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from specimens much more paleaceous than any Australian ones, but all appear to 
represent one speci 
8. A, obtusatum, Forst. ; P ake Filic. ii. 96, Syn. Filic. 
207, Filic. Exot. t. 46.—Rhizome Y caly. Fronds 6 in. to about 
1 ft. high, the rhachis and stipes ias rather thick, glabrous or 
sparingly scaly. Pinne coriaceous, shortly petiolate, in the typical 
form obliquely oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 4 to 1i in. long, 
regularly crenate-toothed, and from that in some varieties E Qo. 
late, 3 to 5 in. long, toothed or pinnatifid. Veins from the midrib 
oblique and forked. Sori oblong-linear, not reac ing the margin, 
usually several on each fide. of the midrib oblique equal p parallel.— 
Labill. Pl. Noy. Holl. ii. 93, t. 242; R. Br. Prod, 150; Hook. f. FI. 
Tasm. ii. 145; A. picis Forst. ; . Labill. 1. c. 93, t. 242; A. lucidum, 
Forst.; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 146. 
ire 7 1 » me as Dalrymple, R. Brown ; very abundant, especially on maritime 
Var. difforme. Pinne very obtuse, more or less pinnatifid.—4. difforme, 
E sd m Filic. 2. 119, Fl. Mixt. n 207. à 
EM Ss. W Port Jackson, close to the sea, Woolls ; Port Macquarrie, C. 
oore ; Gene, River, Woolls. 
Var. lucidum. se obtuse, lanceolate, 2 to 5 in. long, ees serrulate, with 
very numerous strc sori.--Lord Howe's Island, C. Moore, Ful 
Var. incisum. Pinnæ lanceolate, 3 to 5 in. ts deeply bae with a sorus 
0n each segment. EPRA Howe's Island, Fulag: 
The species isalso in New Zealand and in toad South America. It is 
reduced by F. Mueller, Fragm. v. 132, to the Euro aiii n A. marinum, a union which 
Pteridologists are not  penerally disposed to sanction. 
R. Br. 
9. A. Hookerianum, Colens.; Hook. Spec. Filie. iii. pe . 
Filic. 213.—A small t tufted fern, ' Fronds rarely abov long, 
lightly scaly- 
art of the frond 4 to 1 in. long, 
N. S. Wales. ames diver Johnson, & bec specimen peris refer- 
rible ioi this ad cn but un 
Vi Upp E Hund fiver at an elevation of 4000 ft. and Colac Ranges 
ictoria. 
F. Mueller, 
Also in New Zealand. 
A. furcatum, Thunb. s k. Spee. e iii. 165, Syn. 
Filie 214.—Rhizome thick, dark M scaly-hairy. Fro nds 6 to 
18 in, high, pinnate or bipinnate, slightly scaly-hairy. Pinnz lanceo- 
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