750 . OXLVII. FILICES. [ Asplenium, 
pinnatifid or smaller and pinnately toothed ; veins oblique, usually 
forked, proceeding from the midrib into the lobes or teeth, free. So 
small, oblong, usually on the vein below the fork or partly on one 
fork and then slightly curved. Indusium membranous, proceeding 
. . tener d. 2 
mum Brownii, J. Sm. ; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 978; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 147; 
A. australe, Brackenr. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 232 ; A. physosorus, Sieb. 
Fl. Mixt. n. 268. 
Queensland. Moreton Bay, F. Mueller ; Towomba, Hartmann, 
ales. Paterson River, R. Brown; Blue Mountains, A. o 
» O, Stua River, Beckler ; Cape Byron an 
Tweed River, C. Moore, Guilfoyle ; Mawarra, Johnson. : as 
ictoria. Dandenong Ranges, Boyle ; Broadribb and Snowy Rivers, F. Mueller ; 
Cape Howe, JWalter. 
Tasmania, Nelson ; not rare in dense shaded forests, J. D. Hooker. 
Ranges over tropical Africa and Asia and is also in Norfolk Island and New 
Zealand. 
Secr. TV. Drerastum.—Sori linear along veins pinnately diverging 
from the central vein to each lobe of the pinnule. Indusium grs 
opening, in the same frond, sometimes on one side sometimes on the 
other or on both sides of the nerve. 
16. A. japonicum, Thunb.; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Filic. 234.— 
Rhizome Teen creeping. Fronds pinnate, 1 to 14 ft. long. € 
i to 4 in. long, deeply pinnatifid, the lower segments € mg 
the shortly scaly-hirsute rhachis, Sori usually rather shorter t 
A, syleaticum. 
OM i imen in Herb. F. Mueller, without the 
ede de ride ss oca The species is east Asiatic, extending to 
South China and Japan. 
17. A. sylvatieum, Presl; Hook. Spec. Filie, iii, 248, Syn. Filie 
of i * - 
ally smaller and more entire, the uppermost semi-decurrent or com 
fluent.—Bedd. Ferns S. Ind. t. 161. 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
Extends over tropical Africa and Asia including the Malayan Archipelago. 
