124 Transactions. 



Histiopteris incisa (Thbg.) J. Sm. 



Pteris incisa Thbg., Prodr. Fl. Jap. 171, 1800. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 {Pteris) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 263, 1896 {Pteris). 



Habitat : Undergrowth in moss forest, summit of Mount Grower. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia, New Caledonia, tropical and southern extra-tropical regions. 



Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. esculentum (Forst. f.) Hook. f. 



Pteris aqulina L., Sp. Plant, ii, 1075, 1753 ; P. escidenta Forst. f., 

 PI. Escul. 79, 1786. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 {Pteris aqulina) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 263, 1896 (Pteris). 



Habitat : North Head (Watts). 



Distribution : Of subspecies — Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, 

 Tasmania, Australia, Southern Hemisphere ; of species — -cosmopolitan. 



Polypodium diminutum Baker. 

 Polypodium diminutum Baker, Syn. Fil. ed. ii, 507, 1874. 



Recorded : Moore, Lord Hoive Id. Official Visit, 26, 1870 {P. australe) ; 

 Baker, I.e. ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 266, 1896 {P. australe) ; Watts, Pxoc. 

 Roy. Soc. N.S.W. 49, 388, 1916 {P. howeanum). 



Habitat : Epiphyte on stems and branches of trees in moss forest, 

 summit of Mount Grower. 



Distribution : Endemic. Allied to the widely distributed P. Billardieri. 



Polypodium pulchellum Watts. 



Polypodium (Grammitis) pulchellum Watts, Proc.\Roy. Soc. N.S.W. 

 49, 386, 1916. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. vii, 104, 1870 {P. Hookeri) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 266, 1896 {P. Hookeri) ; Watts, I.e. 



Habitat : Epiphyte on stems of trees in moss forest, summit of Mount 

 Gower. 



Distribution : Endemic. Related to the Australian and Polynesian 

 P. Hookeri. 



Polypodium diversifolium Willd. 

 Polypodimii diversifolium Willd., Sp. Plaid, v, 166, 1810. 



Recorded : Moore, Lord Hoive Id. Official Visit, 26, 1870 (P. scandens) ; 

 F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 {P. Billardieri); Bentham, 

 Fl. Austr. vii, 769, 1878 {P. pustulatum) ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 267, 1896 

 {P. pustulatum). 



Habitat : Undergrowth in lowland forest. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania. 

 Australia. New Caledonia. 



