146 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [ Filices. 
4. Asplenium lucidum (Forst. Prodr. n. 427); frondibus submembranaceis ceespitosis pinnatis, 
pinnis ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis longe acuminatis stipitatis basi angustatis grosse crenatis, soris elongatis, 
rachi gracili non marginata, stipite basi squamato, squamis nitidis.—Schkuhr, Fil. t. 72; Fl. N. Zeal. 1. 33. 
Has. Mount Wellington, Frazer. 
Distris. New Zealand. 
Most probably only a variety of 4. obtusatum, but a very distinct-looking one in its ordinary state. It may 
be distinguished by its larger size, more membranous texture, deeper green colour, shining surface, more narrowed 
longer pinnze, which have longer stalks, and by the rachis not being margined.—I have seen only a fragment of a 
specimen collected by Frazer, and labelled as above, but which may possibly have been collected in New Zealand, 
where this Fern is very common. 
$ b. Fronds bipinnatifid, bipinnate, or decompound, sometimes irregularly divided into many elongated pinnules. 
Sori on the backs or margins of the lobes. Involucre as in § a. 
5. Asplenium bulbiferum (Forst. Prodr. n. 433); fronde bi-tripinnata lanceolata fiaccida glabra 
seepius prolifera, pinnis primariis elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis, pinnulis lineari-oblongis stipitatis inciso- 
lobatis soris (brevibus) margine remotis v. inciso-pinnatifidis soris marginalibus, lobulis obtusis, rachi mar- 
ginata v. elata, glabrata v. parce paleacea, stipite subcompresso basi nudiusculo.—Sehkkuhr, Fil. t. 79 ; Hook. 
Ie. Pl. t. 423. (Gunn, 1530.) 
Var. B. laxa ; frondibus sepius pendulis minoribus.— 77. N. Zeal. ii. 34. A. laxum, Br. Pedr. 151. 
Cenopteris appendiculata, Lab. Nov. Holl. ìi. 94. t. 243. (Gunn, 25, 1529.) 
Var. y; frondibus pendulis, pinnis inciso-lobatis basi pinnatis, pinnulis obovatis obtuse incisis.— 77. 
N. Zeal. i. 34. Ad A. flaccidum, Forst., tendet. 
Has. Abundant in damp woods throughout the Island.—(v. v.) 
DisrarB. South-eastern Australia and New Zealand. (Cultivated in England.) 
The most highly developed form of this Fern is a very beautiful one, and easily recognized by its habit of 
bearing germinating bulbs on its pinnules, whence its name; but this character is not always present, and then thc 
species becomes 4. laxum, Br. Pendulous specimens of the var. lava pass into 4. flaccidum, Forst.—Fronds 1-3 
feet high, flaccid, glabrous, broadly ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, erect or pendulous, bright-green, not so 
pale and coriaceous as in A. flaccidum, bi-tripinnate, generally bipinnate. Pinne 6-10 inches long, with a mar- 
gined or winged rachis; pinnules stipitate, linear-obovate or oblong; or broadly ovate, lobed or pinnatifid. Sori 
short, marginal in pinnatifid fronds; sometimes the fronds are simply pinnate, and the pinnse lanceolate lobed or 
toothed, or pinnate below and lobed above; or sometimes the pinnules are distant and stalked, or pinnatifidly cut 
into linear distant lobes, as in 4. flaccidum. Rachis glabrous, or with a few scattered pales. Stipes generally 
. compressed or angled, sometimes margined, more or less paleaceous at the base. 
6. Asplenium flaccidum (Forst. Prodr. n. 426) ; frondibus ceespitosis crasse coriaceis erectis v. 
pendulis ovatis oblongis loricatisve rigidis v. flaccidis pinnatis bipinnatis v. laxe dichotome ramosis, ramis 
pinnisve brevibus v. valde elongatis remotis v. approximatis simplicibus pinnatifidis pinnatisve, lobis pinnisve 
varie sectis ultimis plerisque linearibus obtusis, soris marginalibus rarius dorsalibus, rachi glabra margi- 
nata, stipite basi paleaceo, rhizomate fibroso squamis latis longe acuminatis aucto.— 77. Antaret. p. 109. 
Fl. N. Zeal. ii. 34. Ceenopteris Nove-Zelandiee, Spr. in Schrad. Journ. 1799. ii. p. 269; Schk. Crypt. 
t. 82. Darea flaccida et D. Odontites, Willd. Sp. Pl. 296. (Gunn, 1533.) 
Has. Not uncommon on exposed rocks, etc.—(v. v. 
Disrris. New South Wales and New Zealand. (Cultivated in England.) 
