212 PTERIS AQUILINA. 



13. N. leptostachya, A. Br. 



14. N. cristata*, A. Br. in Linn. I. c. 



/?, ambigua, A. Br. in Linn. I. c. 



15. N. Tasmanica* F. Muell.; A. Br., Linn. I. c. 



16. N. diffusa* A. Br. in Herb. Hook. 



17. N. Hookeri, A. Br. 



S, Tasmanica*, A. Br. 



18. N. (Tolypella) antarctica, A. Br. 



19. Chara (Lychnothamnus) macropogon, A. Br. 



var. Tasmanica*. 



20. Ch. australis*, R. Br. 



21. Ch. plebeja, R. Br. 



22. Ch. myriophylla*, F. Muell. ; A. Br., Linn. vol. x 



(S, contexta*, A. Br. in Herb. Hook. 



23. Ch. mollusca*, A. Br. in Herb. Hook. 



24. Ch. Leptopitys*, A. Br. in Herb. Hook. 



25. Ch. Hookeri*, A. Br. 



26. Ch. Gymopitys*, A. Br. in Linn., vol. xxv. p. 708. 



27. Ch. Preissii, A. Br. 



28. Ch. Drummondii, A. Br. 



Muell 



p. 



30. Ch. fcetida, A. Br. 



var. Behriana, A. Br., Linn. I. c. 

 32. Ch. fragilis*, Desv., var. 



B 



0»Pteeis aquilina as an Esculent Vegetable ; fy Benjamin Clarke 



F. L. S., etc. 



Dr. J. D. Hooker having incidentally suggested some time since that 



esculenta 



ties of the same species, and the Rev. M. J. Berkeley having shown that 

 the rhizome of the former was also esculent, so far as not to disagree 

 with the latter in that respect, I have been induced to carry the inquiry 

 one step further, viz. to endeavour to ascertain whether or no the voung 

 fronds of the British Fern, when in a very early stage of growth, might 

 not prove useful as an esculent Vegetable, in the same way as the young 

 shoots of Asparagus or of other vegetables, when blanched 



