Gunniane. N. O. Filices. 
DCCCCLIX. 
CyYsToPpTEeRis TASMANICA, fiook. 
Parva gracilis, stipite rachique capillaribus, frondibus oblongis 
pinnatis, pinnis late ovatis obtusis inciso-lobatis superioribus 
decurrentibus inferioribus subpetiolatis pinnatifidis, lobis 
ovatis obtusis integris vel subdentatis, soris paucis minutis, 
involucris ovatis acuminatis, rachi superne alata. 
Cystopteris Tasmanica, Hook. Gen. et Sp. Fil. 1. p. 199. 
Has. Van Dieman’s Land, R. Gunn, Esq. 
As I have already observed elsewhere, I was at one time 
disposed to refer this to some of the states of the var. dentata of 
C. fragilis, but the fact of Mr. J. Smith having received from 
the same country, though from a different source, an exactly 
similar plant, together with the delicate habit, large (com- 
paratively) and broad, sparingly divided pimne and small 
fructifications, induce me to keep it distinct. Caudex slightly 
creeping in one of our specimens. Whole plant including 
the stipes, 4-6 inches high. 
: Fig. 1. Fertile pinna, seen from beneath. f. 2. Sorusand 
involucre : —magnified. 
