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shaggy. Pteris hastata . Thbg. Pteris Ccilomelanos. Sw. 
Kunze & Schlecht. Adumb., p. 43, tab. 30. 
Between fissures of rocks ; very common all over South Africa. 
v. v . and s. 
83. Allosorus auriculatus. Presl. Fronds pinnate smooth ; 
pinnae, either alternate or opposite, sub-sessile, ovate, or 
ovate lanceolate, auricled or sub-pinnatifid at base, entire 
or crenulated ; lower ones rounded, upper ones oblong, all of 
them blunt ; margin and involucres notched. Stipes smooth, 
or slightly paleaceous, purplish, glossy. Caudex clothed at 
base with pointed, linear ferruginous scales; roots fibrous, 
woolly. The whole fern little more than a span high. Adi- 
antum aiiriculatum. Thbg. Pteris auriculata . Sw. Schlecht. 
Adumb. p. 41. tab. 23. Cheilanthes auriculata. Link. & 
Kze. Linngea, vol. 10, p. 531. 
Near water-courses, Rondebosch ; in moist and shady places 
on Table and Devil’s Mountains and elsewhere common. 
v. v. and s. 
84. Allosorus andromedaefolius. Kaulf. Fronds 2-pinnate, 
5-6 inches long ; pinnae remote, patent ; lower ones 2-pinnate, 
upper ones pinnate ; inferior pinnules , 3-foliate ; leaflets 
stalked, oblong-ovate, blunt, revolute at the margin ; involu- 
cres short. Stipes round, sparingly scaly. Caudex creeping, 
paleaceous ; roots filiform, shaggy. Kaulf. Enum. Filic. p. 188. 
In dry localities at Kendo. (Drege.) 
*85. Allosorus consobrinus. Nob. Fronds 4-pinnate or 
3-pinnate, pinnatifid, sub- triangular, straight, coriaceous, 
smooth ; pinnules oblong-ovate, lower ones and those of the 
apex pinnatifid at base ; terminal ones elongated, sterile ones, 
broad crenate, fertile ones narrow, quite entire. Stipes and 
rachises flexuose, furrowed, dark purple, glossy, the former 
covered at its base with comose paleaceous scales. Pteris 
consobrina. Kze. Linnaaa, vol. 10, p. 526. 
In the forests of the Knysna (Miss Dalgairns), Krakakamma, 
(Eckl. & Zeyher), near Fort England, Albany. (Dr. Atherstone), 
and in Kaffraria (Drege.) v. s. 
*86. Allosorus coriifolius. Nob. Fronds 3-pinnate, coriace- 
ous, glabrous, glossy above, pale below ; middle and lower 
primary pinnae and pinnules remote, terminal ones, short 
stalked, approximate, confluent at the apex, all of them 
