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105. Cheilanthes Atherstoni. Hook. Frond 4-pinnate, del- 
toid, glabrous ; 'primary pinnce ovate-deltoid, and as well as 
the secondary and tertiary pinnce , stalked ; the lower ones 
distant, the upper ones more approximate ; pinnules sessile, 
oblong, entire or pinnatifid in their lower half; involucres 
formed of the indexed margins of the pinnules, pale and 
membranaceous at the edge, generally continuous ; the edge 
more or less crenate or lobed. Stipes and principal rachis 
purple, ebenous, glossy. Hook, 1. c., p. 107. 
In the district of Somerset (Dr, Atherstone.) 
106. Cheilanthes Jirma. T. Moore. Frond 3-4-pinnate, 
smooth, coriaceous, pentagonal acuminate, 1-1 \ feet long; 
inferior pinnules of the lower pinnae obliquely deltoid ; pri- 
mary pinnce of lowest inferior pinnae, pinnate, ovate-lanceolate, 
deeply pinnatifid, the segments oblong, bluntish, with notched 
margins ; the lowest secondary pinnules stalked, the interme- 
diate ones either stalked or sessile, lanceolate-oblong, scarcely 
pinnatifid ; the uppermost ones connate, pointed. Stipes and 
rachises smooth, brown, shining, channelled. Sori continuous; 
involucres lobed, crenate. T. Moore, in Hook., Journ. of Bo- 
tan. and K. G. Miscellany, vol. 5, p. 225. 
According to Mr. Moore, nearly related to C. Atherstoni . 
Hook. 
On the sides of mountain streams. Natal (Plant.) 
107. Cheilanthes linearis. T. Moore. Frond 4-pinnate, 
deltoid, coriaceous smooth, 6 inches high ; ultimate pinnules 
all distinct, small, linear, obtuse, the terminal one of the same 
form ; sori numerous ; involucres continuous, narrow, slightly 
waved. Stipes and rachises round behind, plane and margined 
in front, purple, glossy. T. Moore, 1. c., p. 226. 
In rocky places near Impafane, Natal (Plant.) 
xxvii. hypolepis beenh. (2 Species.) 
108. Hypolepis anthriscifolia. Presl. Fronds 3-pinnate, 
hairy on the mid-rib and veins beneath, membranaceous; 
primary pinnce oblong-ovate, acuminate; secondary ones 
broad, oblong ; pinnules linear-oblong, sub-falcate, deeply 
pinnatifid ; segments small, entire or toothed, bearing solitary 
sori in the inner margin ; involucres squamiform. Stipes and 
rachises glabrous. Cheilanthes sparsisora Schr. C. commutata, 
Kze. Linnaea, vol. 10, p. 542. Hook. Spec. Filic., vol. 2, 
p. 66, tab. 95. A. 
In the forests near Plettenberg’s Bay, in the Zuurbergen 
(Albany), at Natal (Plant, No. 369), &c. v. s. 
