788 FERNS OF NORTH QUEENSLAND^ 



P E L L ^ A Link. 

 p. FALCATA (R.Br.) Fee. 

 Ravenslioe; Aug., 1913. 



My specimens appear to belong to the normal type (Domin's 

 var. iiormalis; "robusta, pinnis circa 3 cm. longis"). Domin states 

 that he did not collect this form in Queensland. 



D o R Y o P T E R I s J. Sm. 

 D. coNCor.ou (Langsd. et Fisch.) Kuhn; Fferis yeranitfol a Raddi. 

 Rocky Slopes' of South Cedar Creek Gully, Ravenshoe; Dr. 

 Jojmt, Aug., 1913. 



N T H L .E N A R. Br. 

 N. DISTANS R.Br.; Cheilmithes Mett. 

 Ravenshoe; Aug., 1913. 



Domin follows Mettenius in making N otholmiia a subgenus of 

 Cheilmithes. I have followed Christensen and others in keeping it 

 as a separate genus. 



C H E I L A N T H E S Sw. 

 C. TENUIFOLIA Sw. 



Ravenshoe, on rocky slope of the Millstream; Aug., 1913. 

 Var. siEBEKi Hook. f. 



Ibid. ; Aug., 1913. 



Domin (Prodr., p. 136 ff.) enters, in great detail, into the vari- 

 ous forms of '^C. tenui folia (Sw.) s. ampl. et em." He makes 

 Swartz's C. tenuifolia a subspecies of his amplified ienuifolia, and 

 the following further subspecies: Sieberi Ktze; multifida Sw. ; 

 qneenslandica subsp. n.; nudiuscula (R.Br.); caudata R.Br.; 

 Wriffhtii Hook. ; bullosa Ktze. ; Hancocki Bak. ; Shirleyana subsp. 

 nov. ; etc. Some of these "subspecies" are again subdivided into 

 varieties and forms. I do not presume to criticise the detailed con- 

 clusions based upon a most painstaking examination of the 

 material in herbaria, but I venture to question the practical use- 

 fulness of such minute subdivisions. My own specimens, at any 

 rate, appear to fall readily into the typical divisions: C. tenui- 

 folia Sw., and var. Sieberi Hook.f. 



