402 THE FERNS OF LORD HO^VE ISLAND, 



more compound, curved upwards, acuminate ; pinnules much 

 longer on one side than the other. 



Dr. Christ's first determiuatiou of our plant as a variety 

 of I', aculeatutn may be due to some misunderstanding, as 

 it is not at ail aculeate. It dilters in other respects also. 



It remains only to add that the following species, which 

 have been recorded for the Island, I did not succeed in 

 finding: — Ryitienophylluni ininiinutu A. Kich., H. tuiibrid- 

 (jeiise Sm., Tricliumaiics jdvamcuin Blume, Davallia dubia 

 ±t.Br., Cheilanthes tenuifolia Sw., Fteris incisa Thunb. ,(///«- 

 ftopteris), Doodia aspera R.Br., Aspidiuin apicalt Baker, 

 Dryopteris p u net a fM (Thunh .) [Foiypodium). 



Oi these, I have been able to verify the first three, there 

 being specimens in the Sydney Herbarium. Of the rest, 

 there are no specimens lu the Herbarium, which, however, 

 contains Cheilanthes tenuifoha, Fteris iiicisa, and Dryopteris 

 punctata, from Norfolk Island. Specimens of Hymenophyl 

 I II in ininimuni and Aspidiuni apicale are particularly deside 

 I'ated. 



Postscript \aaded olst Uctuber, 1911^ J. — Note on Poly- 



STICHUM KiNGlI. 



The description of L'olyatirh nm Kviujii was based upon the 

 .-specimens at the time available m Sydney. Since the paper 

 was read before the Society, I have received fresh material 

 from the eastern side of Mt. Lidgbird, growing among damp 

 rocks in the open, where, I believe, the original specimens, 

 sent by Edward King to Mr. C Moore, were collected. My 

 new material includes strongly-rooted plants, which are now 

 growing in Sydney, in my own bush-house, and in the Botani- 

 cal Gardens. These specimens necessitate some modification 

 of the description : — 



1. The plants being older and more complete, the rhizome 

 IS more distinct; and, instead of "Bhizome very short, its 

 apex," etc., the description should read, "Rhizome short, 

 embedded in a mass of rootlets, its apex, " etc. 



