40 C. ALSOPHILA. 



42. A. Tahitensis, Brack. ; "//•. bipinnate ; pinnl. small, sessile, glabrous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid ; lobes oblong-obtuse, crenulate ; general 

 rachis flexuose and, as well as the partial ones, rufo-tonientose ; costa buUato- 

 squamose beneath ; veins simple or forked ; sori near the costule with a semi- 

 calyciform involucre, lacerated at the inner base ; recept. subglobose, with no 

 hairs among the capsules." — Brack. Fil. p. 288. t. 40./. 1. 



Hab. Tahiti, Bracl-enridge. — Unknown to me. Lobes of pinnules 2 in. 1., scarce'y 

 1 in. w. An Heniitelia, § Amphicosmia 'I 



43. A. 3Iacartlmrii, Hk. ; st. jointed upon the caud. ; main and second, rachises 

 all dark elieneous purple, deciduously pulverulent, mucronato-spinulose ; fr. 

 firm, cartilagineo-chartaceous, dark green above, subijlaucous beneath, glabrous 

 or nearly so and scaleless, tripinnate ; prim, pinnce 11-2 ft. 1., 8 in. w., oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; second, pinnce oblong-acuminate, sessile, pinnatifid only 

 at the apex ; costce beneath pubescenti-asperous ; ult. pinnl. and lobes linear- 

 oblong, acute, the margins slightly recurved, spinuloso- serrate ; sori copious, 

 close to the costa ; recept. small, not hairy. 



Hab. Woods near Sydney, Sir Wm. M c Arthur ; Hastings and Marlony Rivers, BecUer ; 

 Illawara, Sliepperd ; Mt. Lindsay (caud. 20-25 ft. 1,, 9 in. w.). " Wldp-stick Fern " of tlie 

 colonists.— Allied to A. australis, but assuredly distinct. 



44. A. australis, Br. ; st. with very long, firm, subulate scales, 1\ ft. 1., 

 and as well as the main rachises muricato-asperous, stramineous ; fr. ample, 

 coriaceo-submembranaceous, subglaucous beneath, more or less villous on the 

 costfe and costule above, and very minutely bullato-paleaceous beneath, often 

 quite naked ; prm. pinnce \\ ft. 1., 6-10. in. w. ; pinnl. 3-4 in. 1., \-\ in. w., 

 oblong, acuminate, deeply pinnatifid, or, towards the base even pinnate ; ult. 

 pinnl. or lobes oblong, acute, serrated, sulifalcate ; sori copious, rather small, 

 intermediate between the costule and the margin ; recept. villous. — Hk. Sp. 

 \.p. 50. ?. 19. A. 



Hab. Tasmania and Australia, especially in the South ; Hastings and Clarence Rivers, 

 Btckler ; Louisiade Archip., McQillivray, n. 456. 



45. A. Colensoi, Hk. f. ; unarmed, m?«i. small, to 4-5 ft. 1. ; st. short, densely 

 clothed with very long, white, silvery, subulate scales, 1 in. 1., and with copious 

 lesser dark brown ones on the rest of the stipes, rachises, and costce, mixed with 

 small bullate scales ; fr. submembranaceous, subhirsute, 2-4 in. 1., 10-12 in. or 

 more w. ; prim. p>innce 12-14 in. 1., oblong, acuminate ; pi7inl. 2 in. 1., 4-5 in. w., 

 rather distant, deeply nearly to the costa pinnatifid ; lobes 2-3 lines 1., ovato- 

 oblon^'-, strongly serrated ; veins all simple ; sori small, nearer the costule than 

 the margin.— i//l-./. Fl. N. Zeal. 2. ^j. 8. t. 73. 



Hab. New Zealand, Northern Island, Colenso ; Otago, Sinclair. 



46. A. excelsa, Br. ; st. and main rachises muricated ; fr. ample, coriaceous, 

 dark green above, paler beneath, when young more or less ferrugineo-tomentose 

 beneath, mixed with copious, small, bullate scales on the costse and costules ; 

 prim. pinn. 1^-2 ft. 1., 6-10 in. w. ; pnniil. numerous, approximate, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, deeply to the costule pinnatifid, often quite pinnate ; lobes 

 or ult. pinnl. j-f in. 1., oblong or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, falcate, the 

 margins subrecurved, serrated ; veins once or twice or more forked ; sori copious 

 near the costules. — Hk. Sp. I. p. 49. t. 18. A. A. Cooperi, Veitch's Cat. 



Hab. Norfolk Island ; Illawara, C. Moore, and Hastings River, Australia, BecTcler ; 

 Mount Lindsay, Walter Hill. — Said to have a trunk 60-80 ft. 1. The segments of the 

 sterile fronds are larger and broader than the more coriaceous fertile ones, and of a 

 paler green. It appears to be a larger and stouter-growing plant than A. austrfilis. A 

 plant, in every respect resembling the .4. excctaa, has been sent living to Mr. Veitch, and 

 has been cultivated in gardens under the name oiA. Cooperi, in compliment to Sir Daniel 

 Cooper. 



