 
South Africa, the following list shows the species confined to 
one or two areas, together with their distribution in other 
parts of the world, those which are endemic to South Africa 
being marked x. The endemic species naturally include all 
new species, as well as some of doubtful status. 
Other parts of Africa 
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Australia and 
Polynesia 
America 
Western Districts of Cape Province only 
X 
Hymenophyllum uncinatum (New species) 
X 
Asplenium Rawsoni (Only once found) ... 
X 
Pellaea auriculata 
— 
— 
— 
— • 
— 
X 
Pellaea pteroides 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
Pellaea lancifolia (Namaqualand only) ... 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
Pellaea namaquensis , , , , ... 
»x 
Doryopteris deltoidea ,, ,, 
X 
Doryopteris robusta ,, ,, 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
Notholaena Rawsoni ,, ,, (Once found) 
X 
Cheilanthes depauperata (Rare) ... 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
Cheilanthes induta (Namaqualand) 
Adiantum Poiretii ... 
X 
— 
X 
— 
X 
Monogramma graminea (Doubtfully present) ... 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
Ophiglossum Bergianum (Very rare) 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Ophioglossum lusitanicum (Only once collected) 
X 
X 
— 
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