Dicksonia.] CXLVII. FILICES. 713 
giving it sometimes a diameter of 4 ft." Fronds 6 to 12 ft. long, twice 
r thrice pinnate, the stipes smooth or with setaceous scales, the 
akis glabrous minutely scabrous or softly hairy w young. 
: oy p æ 2 to 3 in. long. Pinnules or segments distinct or the 
upper ones ceo nearly flat and acutely toothed when barren, 
thicker and okan ely lobed when fertile. Sori MARE on each lobe. 
Indusium globular, about 4 line diameter, 2-valved, the upper valve 
adnate to the lobe of the frond and se era NS from it sig 
near the base where there is on each side a narrow free margin. 
Hook. Spec. Filic. i. 66, Syn. Filic. 50; us Br. Prod. 157; Hook. X 
Fl. Tasm. ii. 132; F. Muell. Fragm. v. 117, LI 
Queensland. Toowomba, Hartmann ; Mount Lindsey, W. Hill. 
0€ ales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, Woolls and others; 
northward to Hastings, Clarence and Macleay Rivers, Ae sem, C. Moore ; southward 
to Mlawarra, Shepherd and others; Twofold Bay, L. Ji 
ictoria. Mouth of the Glenelg, ceni j Tiki dug Sullivan; Dandenong, 
Buffalo Range, Upper Hume River, F. Mi 
Tasmania. Abundantin damp, ideare subalpine forests, J. D, Hooker. 
S. Australia. Mount Gambier, F. Mueller; Lofty Range, Ho yne. 
Also in New Zealand. 
2. D. Youngiz, C. Moore in Bak. Syn. Filie. 461.—Trunk “10 
to 12 ft. Ligh, 4 in. diameter, marked by the bases of old fronds” 
e 
(C. Moore), * 30 ft high, and 7 ireumference," probably ineluding 
the bases of fronds (W. Hill) Fronds m iaceous and glos 
nin D. antarctica. Stipes covered with glossy bee hair ; rhachis 
ferruginous-pubescent or glabrous, not scabro pinne 2 to 
econ 
8in. long. Pinnules 3 to 6 lines long when fertile, ny divided into 
rounded lobes like those of D. n but larger. Indusium 1 line 
diameter, the upper valve entirely adnat 
gend Bellenden Ker Range, W. Hi 
es. Richmond River, C. Feier Tweed River, Guilfoyle; New 
England, C. Stuart 
Appears to be quite distinct from the Nee Zealand D. squarrosa, Sw., to which it 
is referred by F. Mueller, Fragm. vi. 200 
D. davallioides, R. Br. Prod. 158. — Rhizome creeping. 
Preaie erect, 2 to 5 ft. high, the dee straight or xke bets 
and shining. Secondary aes 8 to 4 in. long. Tous, 
mL 1i to : in. long, mem sge pe the Leet ibi on the 
t fr 
Syn. Filie. 54; D. er Métten. Filic. Hort. TES B t. 28; 
Sar Wales. | Riv: R. Brown; Blue Mountains, Wool/s and 
; Hastings River Ee Macleay and Clarence Rivers, C. Moore ; damp 
shady woods, Illawarra district, 4. Cunningham. 
