800 FERNS OF NORTH QUEENSLAND, 



L. SCANDENS(L.) Sw. 



Swamp at back of Cairns; August, 1913. 

 L. RETicuLATUM Schkhr. 



Throughout the Cairns district, especially in the scrubs near 

 Kuianda; Watts and Philip Mackenzie; July- August, 1913. 



A striking form was found at Kuranda, with abnormal leafy 

 outgrowth, sometimes partially occupied by the sori, but more 

 frequently quite sterile. 



MARATTIACE^. 

 Angioptkris Hoffm. 

 A. EVECTA (Forst.) Hoffm. 



On and near the banks of Josephine Creek, Bartle Frere; and 

 elsewhere in the Cairns district. Very fine specimens, with 

 fronds some 24 feet long, and 13 or 14 feet across, were seen 

 near the Second Falls, Frenchman's Creek, Babinda ; July- 

 August, 1913. 



This wide- spread species is so variable, that De Yriese has set 

 up no less than 60 separate species. Domin appears to recognise 

 a number of the species of Presl, De Vriese, and others as 

 varieties of A. evecta. Specimens of A. evecta are in the Sydney 

 Herbarium, with a note stating that they were collected on the 

 Tweed River, in New South Wales, apparently the only reliable 

 record for this State. No trace of A . evecta is to be found on 

 Lord Howe Island. 



Mar ATT I A Sw. 



M. FRAXINEA Sm. 



At many places in the Cairns district, in the creeks and gullies; 

 common in the scrubs on the northern side of the Barron River, 

 at Kuranda; July- August, 1913. Some confusion appears to 

 exist regarding var. salicina. Domin takes it to be the common 

 Australian and New Zealand form, with marginal sori. Mr. E. 

 Betche (Herb. Syd.) regarded it as the form with long submedial 

 sori, found on Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Pacific Islands. The 

 species is very variable. 



