BOTANICAL NOTES. 

 By Rev. W. Woolls, Ph.D., F.L.S. 



(1) Note on Lindscea trichomanoides (Dry.) 



This elegant fern, which sometimes rises to the height of a foot 

 and more, is common to Tasmania, Australia, and New Zealand, in 

 which last locality it has a very wide range and is intimately con- 

 nected with L. Lessonnii. Some years since, I forwarded a specimen 

 of this fern to Baron von Miiller, but as it was without fructification, 

 Mr. Bentham regarded it as doubtful {Flora Australiensis, Vol. 

 VII., p. 721). Since the publication of our Flora, L. trichomanoides 

 has been found at the Kurrajongby Mr. Comrie, the Rev. W. Scott, 

 M.A., and Mr. R. Selkirk. I forwarded Mr. Selkirk's specimens 

 to Baron von Miiller, who regards the discovery as interesting, and 

 expresses an opinion that the fern will yet be found in Victoria. 

 In Hooker's Synopsis Filicum, it is stated that Mr. Cairns has 

 recently gathered the same species in Fiji. The typical form is much 

 larger than the var. Lessonnii, the fronds being more compound, 

 sometimes bi-pinnate and even tri-pinnate. 



(2) Note on Crowea exalata (F. v. M.) 



This rutaceous plant is a small shrub, mentioned formerly by 

 Baron von Miiller as an " Alpine species," and subsequently united 

 by him with Crowea saligna (Andr.), which is common near the 

 coast. Mr. Bentham, judging from the general habits, foliage and 



