BY W. W, WATTH. 771 



and in tropical Quf?rnslaj)rl. TJnfortunatftly, my KiiranrJa spcci 

 mens lack tlic base of the stipes, hut tlie spon;« are tlio.se of A. 

 Cooper i. The atem was «carrecl. 



I'Or.VPODIACK/K. 



i. AsriDiH.f:. 



D R Y p T K K I R Adans. 



Suhgen, Eudryopleris. 



DJ?) decompohita CR.Br.) O. Ktze. 

 Stoney Creek, and Railway Cutting, near Caims; July, 1013. 

 This is recordcfl with doubt. Domin did not find the true D. 

 decompoHifa in North Queenslanrl. See D. riife.ncf.nn. 



\). AMJO-viLLOSA, sp.nov. (Plate Ixxxviii., fig.8,a-rf). 



Rhxzoma et stipitis basis desunt. Stipen elongatus, stramineus, 

 tener, subflexuosus, plus minusve villosus. Frons ovato lanceo- 

 lata vel subtriangularis: long*; a<;uminata, eirca 45 em. longa et 

 30 em. lata, utrinque villosa, rhaeJii et costis dense villosis, villis 

 jongis, albis, mollibus, articulatis; pinnis numerosis, laneeolatis, 

 ad 25 em. longis et 7 em. latis, longe aeuminatis, subfaleatis, 

 pinnulis laneeolatis, oV)tusis, pinnatifidis, lobis brevibus, sul>- 

 ovatis, aeute serratis, pinnatinervatis. Hori magni, mediales in 

 lobis, prsecipue in nervis siiperion})Us, /ndvuium rotund urn, 

 reniforme, glandulari-pubescens, glandibus flavis. 



.Stoney Creek, near Cairns; July, 1913. 



Tn outline and general strueture, very similar to D. der.rmi- 

 poftita, but much more puV)eseent, and the pinnsf; are more regu- 

 larly shaped T regret that my specimens were defective. The 

 complete plant, with rhizome and attached stipes, is to be desired- 



Subgen. Phegopteris. 

 D. TROPICA ( Bail.) Dom.; Polypodiuvt a^pidioide/i v&r. tropica l^aW. 

 Cairns district; July to August, 1913. 



\). (?)RUFRHCRNS (iil.) C. Chr. 



Specimens collected in the Railway Cutting between Redlynch 

 and Stoney Creek appear to belong liere, but may possibly repre- 

 .sent a new species. In the Sydney Herbarium, there is a note 



