742 CXLVII. FILICES. _ [Doodia. 
an D. aspera, the fronds often decumbent at the base, ascending in 
m typical form to 6 to 8 in., or rarely to 1 ft., scabrous but not so 
much so as in D. aspera and ver UR Lower pinne distinct, 
short, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often broadly biauriculate, attached by 
the midrib only and mostly "barren ; intermediate ones lanceolate 
a single row on each side of the mite, and din othkol almost con- 
= 
Hook. f. Fl. Tasm ii. 147; F. Muell. Fragm, v v. 129; rupes 
Kaulf. in Sieb. Syn Filic. n. 114, Fl. Mixt. . 248 ; "Weohoardin 
caudata, Cav. ; Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 27. 
Queensiand. tly Peninsula, N, Taylor; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Dain- 
tree River: Fitzalan ; Roc pton, Mo one Bay and other localities in S. Quee ns- 
d, Bowman, p Della F. Mueller and o 
N.S. Wal Port Jackson to the Elus s Monia , R. Brown, A. re 
and others ; New England, C. Stuart ; Hastings e JAM; 3 Clarence River. 
Wilcox ; Tweed River, Guilfoyle 
"ce Wannon River, Rober tson; Dandenong Ranges and Gipps’ Land, 
Tasm ania. Port Da Mr Bee È. Brown ; abundant in dry stony situations as well 
as in shady places, J. D. Hook 
Also in New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. 
Var Fronds ee oe €— l ft. long. Longer segments in the 
middle of p frond 1 to 2 in can find no other difference, and the inter- 
mediate sizes are ida opty cae R. Br. Prod. 151 ; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 74, 
Syn. Filic. 190 ; Woodwardia media, Fée; Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 27.— Éndeavour River, 
m mo 
more frequ ent in Queensland m a northern = of N. S. Wales, whilst in 
30. ASPLENIUM, Linn. 
me creeping, or short and thick, or rising to a shortly 
T umet trunk. Sori linear or rarely oblon ng, on veins proceeding 
m the midrib or the base of the pinnules or on their branches. 
Indusium linear or oblong, attached along one side to the vein and 
opening along the other side. 
generally dispersed over the tropical mi rate regions of the 
DA Of "mruw pe ds ERA E Species, 3 havea m Mio or less An Pal diate but n over 
the New mhi as the Old Wor i 9 are limited to the Old hc 4 extend to e 
ofthem also in the extreme South of Ameri , the re remaining 6 
