730 CXLVII. FILICES. [.Pteris. 
4. P. rotundifolia, Forst.; Hook. Ie. Pl. t. 422.—Habit of P. 
faleata but usually smaller or more slender. Pinnæ orbicular or very 
broadly oblong, obtuse, often slightly cordate at the base, almost 
sessile, usually about y in. long or when luxuriant 1 in. Venation 
and scaly hirsute rhachis entirely a as in P. falcata —Pellea rotundifolia, 
Hook. Spec. Filie. ii. 136, he Filic. 151; Platyloma rotundifolium, J. 
Sm. ; Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 3 
eres sland. Mount odds Fitzalan, also Mount Lindsey, Bailey (whose 
ich = have not seen). 
Also in New Zealand and in Norfolk Island. The figure in Hooker’s Filic. Exot. 
t. 48, vicis a luxuriant large form probably from a cultivated specimen. 
5. P.longifolia, Linn.; Hook. Spec. ment ii. 157, Syn. Filie. 153. 
—Rhizome short and thick. Fronds 1 to high, simply pinnate, 
the stipes scaly-hairy at the base only. Pics usually numerous, 
sessile or nearly so, linear or linear-lanceolate, 3 to 6 in. long in full- 
grown specimens, the simple or forked veins transverse from the 
midrib and apparent.  Sori continuous along the whole margin except 
the small P pres or cordate base.—F. Muell. Fragm. v. 126; Bedd. 
Ferns S. di 
Queenslan i»: Pe River, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller ; Rockhampton, 
Jouer, Theat, O Shanesy. i 
Wale - Blue Mountains, Mrs, Calvert; New England, C. Stuart; 
Shoalhaven, C. Moore, 
oria. Mitchell and Buchan Rivers, Gipps’ Land, F. Mueller. 
ae spread over the tropical and temperate regions of the globe. 
transverse from the midrib. jn continuous round the fertile lobes.— 
ook. and Bak. Syn. Filie. 155; P. crenata, Swartz; Hook. Spec. 
Filie. ii. "163; t. 127 ; B. Br. Prod. 1 54; F. Muell. Fragm. y. 125. 
Queensland. Endeavour Fes, Banks PF Solander; York Peninsula, N. 
Taylor ; Port Denison, Fitzalar 
Ranges over tropical and Basten Asia and the Pacific Islands. 
=P. umbro rosa, R. Br. Prod. 154. E thick and knotted or 
more or less decurrent on the pss posites ndi er and minutely 
e when barren, and the bar n ends of fertile ones often deeply 
te; veinlets transverse, oi orked. Sori continued down 
the 4 decurrent base.—Hook. Spee. Filie. ii. 162, t. 130, Syn. Filic. 155; 
_ F. Muell. Fragm. v. 126; Sieb. Syn. Filic. n. 128. 
