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No. 218. Transverse section from base of a trunk of a QASB 

 tree-fern {Alsophila australis^ R. Br.). A species growing jgo 

 sometimes to the height of 70 feet and found in Queensland, 

 New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. {See also Case 

 131, and Table Case G.) 



Between Cases 129 and 142 observe designs for muslin dress 

 fabrics, taken from Adiantum reniforme, L., and from species 

 of Selagmella, and on the other side of the doorway note 

 pattern obtained from Pilularia glohnlifera, L. 



Observe diagrams illustrating the structure of Aspidium CASE 

 Filtv-mas, Sw., and Prothallus oi Aspidium, 130. 



No. 219. Penghawar Jambi, the stipes of Dicksonia 

 Barometz, Link., from Java. The soft silky hairs which cover 

 the stipes have been recommended as a styptic. 



Observe a specimen of Pulu, the hairs from the young 

 stipes of Dicksonia glauca^ L., imported from the Sandwich 

 Islands, and used at one time for stuffing cushions. 



The remainder of this Case is occupied with fine specimens of 

 the trunk of Dicksonia sqiiarrosn,Sw., a native of New Zealand, 

 D. antarctica^ Lab., from Australia. (See New Zealand and 

 Australian Collections. Museum No. III.") D. arborcscenSy 

 L'Horit, from St. Helena, and D. selloiviana, Hook,, from 

 Brazil. 



This case contains trunks of tree-ferns belonging to Ihe genus CASE 

 Alsophila as follows: — A. australis, R. Br., a species found 131,. 

 in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and I'asmania. 

 [Two fine trunks, one 50 feet and the other 24 feet high, are 

 exhibited in the Victoria and New South Wales Collections in 

 Museum No. III.] A. leichhardtiana, F. Muell., a native of 

 Queensland and New South Wales, A, armata, Presl., from 

 Jamaica, A. aspera, R. Br., from St. Vincent and Demerara ; 

 and the following species from Brazil, A. ferox, Presl., 

 A. Miersiiy Hook., -^. jorw?wrt^«, Kaulf., A, phalerata,M&,vi., 

 A. plagioptera^ Mart., A. Tcenitis, Hook., A. paleolata, Mart., 

 A. leucolepisy Mart., and A. parvula, Jenm., from Jamaica, 

 showing abnormal basal outgrowths. 



Trunks of the genus Alsophila are contained in this case CASE 

 and include the following species : — A, ornata, J. Scott, ijj2, 

 A. containinans, WaW., A. latebrosa. Hook., A. comosa. Wall., 

 A. Oidhajni, Bedd., A. glabra, Hook., A. Andersoni, J. Scott, 

 all from India; and A. Boivini, Mett., from the Comoro 

 Islands, Johanna. 



