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I'JERXS OF X AT All. 
in rounded hollows of the upper edge. Hab. : — Drier parts of bush ; common, I 
from Pietermaritzburg to the Berg. 
Gen. 23. — Lonchitis, Linn. 
Sori linear, semi-lunate, veins anastomosing. Invol. the same sliape as the I 
sorus, and covering it ; membranous in texture, formed from the reflexed I 
margin. 
21. L. pubescens, Willd. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, erect, densely clothed with I 
woolly pubescence ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., deltoid, tripinnatifid, cut down to the raehis I 
except towards the apex ; lower pinnae sometimes 12-18 in. 1., 9-12 in. br. ; 
pinnl. lanceolate, cut down nearly to the raehis below, with blunt oblong, 
sinuated segm. ; raehis and under surface, especially the midrib, tomentose ; 
veins copiously anastomosing into irregular hexagonal areolae ; sori placed round 
the main sinuses of the pinnules, and in two or three of the hollows of the 
segments on each side. ( L . Nat ale ns is, Hk. ; L. glabra, Bory.) Hab. : — 
Ravines at Krantzkloof ; Inauda; Umbilo ; Field’s Hill ; Great Noodsberg. 
Gen. 24. — Hypolefxs, Bernli. 
Sori marginal, platted usually in the sinuses of the frond, small, subglobose, I 
uniform, distinct. Invol. the same shape as the sorus and covering it, I 
membranous in texture, formed out of the reflexed margin. 
22. IT. anthriseifolia, Presl., st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, erect, straw-colored, naked I 
but rather rough, with small raised points ; fr. ample, quadripinnatifid ; lower I 
pinna* deltoid-lanceolate, 1 ft. or more 1., 4-6 in. b. ; pinnl. lanceolate, rather I 
distantly placed, the segm. cut down to the raehis into small oblong deeply I 
pinnatifid ultimate divisions 2 Hu. 1., J lin. b. ; texture thinly herbaceous ; 
raehis and under surface slightly hairy ; sori 2-4 to each of the ultimate divi- I 
sions, placed in the lower sinuses. ( Cheilanthes aspera, Kaulf.) Hab. Ravines I 
on Great Noodsberg ; Inanda ; Field’s Hill ; Town Hill and Zwartkop. 
23. H. Bergiana, Hk. ; st. tufted, 2 ft. 1., strong, erect, dark chestnut-brown, I 
tomentose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. b., deltoid quadripinnatifid ; pinnae deltoid ; I 
pinnl. ovate-deltoid ; segm. ovate, £-f in. 1., i-f in. b., cut down to the raehis I 
into oblong, blunt-toothed, ultimate divisions ; texture thinly herbaceous ; I 
raehis rigid, zigzag, dark brown, tomentose, and the under surface of the frond I 
hairy ; sori very small, placed in the sides of the lobes of the segments or l 
ultimate divisions. (Cheilanthes, Schlecht.) Hab.: — Dry parts of Bush at I 
Fort Buckingham ; Esidumbeni ; Kruisfontein ; Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg. I 
Gen. 25. — Cueiranthes, Swartz. 
9ori terminal or nearly so on the veins, at first small, subglobose, afterwards f 
more or less confluent. Invol. formed from the changed reflexed margin, I 
roundish and distinct;, or more or less confluent, but not quite continuous. 
24. C. hirta, Swartz ; st. tufted 2-4 in. 1., strong, erect, densely coated with | 
spreading, bright reddish-brown hairs ; fr. 4-12 in. 1., 2-5 in. b., ovate-lanceolate, | 
