Polypodium.) CXLVII. FILICES. 767 
he 
+ in. to 12 in. long, the fertile ones linear or oblong-linear, 4 to 1 in. 
long Venation reticulate, concealed in the thick texture of the frond, 
and the dry frond even rugose with indented lines not connected with 
the veins. Sori irregularly crowded in the upper end or nearly over 
the whole frond, often confluent when old.—Sieb. Syn. Filie. n.95 ; 
F. Muell. Fragm. y. 129; P. rupestre, R. Br. Prod. 146 ; Hook. pue, 
Filic. v. 46 ; Niphobolus ipic Kaulf.; Hook. and Grev. Ie. Filic. 
t. 93; ; Polypodium confluens, Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 46, Syn. Filie. 349, 
not of R. Br.; ; Niphobolus S uie Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 43. 
Queensland. Edgecombe and Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Mount El Bot, 
Re: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, .4. Cunningham, F. Mueller and others 
a 
pton, Thozet 
. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the mes agrees R. Bro se Woolls and 
others ; New England, C. Stuart; Hast River, Fraser; Clarence River, 
Beckler, Wileox ; Tweed River, Guilfoyle ; m Johnson ; Twofold Bay, L. 
Morton. 
Bera Cabbage-tree and Broadribb Rivers, F. Mueller; Cape Howe, 
Also in New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. 
12. P. confluens, A. Br. Pr od. 146.—Fronds entire, coriaceous, 
P. serpens, the barren ones o g 
the fertile ones linear or lanceolate varying from 3 0 
ft. long. Veins reticulate but concealed in the texture as in nP. serpens. 
i ach side of the midrib, 
labrum, Metten. Polypod. 123, 
often confluent w --—P 
Syn. Filie. 
Hook. and Bak. Syn. " Filie. 356; P. acrostichoides, Sieb. 
94, not of Forst. 
Queensland. Burnett River, F. Mueller ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A 
ay ge xs Meg ; Rockhampton, oma, Q' Shanesy, Thozet. 
rs, R. Brown ; New Englan and, C. 
s. Hunter's and Pat erson's Riv 
Hastings i cae and Clarence Rivers, pod Lord Howe's Island, C. 
Stua 
[o "Fullagar 
Also in Norfolk Island and New Caledonia. pann by S Me Fragm. v. 
ker and Baker to the nearly allied 
129, in P. serpens and originally referri ed by Hoo 
Asiatic P. angustatum, Sw. (Niphobolus angustatus, Hook. aad. Terns, t. 20). 
Hook. and Bak. Syn. Filic. 350. 
. P. acrostichoides, Forst. ; 
ly forked at he apex, 6 in. to 2 ft. 
a ronds Banesa entire or rare 
