746 CXLVIT. FILICES. [ Asplenium. 
pinnately diverging from a short midrib often piden at the base 
into three nearly equal branches. Sori sev orang each pinna, linear 
when young, often confluent when old.—R Lr 150; Sieb. Fl. 
Mixt. n. 236; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 145; F. Muell. Fragm. v. 131. 
sages Dal Creek, Hartmann. 
N. Wales. Port i Jackson, to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, A. Cunning- 
ham an thers; New England, C. Stuart; ies ce and Hastings Rim Beckler, 
veins ; Illawarra ome DIRE hg gham, Johnson. 
oria. Numerous localities from Melbourne and the Grampians to Gipps' 
Tand, Ter a F. “Maller and others. 
"Port Da lrymple R. Brown; abangan in most parts of the island, 
Sa in ernie or stony Ter ctn J. D. Hook 
. Australia. Lucky Bay, R. Brown ; King George’ s Sound and neighbouring 
districts, Oldfield and several (iius 
Also in New Zealand. 
6. A. paleaceum, A Prod. 150.—Rhizome tufted. Fronds 
decumbent, 6 in. to 1 ft. Pul simply pinnate, sometimes proliferous 
at the end, the stipes rhachis and often the principal veins scaly- 
hirsute. Pinnæ shortly petiolate, ovate ovate-lanceolate or fan-shaped, 
mostly 4 to $ in. long, irregularly denticulate and sometimes obscurely 
3-lobed, prominently striate with the radiating forked veins more or 
less joining in a midrib. Sori linear, often long but not reaching the 
midrib.—Hook. E Eper Filic. iii. 162, t. 199, Syn. Filie. 208 ; F. Mue 
Da v. 131. 
Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown; Frankland Islands, M‘Gillivray ; b di 
Perodua, N. Taylor ; , Rockingha am Bay, Dallaehy ; Rockhar npton, Bowm 
O Shanesy, Thozet. 
7. A. falea 
[OE tufted. "Fro nds from “under 1 o 2 ft. t. high eluding the 
Pinn ly pet de oblique, la i nceo! e, acuminate, serrulate, a 
rm more or less di pee dr y short broad dentate lobes 
metimes auriculate , 1} to 4 in. long, MOM pro- 
s uell. agm. v. 
audatum, Forst. ; Hook. Spec. Filie. iii. 152, Um Filic. 209, at least 
as to the Australian specimens. 
ensland. Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, F. Mueller ; 
Roc pton, O'Shanesy; Rockingham Bay, Dailachy, with very long po oints to the 
pinne. 
N. S. Wales. Newcastle, R. Brown; New England, C. Stuart : Armidale, 
Perrott ; Macleay and Hastings Rivers, Beckler ; Ric quen River, Mrs. Hodgkinson ; 
Illawarra, Shepherd ; Lord Howe’s Island, C. Moore, Fullagar 
Widely spread we tropical Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands and New Zealand. 
Beddome, Ferns S. Ind. t. 141 sey 143, figures A. fateatum and A, caudatum 
