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substance of the frond. Sori continuous on the lobes.—Bedd. Ferns 
S. Ind. ; F. Muel g 1 
not of Lin nn.; P. Brownii, Desv. in Mem. Soe. Linn. Par. vi. 294; 
ees geranifoli Fée; Hook. le. Pl. t. 915, Spec. Filic. ii. 132, 
Syn 
Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown; Rockingham Bay, Dal/achy; Port 
Denisom, Fitzalan ; Rockhampton, 0” Sony nesy, Bowman ; Bowen, Woolls, 
. S. Wal New England, C. Stuar. 
las dispersed over the tropical ic ede regions of the New and the Old 
rid, 
. P. paradoxa, Baker—Rhizome creeping. Fronds 6 in. to 1$ 
ft. Tigh simply pinnate, the rhachis dark and shining, glabrous or very 
. faleata 
with dichotomous free veins oblique on the midrib concealed in the 
substance of the frond. Sori usually continuous all round very nearly 
to the petiole. Indusium not so thin as in most s species, soon concealed 
under the sori ——4diantum paradoxum, B. Br. Prod. 155; Sieb. Fl. 
Mixt. n. 269: Pellea paradoxa, Hook. Spec. Filie. ii. 135, t. 111, Syn. 
Filie. 152 ; m Brownii, J. Sm.; Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 36. 
Queensland. Brisbane ges Moreton Beh A, Cunningham, F. Mueller and 
others ; "Port Des Fitzala 
ales. Port Ja pets on, R. Brown ; New England, C. Stuart ; Richmond. 
River, C. Moore, Ramsay ; Tweed ets Guilfo yle. 
Included by F. Mueller, Fragm. v. 123, under P. sed but although not 
generically separable it appears to me quite distinct as a speci 
Pa 7 3. P. fale ata, R. Br. Prod. 154.—Rhizome creeping. Fronds 6 
in. to 1} ft. long, amply pinnae He rhachis densely scaly-hirsute. 
2 
Pinne numerous, sessile or nearl o, lanceolate, often faleate, 1 to 
ri 
took, f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 139; Sieb. Syn. 1 Filic. n. 109, 
E. Muell. visae E 123, partly ; ; Pellea falcata, "Fée ; Hobe: 
Filic. ii. 185, t. 111, Syn. Filie. 151; P. seticaulis, Hook. Ic. Pl. z 
207 ; ; Platyloma Jum J. Hm. ; Bedd. Fe jg = t. 23. 
ae Brisbane River, Moreton Ber as ; Port Denison, 
Fitzalan ; ao epon and neighbouring districts, m "ty Shanes sy and others 
x s. Port Jackson to the a Mountains, R. Brown, A. Cunningham 
and o rthward to New England, C. Stuart ; Hastings s River, Beekler ; Tweed 
= Guilfoyle a to Illawarra, einn; 'Twofold Bay, F. Mueller Eee 
ow sland, C. Moore, Fullagar. ee 
ria. From pri ene s rne and the Grampians to East Gipps Land, F. Mueller 
and any others. : 
Tasmania. Kent's Island, R. Brown; common in forests, etc., J. D. Hooker. 
Also in East India, the Malayan Archipelago and New Zealand. 
