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The Ferns of South Africa. 
Widely distributed in sub-tropical and temperate countries ; 
growing in damp spots, often in full sunshine. 
West. — Dutoitskloof (Drege), Hottentot’s Holland, Swellendam, Tulbagh 
(E. & Z.), Table Mountain (now eradicated), French Hock, Groot 
Drakenstein, George, Knysna (Lady Barkly). 
East. — Zuurberg, Uitenhage (E. & Z.), Grahamstown (Holland) Brook- 
haagen’s and Howison’s Poorts (Dr. Atherstone). 
Kaff. — Rare. Omsamcaba (Drege), N’cora Mountains, Cala (Mrs. 
Young), Bazija (Rev. R. Baur). 
Natal. — Common on the coast, and frequent thence to the Drakensberg 
(Buchanan). 
Transvaal. — Pilgrim’s Rest (W. Roe; Bolus, 1732). 
Genus XXXII— Todea. Willd. 
Sori on the under surface of ordinary pinnae. A small genus, 
confined to South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and South Sea 
Islands. 
148. Todea Barbara. Moore. 
Plate CXXXIX. Natural size. 
Crowns sub-erect, in huge clumps, often three feet in height 
and diameter. Frond two-pinnate or two-pinnatifid, coriaceous, 
rather rigid, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate or sub-deltoid, two to four 
feet long, one to two feet broad at the middle, rather less below, 
and with a stout, naked stipe, one to two feet long. Pinnae sessile, 
lanceolate, six to twelve inches long, one to two inches broad, 
tapering to the point, and cut to the mid-rib in the lower part into 
oblong, obtuse, serrated pinnules, one inch long, quarter-inch 
broad, with a wide adnate base ; the upper part of the pinnae not 
cut quite to the mid-rib. Sori mostly on the lower pinnules ; at 
first more or less distinct, round or oval, afterwards confluent, and 
filling the whole under surface. Veinlets free, once forked. 
Todea barbara. Moore’s Index, 119; Hk. and Bkr. Syn. Fil. 427 
Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 172. 
Acrostichum barbarum. Linn. Sp. 7792. 
