Descriptions of the Species. 
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Var. Zeyheri. (P. & R-) 
Plate LX VII. c. Pinna, natural size. 
Pinnae more obtuse than var. erectum, and less cut away at the 
lower base, but each blunt tooth cut near to the rachis, and the 
lower ones enlarged into rounded toothed lobes, cut to or near to 
the rachis ; evidently intermediate between A. erectum and 
A. lobatum. Frond eighteen inches long, and two inches broad. 
Aspl. Zeyheri. P. and R. 18 ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr, 119. 
A. polymorphum. Ecklon and Zeyher, Hb. 
A. erectum, Bory, var. Zeyheri. Moore’s Index, 127 ; Sim, Kaff. Ferns, 
40. 
A. erectum, Bory, var. / 3 . Kze. Linnsea, 10.513. 
East. — Grahamstown (Holland), Uitenhage (Rubidge), Kat River 
(E. and Z.), Somerset East (Guthrie, Bolus, 1700). 
Kaff. — Katberg (Buchanan), Perie, Dohne, &c. 
Natal. — Lynedoch and Umpumulo (Buchanan). 
Var. f. lobatum. (P. & R.) Sim. 
Plate LX VI I. a. Slightly reduced, b. Pinna, natural size. 
Frond distinctly bi-pinnate ; pinnules separate, cuneate, again 
toothed or lobed, with a green edged rachis. Frond one to two 
feet long, two to three inches broad, tapering gradually to the 
point, and ending rather abruptly at the base ; not proliferous. 
A. erectum, Bory, var. lobatum. Sim, Kaff. Ferns, 41. 
A. lobatum. Pappe and Rawson, 22 ; Moore’s Index, 141 ; Kuhn, Fil. 
Afr. 105 ; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 202 (under A. lunulatum, Sw.). 
A. gracile. Pappe and Rawson, 22. 
A. Pappei. Moore’s Index, 152 ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. no. 
Buchanan also doubtfully places here, A. pulchrum, Thouars. 
East. — Albany (Dr. Atherstone), Fern Kloof, Grahamstown (Holland), 
Tzitzikamma (Dr. Rubidge). 
Kaff. — Main (Mrs. Young), frequent in the forests, Perie, Frankfort, 
Dohne Hill, &c. 
Natal. — Abundant (Buchanan), upper districts (Wood). 
