784 FERNS OF NORTH QUEENSLAND^ 



My specimens fully agree with Bailey's figure in Liths., t. 110, 

 though not with that in Hook., Sp. Fil., ii., t. 202, which shows 

 the i^inna with longish acumen. The pinna m Beddome's fig. 

 (under A. spathulinum J.Sm.), in "Ferns of Southern India," t. 

 226, is still more long-acummate, and the w^hole frond has a differ- 

 ent appearance from that of jnj specimens and of Bailey's figure. 

 Van A. van Rosenburgh( Malayan Ferns, p.472) says, of A. affine, 

 "PinnulsB distinct, rhomboidal-triangular, blunt or acute, inciso- 

 serrate or deeply pimiatifid to pinnate again, the base obliquely 

 cuneate; lowest pinnulae acute . . . the higher ones and those of 

 the higher pinnae with the outer edge more or less bluntish or more 

 or less rounded to truncate, crenate." This allows, partly, for the 

 blunt pinnules of my specimens, but none of my fronds have the 

 lowest pinnules "acute"; they are all blunt. I record the species, 

 however, on the authority of Mr. Bailey's figure, which Domin 

 cites without criticism. 



A. LASERPiTiiFOLiUM Lam.: A. cuneatum Lam., var. laserpitii- 

 folmm F.v.M.(1866). Domin follows F.v.M. 



In scrub at base of Bartle Frere; July, 1913. 



My specimens are smaller than those described by Van A. van 

 R. (Malayan Ferns, p. 472), but appear to correspond in every 

 other respect with the descriptions and figures available. They are 

 larger and more robust than Domin's var. orarium, from Cape 

 Grafton. • 



A. j^vcemiorsum Sw. {A. furcatum Thunb.), A. cuneatuin Lam., 

 A. ajfiiie Sw., and A. Jaserpitiifoliuin Lam., form a group of 

 nearly related plants that have given considerable difficulty to 

 students. 



A. PARVUM, sp.nov. 



Rhizoma fasciculatum minutum radiculosum, radiculis sublon- 

 gis, cum pilis tenuibus flexuosis brunneis dense vestitis. Stipes 

 2-3 cm. longus, infra fuscus supra (in juventate) subviridis, basi 

 paleis brunneis minutis lanceolatis longe et flexuose acuminatis 

 instructus, nudus vel subglandulosus. Frons ad 8 cm. longa et 2-5 

 em. lata, ovato-lanceolata, infra pinnata supra pinnatifida; pinnis 



