724 CXLVIII, FILICES. [ Adiantum, 
A, zthiopicum, Linn.; Hook. Spec. Filie. ii. 37, t. 77. Syn. 
123. —Rhizome tufted or DG SEPRE _ Fronds eil 1 to 1i 
Sori distinct in the sinus of the crenatures, the reflexed indue 
reniform or at length UE s oblong.—Bedd. Foris S. Ind. 
Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 137 ; F. Muell. Fragm. v. 119; Sieb. Fl. 1 Mist 
n. 244; A. assimile. Swartz; Hook. Spec. Filie. ii 37; R. Br. Pr 
156; A.trigonum, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 99, t. 248. 
Queensland. Broad Sound, Shoalwater and Keppel Bay, R. Bro nio NS 
seram a, N. Taylor; Rockingha am Bay, Dallachy ; very numerous ae 1 wee : 
au Queensland, Bowman, O'Shanesy and others ; Maranoa in the interior, 
Mitehe E 
N. 5. Wales. Exo iode to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, le Rise - 
others; northward New England, C. Stuart; Hastings and Macl ivers, 
Beckler ; poen to tke ce Bay, L. Morton ; Lord Howe's Island, Fullaga: M 
Vict Very Ple Wendu Vale, Robertson, 2nd the rel 
plo Land, F. Mueller Pend of 3 
Tasmania, Labillardiére ; eem lands and rocky places frequent, 
Hooker. 
Ss. — naona K oo Island, R. Brown ; Lofty Ranges, F. Muell ; 
contra. King Gea orge’s ‘Sound to Swan River,- Preiss, n. 1308 ; Drum- 
"ag n. 995 and others. 
Masa armed over the tropical and temperate regions of the Old World and of 
Western Amer 
form R. Br. Prod. 155.—Rhizome creeping, "ee 
Fronda lto 3 ^f. bi high, broadly spreading, 2 to : times pou 
stipes often scabrous with numerous pinnz, the primary and secon = 
ones always simply pinnate at the end, the main rhachis usually flexuo 
slender and black.  Pinnules membranous or reely icem 
"pud petiolate, obliquely omong obovate or sanani usually : oe 
4 lines rarely only 2 lines long,-or larger when barren, the entire side 
very eas, the dpi margin erenate-toothed. Sori on the tee 
Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Moreton Bay, Leichhardt and others; 
Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mounta R. Brown and many 
others, New England, C. Stuart; Richmond or C. pe and others; Clarence 
E. Ha astings Rivers, Subir Ia warra, John 
ctoria. Broadrib and Snowy Rivers, F. Muelle e 
Also in New Zealand. 
5. A. affine, Willd.; Hook. end Bak. Syn. Fil. 117. ra 
—S but much less Guna, with larger pinnules m e = 
size. Rhizome creeping. Fronds 1 ft. high or more, Kipinwt e 
