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The Ferns of South Africa. 
Pteris Cretica. Linn Sp. 7807 > Schk. Fil. 85. tab. 90 ; Schl. Adum. 40 ; 
Thunb. prod. 171 ; FI. Cap. 732 ; Kze. Acot. Afr. 43 ; Pappe and 
Rawson, 26 ; Kuhn. Fil Afr. 79 ; Hk. and Bkr. Syn. Fil. 154. 
Pteris serraria. Sw. Schrad. Jour. 1800. 
Frequent in the tropics, and not uncommon in S. Africa, grow- 
ing in open glades in the forest. 
West. — Swellendam (P. and R.), Knysna (Burchell 557 1 ), Seven Oaks 
(Holland), Grootvader’s Bosch (Thunberg), Hang-klip (Mund.), George, 
Koratra (Drege). 
East. — Zwartkops River (Rawson), Kat River, Winterberg (P. and R.), 
Bedford (Miss Cook), Boschberg (MacOwan). 
Kaff. — Komgha (Flanagan), St. Augustine’s, Transkei (Baur.), Perie ; 
Frankfort ; Dohne ; Cathcart, &c. 
Natal. — Abundant in upper districts (Wood). 
Transvaal. — Macalisberg (Sanderson). 
(Pteris serrulata. Linn. Fil. A Chinese species, which 
somewhat resembles P. Cretica, but has the rachis distinctly 
winged throughout, is mentioned in Hk. and Bkr. “ Syn. Fil.” to 
have been received from Natal, from R. W. Rawson, Esq. ; but is 
only known in cultivation to Natal Botanists. 
P. serrulata, Forsk. is according to Kuhn our P. flabellata ; 
and P. serrulata, Pappe, appears to be our P. Buchanani ; both 
very distinct from P. serrulata, L., but both Natal plants, and 
possibly the cross naming may account for the above locality.) 
54. Pteris quadriaurita. Retz. 
Plate XLIV. Part of lower pinna. Natural size. 
Crown procumbent, or with a short rhizome ; set with numerous 
short, brown, lanceolate scales. Frond 2-pinnate or 3-pinnatifid, 
glabrous, one to three feet long, one to two feet broad, on a nearly 
naked yellowish stipe one to two feet long. Pinnae about ten 
pairs, six to twelve inches long, one to one and a-half inches broad, 
cut to near the mid-rib into linear, obtuse, entire, or slightly serrate 
pinnules ; and with an attenuated, narrow, pointed, terminal 
pinnule. Terminal pinna similar to the others, but longer. Lower 
pinnae with 2 to 4 short similar pinnae on the lower side. In- 
dusium narrow, membranaceous. Sori usually in the lower half 
