PuateE 1649. 
ASPLENIUM PTERIDOIDES, Baker. 
Fitices, Suborder Potyropiaces, Tribe ASPLENIE. 
Asplenium (Darea) pteridoides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 17 
ibus lan i 
dentibus, soris marginalibus, indusio angusto glabro.— Hook. et Baker, 
Syn. Fil. edit. 2, p. 488; Benth. Fl. Austral. vol. vii. p. 749. 
Has. Lord Howe's Island on Mount Gower, C. Moore, Fullagar. 
Stipites 3-4 poll. longi. Lamina semipedalis-sesquipedalis, medio 
3-6 poll. lata. 
This is one of the curious new ferns that were discovered during 
the recent exploration for the first time of Lord Howe’s Island. It is 
very variable both in shape and cutting.—J. G. Baker. 
Figs. 1, 2, 3. Portions of frond, life size. 4. F ertile segment, enlarged. 
