282 VEGETATION OF NEW ENGLAND, N.S.W., 



ciun, Andropogon, Deyeu.cin, Dantltonia and Ercujrostis are more 

 largely represented by species than an equal number of genera of 

 this order. There are thirty-nine genera and seventy-four species 

 of grasses indigenous to New England. Of this number I have 

 figured and described, as to their economic value, forty-nine under 

 the authority of the Government of New South Wales. Several 

 exotic species have become acclimatised and are to be seen grow- 

 ing in varying proportions on most of the grazing areas. 



Acotyledonece are well represented in New England, more par- 

 ticularly in the eastern portion. In many of the shady ravines 

 and in thickly timbered districts the stately arborescent ferns 

 grov/ to perfection, whilst the more dwarf species carpet the 

 o-round with their beautiful fronds. Some species, as Aspidium 

 ramosum, Palis., and Polypodiuni scandens, Forst., creep up the 

 stems of trees and completely envelop the trunks with their 

 graceful fronds, and others, such as Folypodium serpens, Forst., 

 and Polyjjodium aaslrale, Mett., may often he seen covering rocks 

 with their curious growth. Four species of filmy ferns of the 

 genera Trickomanes and Hyinenophyllum grow fairly plentifully 

 in the deep and shady gullies, usually near running streams. 

 And in similar situations may be found the curious "club moss," 

 sometimes called " notch fern," Tniesipteris tannensis, Bernh. 

 Several epiphytal ferns occur here and there, and there is a robust 

 f*-rowing form of I^latyceriuin alcicorne, Desv. The genera most 

 largely represented by species are Pteris, Aspidium, AsjyleniuDi 

 and Polypodium. 



This Census of the vegetation of New England includes many 

 plants not hitherto recorded from that portion of New South 

 Wales, and there is little doubt that when many of the deep and 

 sheltered gorges and other places that are difficult of access are 

 botanically explored more species will be recorded, and probably 

 others that are new to science will be found. In the following- 

 pages are included all the known Phaneroyamia and the vascular 

 but not cellular CryjUoyamia. There is an excellent and an 

 almost unexplored field for the cryptogamic botanist in New 

 England. The Musci and Fungi are numerous, and the Lichens 



