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ligulate-lanceolate, 2^-3 in. I., ^-f i»- ^^r-j cut down to a narrow wing ; scgm. 

 2 lin. br., oblong, subacute, entire ; texture moderately firm ; both sides green, 

 glaln-ous, the ribs below with a few lanceolate small scales ; veins 6-7-jugate, dis- 

 tinct, forked ; sori small, medial ; recep. pilose. 



Hab. Cape Byron, New South Wales, C. Moore. — Perhaps a variety of australis, from 

 which it differs by its shorter, broader segments and fewer veins. 



45*. A. Robertsiana, F. Muell. ; fr. ample, 4-pinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, 1-1 1 ft. 1., 4-G in. br. ; pinnl. close, sessile, lanceolate, 2-3 in. 1., ^-| 

 in. br., with a very narrow distinct wing all down the rachis ; scgm. close, ligu- 

 late-oblong, deeply pinnatifid, with close lanceolate-falcate subacute lobes ; texture 

 not coriaceous ; rachises and both sides, especially the lower, finely pubescent 

 all over ; veins t)-10-jugate, forked or subpinnate in the loties ; sori minute, 

 crowded, filling up nearly the whole of the fertile divisions. — Frag. 5. p. 54. 

 • 



Hab. Queensland. — Very distinct. 



46*. A. Cooperi, Hk. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises stramineous, muri- 

 cated, glabrous beneath ; basal scales large, linear, pale, spreading, mixed with 

 firm dark-brown linear-subulate, both ciliato-dentate ; pinna; oblong-lanceolate, 

 l|-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl, ligulate, 4-5 in. 1., |-1 in. br., lowest long-stalked ; segm. ligulate, 

 blunt, toothed or pinnatifid, 1^-2^ lin. br. ; texture moderately firm ; both sides 

 bright-green, nearly naked ; veins 10-12-jugate, forked or pinnate, distinct ; sori 

 small, subcostular ; recep. densely paraphysate. 



Hab. Queensland and New South Wales. — We are indebted to Dr. David Moore for 

 material for separating this as a species. 



47*. A. concinna. Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises smooth, stramineous, 

 glabrous; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1^ ft. 1. ; pinnl. ligulate, close, short-stalked, 

 2|-3 in. 1., |-| in. br. ; scgm. ligulate, blunt, not close, 1 lin. br., denticulate ; 

 texture moderately firm ; both sides bright-green, glabrous, the lower slightly 

 furfuraceous on the main ribs; veiiis distinct, 10-12-jugate, forked; sori filling 

 up the whole of the fertile segments except the tip. 



Hab. Louisiade Archipelago, Macgillivray. — Resembles closely the American .4 . /erox 

 in cutting and texture. 



58. A. glabra, var. A. Ilettetiiana, Hance ; recep. densely paraphysate. — Seem, 

 Journ. 1868. p, 176. 



Hab. China, De Grijs, communicated by Dr. Hance. 



59*. A. U^allacei, Mett. ifr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rac/izVas stramineous, densely 

 pubescent ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 12-15 in. 1. ; /)e«?«^. ligulate, distinctly 

 stalked, l|-2 in. 1., | in. br., cut down to a narrow wing; segm. close, ligulate, 

 blunt, obscurely toothed, 1 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides green, the 

 lower densely pilose, with a few bullate scales on the I'ibs ; veins 4-5-jugate, 

 simple ; sori costular. — Kuhn, Linn. 36. js. 152. 



Hab. Borneo, Wallace, 



59*. A. Andersoni, Scott ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises dark-castaneous, 

 naked, beneath rough, with raised points ; pinna; oblong-lanceolate, H-2 ft. 1. ; 

 pinnl. lanceolate-ligulate, subsessile, cut down to a narrow wing or tlie rachis, 

 4-6 in. h, f-1 in. l)r. ; segm. close, lanceolate, bluntish, 1^-2 lin. br., distinctly 

 toothed ; texture thin, but firm ; both sides green, with the ribs, especially below, 

 densely bristly, not at all scaly ; veinlets 9-10-jugate, forked ; sori minute, infra- 

 medial.— -CccW. Fern. Brit. Ind. t, 310. 



