732 CXLVII. FILICES. [Pteris 
on the rhachis, the midrib usually raised dilated and hardened with 
Fragm. v. 126; Sieb. Syn. Filic. n. 127; P. esculenta, Forst. ; ; Labill. 
Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 95, t. 244; R. Br. Prod. 154. 
Queensland. Rockingham and Edgcombe Bays, Dallachy; Daintree River, 
Heine 3; Rockhampton and viros hood; Bowman. O' Shanesy, Thozet ; Brisbane, 
enn 
. S. Wales, Port a to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, A. Cunningham 
Bey others ; New England, tuart ; Hastings River, Beckler ; Richm ond River, 
Mrs, Hodgkinson ; llawarra, Chinon: Lord Howe's Island, Fudlagar. 
Wendu Vale, Robertson ; Me eure, Danden nong Ranges, ete., F. 
Mueller and others ; Grampians, Sullivan. 
Tasmania. Derwent River, R. Brown; abundant throughout the island, 
er. 
‘S. Aesan St. Vincent's Gulf, F, Mueller ; Kangaroo Island; Waterhouse, 
w. alia. King George’s ‘Sound to Swan Ri iver, Dr ummon,, n. 399, 
Preiss, n. 1300 and others, 
The species is generally abundant in some form or other in most tropicaland 
temperate regions of the globe, the var. esculenta only in the southern hemisphere. 
- ag ustralian iieri ai (Portlan d, Robertson, rnn Bay, Co u jie, aeg come 
ar to the typical form with small contiguo d at the base, 
ka dosent underneath with a carrie A aat Sidzib and with ERY less vini 
thickening at the base of the indus 
11. P. incisa, Thunb.; Hook. Spec. Filie. ii. 230, Syn. Filie. 172. 
—Rhizome creeping. Fronds varying from 1 to 5 ft. higb, glabrous, 
wice or thrice p Pinnules of the barren fronds usually ye 
m 
e, the Piei here and there Erener or all free. Tn 
base nor the a apex of the s ideni - Hoo ok. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 14 
Sieb. Fl. Mixt. n. 252; F. Muell. Fragm. v. 124; P. po p, 
.Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 96, d. 245; RK. x r. Prod. 154; Litobrochia vesperti- 
lionis, Presl; Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 26 
S. W rt Jackson to "e B Mountains, R. Brown, A. Cunina 
and others ; Clarete River, Bechler — Ri iver, Mrs. Hodgkinson; I 
Johnson; Lord Howe’s Island, C. eim gov 
Wictoria. Mount Disa ment, Denia Ranges, F. Mueller ; Grampians, 
Sullivan ; Upper Yarra River, Waiter 
Tasmania. Derwent River a Kings Island, R. Brown; common in damp 
wood. ding to 3000 00 ft., J. D. H 
S. Australia, P od. 
‘Spread over the tropical and southern extratropical regions of the New and the 
