Aerostichum.] CXLVII. FILICES. 779 
412, var. lepton DER Ht woody, offen c rd ue trees to the 
height of 30 or 40 ft. Fronds pinnate, 1 to 2 ft. long. Pinnæ of the 
barren fronds dicod6 lat ia gre eed or o tapering into 
a short petiole, 3 to 8 in 8 lines broad, often denticulate, 
not very thick but smooth ai d uod Veins numerous, parallel, 4 to 
1 line apart. Pinne of the barren fronds more numerous, almost 
filiform in the Australian specim s, + in. broad or rather more in 
some exotic forms.— 4A. Brightie, F. "Muell. ip vii, 119 ; Lomariop- 
sis Brightie, F. Muell. in Bail. Queensl. Ferns 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Daldachy. 
Spread over the tropical regions of the New and the es World. Exceedingly 
variable as to e = eadth of the fertile pinnæ, etc., and divided by Fée into seven- 
inj species of a genus Lomariopsis, amongs bie ch his Z. pues pa des some others 
e well sepestented. among Dallachy's specimen 
19 M creeping. nd to 2 cae pinnate, ihe poene 
Pinne of the barren dddo membranous, — the lower 
achi 
lobe. Plin of the fertile fronds much smaller and narrower, but 
usually more or less sided lobed or broadly crenate.—F. Muell. 
Fragm. v. 138 
ueensland, Rockingham Bay, 
(one of the specimens with a semi- “fertile ws 
N. Taylor (young plants of a few inches already 
Extends over the Malayan Archipelago to South China and the Pacific 
Islands. 
W. Hill, grana Daintree River, Fitzalan 
n, Woolls ; York Peninsula, 
5. A. aureum, Linn.; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 266, Syn. Filic. 423.— 
Rhizomo short, thick, erect. Fronds 2 to 6 ft. long, pinnate, gla- 
brous, the rhachis firm and smooth. Pinns distant, the lower pct : 
fine and numerous, co -— 
dam Range, F. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; 
- Australia. M‘A m. 
hultz, 
rem ge ee Bowen, R. Brown, Woolls ; Cape York, W. Hill, Daemel ; 
York Peninsula, NV. Taylor ; “Endeavour ur River, A. Cunningham ; iT a Bay, 
Dallachy ; Daintree River, Fitzalan ; Brisbane River, 4. Cun — F. — 
N. S. Wales. Clarence River, Wilcox; Ric hmond River, Henderson, 
Hodgkinson. 
