Doodia.] CXLVH. FILICES. 741 
Besides the Australian species of which twoare endemi 
c and th fin tends t 
New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, there is a fourth from Cey : dient 
sue or segments all adnate by their broad base. 
wae my exceeding , very scabrous, Sori 
vate, in 1 or 2 rows bete the midrib and the 
mar, l. D. aspera. 
uds mostly above 1 ft. long. Sori narrow- -oblong i in 
2. D. bechnoides. 
L & row very near the midri 
ower or nearly all the paneka attached onl iL. by the mid- 
rib, o iol: . 8. D. caadata. 
the lowest petiolate. Sori oblo: 
D. aspera, R. Br. Pr od 151.—¥Fronds erect, rigid, mostly 
about 1 ft. or rae but varying from 6 to nearly 18 in., the  pinnules as as 
the rhaehis exceedi ingly scabrous. innules or segmen 
numerous, all attached by jm r broad or di 
those i iu i. centre of the frond ERRA f ly 
ar at a little distance from the midrib, but 
ten numerous in at least two rows on "ach side; —Hook. Spec. Filic. 
Fl. t. 8; Sieb. Fl. Mixt. n. ; 
üi. 71, Syn. Filic. 189, 
wardia aspera, Metten. ; Bail. Queensl. 
F. Muell. Fragm. v. 130 ; Wood 
Ferns, 27. 
res Brisbane and Burnett Rivers, F. Mueller ; Mount Elliott, 
ftsalan 
N. s. 
ld Bay, F. Mulicr; Lord 
oor 
"Via din Broadribb and Snowy Rivers, F. Mueller ; Cape Howe, Walter. 
2. D. blechnoides, 4. Cunn. ; Hook. Spec. Filie. iii, 72, Syn. Filie. 
189.— A larger plant than D. aspera and much less scabrous. Piune 
similarly dilated and adnate at the base, 
numerous nerves connected in areoles. ne 
simple between the sori and the margin. So ersely 
4 ach side of the midrib and very 
e 
frond 1 to 12 ft. long the larger pinnz w 
E at. pE f the short broad ones of D. 
aspera.—Metteu. Filie. Hort. Lips. t. 6, f. 3. 
S. Wales. Nepean River, Fraser, A. Cunningham; Cedar Creek, New 
England, C. Stuart. 
3. D. Md, R. Br. Prod, 151.—A smaller more slender plant 
