794 OXLVII. FILICES. [ Aspidium. 
weak, simply pinnate. Pinne very numerous and mauan approxi- 
mate, nearly sessile but articulate on the rhachis, oblong, ro 
usually denticulate at the end, 2 to 1 in. long, obliquely Aber at the 
base with the upper aiviele muc h the largest, gradually Btkisor at the 
nating each lower branch, forming a row at some distance from the 
margin. Indusium orbicular, very prominent, attached in a deep sinus 
or rarely peltate.— Nephrolepis cordifolia, Presl; Hook. and Bak. Syn. 
Filic. 800 ; Aspidium tuberosum, Bory ; F. Muell. Tagi v. 136; Ne- 
anz tuberosa, Presl; Hook. Spec. Filic. iv. 151; Bedd. Ferns 8. 
Ind. t. 92. 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Daillachy ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, W. 
Hill, F. Mueller 
N. S. W Wales. Clarence River, Beckler ; Richmond River, C. Moore, Mrs. Hodg- 
kinson; Lord Howe's Island, C. Moore, Fulla agar. 
Spread over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. 
exaltatum, Swartz, E Filie. 45.—Fronds w eak, often 
fnm tose. Pinus very n merous, nearly sessile but articulate on - : 
rhachis, initiate, io acuminate and crenate, obliquely truncate 
and barren. Sori terminating one branch of the veins, for ee 
regular row usually close to the margin. Indusium orbicula, ud» 7 
attached in a deep sinus or sometimes peltate and opening all rou er 
—F. Muell. Fragm. v. 136; ; Nephrodium exaltatum, R. Br. Prod. 14 
ae exaltata, Schott ; Hook. Spec. Filic. iv. 152, Syn. 
ilic. 301 
WN. Australia. abajn n Parai Liverpool River, Gulliver. Daemel ; 
Queensland. Port B R. Brown, Cunningham; Cape Ld Bay, 
York Peninsula, N. Taylor + ndum Rivé , A. Cunning gham ; Roc Kingham Bay, 
W. Hill, Dallachy ; Daintree River and Port Denison, pie alan ; Gilbert , 
Daintree ; islan ds off the coast, M'Gillivray, Thozet and othe 
ies xm over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. 
pinna, Larger pinns 6 in. long, 1 to 3 $ in. broad, with the row of sori at 
score distance from the margin.—N orth coast, M* Kinlay y ; Rockingham Bay, 
: ,A- ramo osum, Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. ii. 93, t. 91 1.—Rhu e 
slender, scaly, creeping up TU stems of trees to a great length. Fron 
weak, varying from a few inches to above 1 ft. long. Pinne vanr 
Sigmy oblong, obtuse, crenate, very oblique a ne the base, articu ges 
on the rhachis, the lower side narrowed the upper broadly trunca 
