766 CXLVII. FILICES. [ Polypodium. 
rib of the pinne to thé margin.—Goniopteris urophylla, Presl; Bail. 
Queensl. Ferns, 39 ; G. lineata, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 3; Meniscium 
Polypodium Kennedyi, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 165; Goniopteris 
Kennedyi, F. Muell.; Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 41 
Queensland. oe Bay, W. Hill, Dallaehy ; Daintree River, Fitzalan ; 
York Peninsula, X. Taylor 
pread over tropical — es = Pacific Islands. The figure of Meniscium cus- 
pitis Blume, Fl. Jav t. 45, quoted for this species is a good representa- 
tion of the form and vod) "ui with very differently shaped sori. 
P. Hillii, Bak. Syn. Filie. 505.--Frond in the specimen seen 
1j di high including the "e pinnate, densely and softiy hirsute all 
over. Pinnæ 9, the 3 terminal ones (e xeepticnall) small, the others 
oblong, 4 to 6 in. long, 14 t o2 i n. broad, pane crenate or shorty 
pri 
uniting in an in ntermediate vein e dios "thes us. "Sori as in 
wrophyllum, in 2 rows between each 2 primary Yan eaching fro m the 
midrib to the margin but not close.— Speaks Q hiesbrechtii, "Bail. 
Queensl. Ferns, 40, not of Linden 
Queensland. Between Cleveland and Saki bea Bay, W. Hill. 
10. P. peecilophlebium, Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 14, Syn. Filie. 314. 
—Fronds usually about 1 ft. long on a stipes at least half as long, 
p: moe. glabrous. Pinne lanceolate, DEE 4 to 8 in. long. 1 to 
li in. broad, shortly contracted into a petiole. Primary parallel veins 
ous and prominent, pinnate, - branches or veinlets oblique, 
more orless anastomosing with those of the adjoining primary vein, 
but not forming a straight intermediate vein as in the preceding $ species. 
Sori rather small, in two irregular rows between each 2 primary veins. 
— Goniopteris pecilophlebia, Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 
Dunk 
Queensland. Endeavour River and Fitzroy Island, A. Cunningham; 
pa M: Gillivray ; ; Rockingham Bay, W. Hill, Daliachy pue t Elliott, Daintree 
d Port Denison, Fitzalan ; York Peninsula, N. Tay í 
Serres III. DrorvoPuzERIA.— Venation reticulate. Primary vei em 
proceeding from the midrib more or less distinctly parallel, connecte 
by transverse anastomosing veinlets enclosing areoles in some of whieh 
are short free usually clavate veinlets. Sori placed either on the free 
veinlets or on the connecting branches. 
In the coriaceous s species the ne is — concealed and the free ueni 
lifficult to observe, in some others they are only in a very few of the areoles, tion of 
deer found em in all the Aus slim specs of "e Men e8. The position 
stant in the 
on the 
the same species or i in the same frond, "but i in the tates oae they are nd 
veins, 
