540 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo Aug., 191 i. 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants — cantinued. 



BotanicarName. 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



(H 



FiLICES. 



Oph iiiijliiKs inn — 



viilgatum, L. 

 Botrychium — 



Lunar ia, Swartz 



ternatum, Swartz 

 Sehizcea — 



flstulosa, Lab. . . 



bifida, Willd. . . 

 Trichomanes — 



venosum, R.Br. 



humile, G. For.ster 

 Hymenophyllum — 



flabellatuin. (Lab.) (I 

 tens) 



australe, Willd. 

 javanicum) 



Tunbridgense, Smith 

 Gleichenia — 



circinata, Swartz. 



dicarpa, R.Br. . . 



flabeUata, R.Br. 



Hermanni, R.Br. 



Todea — 



barbara (L.) Moore (Os- 

 munda barbara, Thunb.) 

 Cyathea — 



meduUaris, Swartz. 



Cunninghami, Hook. f. . . 

 Alsophila — 



australis, R.Br. . . 

 Dicksonia — 



antarctica, Lab. (D. Bil- 

 lardieri, F.v.M.) 



davallioides, R.Br. 

 D avallia — - 



pyxidata, Cav. . . 



dubia, R.Br. 

 Lindsayn — 



linearis, Swartz. 



trichomanioides, Dry. 



Adiantum — 



Jithiopicum, L. 



formosuni. R.Br. 



diaplianum, Blume. 



hispiiluliim. Swartz. 

 yothohfiKi ( ( 'lifiltinthes] — 



Briiwiiii. Desv. (vellea, 

 R.Br.) 



distans, R.Br. . . 

 Cheilanthes — 



tenuifolia, Swartz. 

 Pteris — 



falcata, R.Br. . . 



longifolia, L. 

 umbrosa, R.Br, 

 arguta. Aiton 

 atjuilina, L. 



incisa, Tluinb. 



comans, G. Forster 



CRYPTOOAM.^i — Vasculares — continutd. 



Adder's Tongue 



Common Moonwort 

 Meadow Moonwort 



Comb Fern 

 Forked Comb Fern 



Bristle Fern 

 Short Briistle Fern 



Shining Filmy Fern 



Austral Filmy Fern 



Tunbridge Filmy Fern 



Coral Fern 



Wire Fern 



Umbrella Fern . . 



Fan Fern (G. dichotoma 



Hook ; G. linearis, 



Clarke) 



King Fern 



Black Tree Fern 

 Slender Tree Fern 



Prickly Tree Fern 



Common Tree Fern 



Creeping Dicksonia 



Hare's-foot Fern 

 Rainbow Fern . . 



Screw Fern 

 Wiry Fern (Lindsava cun 

 eata (Forst.), Chr.) 



ComiiKiii Maidenhair 

 Beautiful .Maidenhair 

 Filmy Maitlfuliiur 

 Rough Maidenhair 



Downy Rock Fern 



Bristly Rock Fern 



Common Rock Fern 



Sickle Fern (Pellsea falcata 



(R.Br.), Fee.) 

 Long Sickle Fern 

 Shady Brake Fern 

 Tender Bracken 

 Common Bracken (Pteridi 



um aquilinum (L.) 



Kuhn.) 

 Batswing Fern (Histiop- 



teris incisa (Thmib.), 



J.Sm.) 

 Hairy Bracken . . 



A large numlier of our native ferns are 

 handsciiiie dcidrative phmts, which 

 may br jiidwii sui-cessfully in ferneries 

 or giecii-iiDuscs. Tliis applies to the 

 two jirinciiial " Tree Ferns," namely, 

 Dicl-xiDiid iinlarctica and Alsophila 

 auslrulis. wliich may be grown in the 

 open garden it sheltered from winds 

 and protected from too much exposure 

 to the sun by the overhanging foliage 

 of taller trees. The handsome " King- 

 Fern " requires full shade and careful 

 treatment. Various species of Adian- 

 tum, Lomaria, Davallia, Cheilanthes, 

 Asplenium, Aspidium, and Poly- 

 podium are suitable for pot 

 culture in green-houses, and can 

 also be grown on the ground in 

 shrubberies if well supplied with 

 water. The " Filmy Ferns " {Hy- 

 menophyllum) require a continuously 

 moist atmosphere, as well as shade, 

 to be. grown successfully, and, in the 

 open, a hot north wind may kill them 

 completely in an hour or two. Apart 

 from their decorative use, none of 

 our native ferns have any special 

 economic value 



Often takes possession of newly cleared 

 land if neglected 



See above remarks regarding native 

 ferns 



* The nomenclature of the ferns for the whole world has latelv undergone drastic revision. In 

 nearly all cases, the new names are given in brackets after the popular name, since to make all the 

 alterations in the present list would be too confusing for local botanists who have not yet had the 

 opportunity of acquiring the new names. 



