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The Ferns of South Africa. 
present work, as his collections seem to have been made mostly 
near the Zambesi, and therefore beyond my district; but this 
small list indicates that the fern flora changes considerably beyond 
the tropic. The ten species are, Pellsea consobrina, Hk., Adian- 
tum cethiopicum, L., A. Oatesii Bkr., A. lunulatum, Burm., 
Cheilanthes farinosa Klf., Nephrodium molle Desv., Nephrodium 
(Lastrea) sp, Nephrolepis exaltata Schott., N. cordifolia Pr., 
Mohria caffrorum Desv. 
Dr. Hans Schinz’ “Observations on collection of Transvaal 
Plants, collected mostly near Elim,” includes only two species, 
Nephrodium Bergianum, and Cheilanthes hirta, Sw., but that is 
evidently not representative of the Transvaal mountain forests, as 
we have Transvaal localities for 61 species, and Buchanan mentions 
a collection of 68 species sent down by Mr. Ayres. 
My own “ Handbook of Kaffrarian Ferns” (1891) is the latest 
work dealing exclusively with the ferns of any part of South Africa, 
and 68 ferns, and 7 fern allies, are therein enumerated as belong- 
ing to Kaffraria, but it may be explained that Kaffraria, as under- 
stood in that work, was restricted to what was formerly the Colony 
of Kaffraria; while the Kaffrarian district, as understood in the 
present work, includes all the Transkeian territories, and has as 
many as 89 species of ferns. 
Among more recent collectors not already mentioned, and 
most of whom are still alive, may be included : — Prof. MacOwan, 
B.A., F.L.S., Dr. Marloth, F.L.S., Dr. Schonland, F.L.S., Mrs. 
Young, Messrs. H. Bolus, F.L.S., H. Flanagan, W. Tyson, W. C. 
Scully, B. H. Holland, F. H. Ely, Roth, J. Leighton, Guthrie, 
and Gordon, in Cape Colony; and in Natal, Mr. J. M. Wood, 
A.L.S., and Dr. Rehmann; while in the Transvaal, Messrs. H. 
Bolus, J. Fry, J. H. McLea, Dr. Rehmann, and others, have 
made considerable additions to the collections already mentioned. 
The vast extent of country from Kimberley to the Atlantic 
Coast, along the Orange River, and north of it, does not appear 
to have been examined for ferns except by Burchell ; and Nama- 
qualand, only by hurried visits of Sir H. Barkly, and Mr. Bolus, 
and by Mr. Scully. 
