712 CXLVII. FILICES. [Alsophila. 
serrate. Sori small, in very distinct series close to the midrib. Base 
of the stipes (in the very few specimens seen) covered with long 
brown setaceous hairs without the fla Penes scales of A. australis.— 
Mok: and Bak. Syn. Filic. ed. 2, 40; 4. Macarthurii, Hook. l.e. 
aeea N ear oe C. Moore 
= al ackson and Blue "Mountains, Woolls; New England, 
"Cla ,Hasting gs and Ma ae Rivers, Beckler; Tweed River, 
Guitoy in lavant ” Shephe 
A. Woollsiana, F. Muell. Fragm. viii, 179, from Rockingham Bay, meee only 
differs in the dense woolly tomentum of the rhachis which is more or less o vable 
1n some other specimens. A. Moorei, J. Sm. Enum. Cult. Ferns, 243, is Pe the 
synonym given and the specimens grown at Kew the typical A. Leichhardtiana, 
although the daps 1 is quite at variance. 
9. A. Robertsiana, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 54, 117. —Trunk 6 to 8 
ft. high, 2 to 4 in. diameter. Fronds bipinnate, the rhachis both 
general and partial as well as the pinnules themselves and sori hispid or 
sprinkled with rigid hairs. Secondary pinne 2 to 3 in. long. Pinnules 
distinct, 4 to 6 lines long, deeply pinnatifid, the upper ones of each 
pinna sila an more entire and confluent. Sori rather large, solitary 
opposite each lobe of the pinnule.— Hook. and Bak. Syn. Filic. 459. 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Bellenden Ker Range, W. Hill. 
TnrsE VI. Potyrpopir#.—Habit various. — Spore-cases small, with a 
Bagitadinal or scarcely oblique ring, usually bursting on one side in 
the shape of little Pele, numerous and stipitate in sori or patches 
on the under saute or rarely on the MAS of the fronds, with or 
without an indusiùr 
Lt P TONTA; L’ Her. 
: The c us extends over the tro SE and subtropical regions of the New and the 
Old Wo a Of the three to pe apre one eris nds s o New Zealand another 
only to Norfolk Island, the third appears to be quite end 
Mies on the — lobes of the pinnules, which are closely 
to and form the _ part of the upper valve 
of the indusium. Tree f 
Indusium about 4 line deter Roue 9L L5. 5] 2. aiarctes- 
ine di ter. D. Youngie. 
sinus or at the inner base ‘a the lobes of the : 
pinnules. Indusiumcup-shaped. Rhizome creeping. 3. D. davallioides. 
Ln D. antarctica, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 100, 
arborescent, attaimig 30 to 50 ft, covered with pre rootlets 
