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sub-reniform. Stipes and rachis ebenous, glabrous, polished. 
Hook. Spec. Filic. vol. 2, p. 36., tab. 74, B. 
Between rocks on Table Mountain, &c ; also in the woods near 
the Kat River, and at Natal, v v. and s, 
91. Adiantum aethiopicum. Lin. Frond 3-4-pinnate 
oblong-ovate, membranaceous, smooth ; pinnules sub-orbicular, 
obliquely cuneate at base, stalked ; superior margin more or 
less lobed ; notches of the lobes soriferous ; sold large, involu- 
cres oblong-lunate. Stipes slender, compressed ; rachis eben- 
ous, glabrous, glossy. Caudex fibrous. Hook., 1. c., p. 37, 
tab. 77 A. 
Common in moist, shady places in all parts of the colony, v. v. 
and s. 
xxvi. cheilanthes. sw. (16 Species.) 
92. Cheilanthes pteroides. Sw. Fronds 3-pinnate, coria- 
ceous, smooth ; pinnee and pinnules remote, the latter stalked, 
cordate, elliptical, obtuse, crenate, opaque ; involucres contig- 
uous, sub-round membranaceous, extending over the whole 
margin. Stipes and rachises woolly at their axils, stout, eben- 
ous, glossy. Caudex creeping, scaly. Hook., Spec. Filic. 
vol. 2, p. 80, tab. 101, A. Adiantum pteroides. Lin. 
In shady, damp places, and between rocks near Cape Town, the 
Paarl, Tulbagh, &c.; also at Natal, v. v. and s. 
93. Cheilanthes capensis. Sw. Fronds 2-3-pinnate, del- 
toid, membranaceous, smooth ; pinnules adnate, decurrent, 
ovate, or oval-oblong, crenate-dentate, rarely pinnatifid ; 
involucres fringed at the margin ; sori numerous, approximate. 
Stipes ebenous, shining, scaly. Caudex creeping, paleaceous. 
Adiantum capense . Thbg. & Kze. Hypolepis capensis. 
Hook. Spec. Filic., vol. 2, p. 71, tab. 77, c. 
In shady localities between rocks in many parts of the colony. 
v. v and s. 
94. Cheilanthes multifida. Sw. Frond 3, below 4-pinnate, 
deltoid-ovate, acute, coriaceous, glabrous; primary pinnce 
rather opposite, broad-ovate, sub -deltoid, stalked ; pinnules 
or segments oblong, pinnatifid, lobes sub-round, each bearing 
2-4 involucres. Stipes and rachises brittle, deep ebony, black, 
glossy. Caudex clothed with black subulate scales. Hook. 
1. c., p. 90, tab. 100, b. 
In rocky and stony places in most parts of South Africa. 
v. v. and s. 
