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pedicellate, the pedicel growing till a fruit matures, wlien it attains 

 to a length of over half an inch ; and in scarcely any instance are 

 they solitary, but generally three or four clustered at the nodes. 

 We may observe that all the specimens of this species hitherto 

 seen by us are monoecious. 



F I L I c E s. 



Blechnum cartilagineum, Swartz. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 2.) 



Specimens of this fern from Mr. W. Bauerlen, Richmond River, 

 N.S.W,, have their pinu^e bifid at the extremities, a variation 

 which does not appear to have been hitherto recorded in connec- 

 tion with this species. 



Blechnum serrulatum. Rich. 



A form of this fern collected by Mr. W. Bauerlen (Ballina, 

 Richmond River, N.S.W.) has exceptionally attenuate pinn?e, 

 each pinna tapering its entire length. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Fig. 1. — a. Part of stem, showing pedicellate female flowers of Amperea 

 spartioides (nat. size). 



b. Female flowers (magnified). 



c. Capsule (magnified). 



Fig. 2. — Pinnae of a frond of Blechnum cartilagineum, showing bifid and 

 trifid terminations (nat. size). 



