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rimis fere ovatis passim l~2-lobulatis, infimis rliombeo-deltoideis, 



supremis a lobo froudis terminali vix semiseparatis. 

 In Australia boreali-orientali fluvium Endeavour-Ri 



iver versus 



Norm. Taylor, 



Filicula sesqui- nsque quinque-pollicaris. Radix ramoso-fibrosa, 



forsan nunquam repens. Stipites ad basim squamas copiosas con- 



fertas angustas pallide fulvas gerentes, secus longitudinem cum 



racbi squamis pallidis partim ad pilos angustatis conspersi. Frons 



pauci-pinnata, infra dilute virens. Pinnas omnes sessiies, nisi 



jam superiores basi adnat?e, maxinine vix semiunciales ; lobus 



frondem terminans acutus vel obtusiusculus ; frons una alterave 



primum evoluta tantum J-f" longa, brevi-stipitata^ simpliciter 



cordata vel rotundato-triloba ; vense libcrae, dicbotome ramosae, 



Sporangia lobos infra praiter basim continue marginantia, primum 



niargiue frondis reflexo spurie indusiata, demum margine loborum 



prorsus expandentc denudata, 



Filix nt apparet rarissima, post iter Banksii neralne nisi cl. 

 Taylor reperta, in Hook. et Bak. Synops. filicum prorsus prseter- 

 missa est, obiter inspeeta Lindsayam quaudam pumilam exhibere 

 videtur. 



NothochlcBna distans interdum statu vix pollicari fructiflcat, 

 quod exemplaria a Doctore Wuth ad Springsnre inventa •doccnt. 

 Statu satis normali speciem nuperius habemus a Farramatta 

 (Woolls)j Mudgee (Taylor), Lord Howe's Island (Lind et Fullagar), 

 Eicbmond-River (Henderson), Hume^s River (F. M.), Severn et 

 Boyne's River (Ilartmann), Herbert's Creek et Maranoa (Bow- 

 man), Peak-Range (Slatter), Axe-Riverj You Yangs, Mount Hope^ 

 Snowy River, Buffalo Range (F. M.). 



Nothochlcena vellea crescit ad Townsville (Taylor), Mount 

 Elliot (Fitzalan), Macdonneirs Range (Giles), 



Hemitclia Maearthuri^ 



(Sect. Aniphicosmia.) 



Altiuscula, caudice crasso nigrescente, stipitibus albidis basi 

 lanosis, rachibus pinnarura inermibus supra saturate fuscis subtus 

 squamuligeris et pallide lanuginosis, segmentis pinnularum char- 

 taceis falcato- v. oblongo-semilanceolatis prseter basim lcnissime 

 crennlatis subtus glaiicescenfibiis, sinubus inter segmcnta profundis 

 angustis inferioribus rhacheolam attinentibus, venispraiter summas 

 dicladis, soris parvis inter costara et margincm utriuque uni- 

 seriatis perparum barbatis, indusio minuto ^atellari fere iuteger- 

 rimo totam receptaculi basim cingentc. 



In insula Howei ; Carron et Moore ; Lind et FuUagar. 



Filix hinc Hemitelia? Moorei, illinc Alsophilir excelsifi cognata ; 

 illani distinguunt caudicis color viridis, frondes coriuce?e, segmenta 

 profunde crenata vel piunatiiida subtus virentia, sori setuligeri, 



