706 CXLVII. FILICES. | Hymenophyllum. 
nearly to the base into entire valves.— H. JobeHatom, R. Br. Prod. 159, 
not of Labill.; H. erispatum, Wall.; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm, ii. 134; 
demissum, F. Mu ell. Fragm. v. 116, not of Swartz. 
T x Bellenden Ker Range, W. Hill; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
WVales. Blue Mountains, Mr 3; Caloive: 
Victorte, Sealer's Cove, F. Mueller ; Apollo Bay, Wilhelmi. 
Tasmania. Derwent River, R. Brown; abundant in damp woods, J. D. Hooker 
Also in East India, the Malayan Archipelago and New Zealand. 
. minimum, 4. Rich. ue Nouv. Zel. 91. t. 14, f. 9. —Fronds 
ona short filiform stipes, ovate in outline, 1 to 4 in. long, deeply divided 
into 5 to 8 simple or bifid moss slightly dentieulate. Sori usually 
one only to each frond, terminating the main axis. Indusium nenti 
1 line broad, deeply divided n 2 ceci denticulate open valves 
Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 4 
N. S. Wales. Lord Howe's ae summit of Mount Lingbird, Fullagar. Also 
in New Zealand. 
6. H. pumilum Ad Poem in Hook. and Bak. Syn. Filic. vec 
Closely allied to H. minimum and possible a large variety. Rhizo 
filiform, forming fend "dendo matted patches like H. rubra fi 
Fron te or rhomboidal in outline, 3 2 to 1 in. long and nearly as 
broad, deeply pinnatifid, the pinne close together, deeply lobed, 
the lobes few, broadly linear, with more fr ae Be maculae margins. 
Sori few, terminating short lobes xis. Indusium 
about 1 line diameter, deeply divided "d bands or rarely eutire 
valves. 
N. S. W. Mount Tomah, €. Moo Lord Howe’s Island, Moore 
Fullagar. “These L Lord Howe's Island specimens were from insufficient nterials 
described as distinct under the name of C. Moo i, Baken 5 c., but further specimens 
have shown that the supposed distinctions are a con 
7. H. tunbridgense, te Hook. Spec. Filic. i. 99, Ferns, 
t. 43, Syn. Filic. 67. —Rhizome filiform, much branched, em dado 
fronds, forming broad ddl: cipe almost mosslike patches ronds 
in. ; the pinne = divided into 3 to 8 linear io minutely 
dentin lates on the mar, Sori sessile or on a very short lobe, solitary 
at the base of the pinne on their upper margin. Indusium ovate or 
orbicular, about 1 line diameter, divided to 5 below the middle into 
more or less denticulate valves.—R. Br. Prod. 159 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 
ii. 153; F. Muell Fragm. v. 116; Bedd. Ferns S. Ind. t. 265; Æ 
eupressiforme, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 102, t. 250. 
Mount Lindsey, W. ix 
S. Wales. Port Jackson to th E “Blue Mountains, eno. Woolls 
de" New England, C. Stuart ; Lord Howe’s Island, C. Moor 
