PTERIDOPHYTA. 



FILICALES. 



POLYPODIACE^. 



1. Adiantum lunulatuin Burm. 



King Sound District (Froggatt), AVingrah Pass, Napier Range 



(W.V.F.). 

 Among limestone rocks. 



2. Aspidium exaltatum Swartz. 



Sprigg, Charnley, and Hann Rivers, MacNamara Creek, base 

 of Artesian Range, Edkins Range, Sunday Island (W.V.F. ). 

 In boggy spots. 



Rhizome creeping and fronds 4ft. long or caudex slender. 

 6-8ins. high, fronds to 3ft. long. 



3. Polypodium phymatodes L. 



Sunday Island (W.V.F.). 

 In shaded spots. 



4. Acrostichum aureum L. 



Hamersley Range (McRae), King Sound District (Froggatt), 

 Sunday Island (W.V.F.). In boggy spots. 



5. A. scandens Smith. 



Sprigg and Charnley Rivers (W.V.F.). In wet spots. 

 Rhizome trailing or climbing many yards. 



PARKERIACE^. 



6. Geratopterif! thalictroides Brong. 



Isdell, Adcock, Charnley Rivers, WooUybutt Creek (W.V.F.). 

 Fronds form, a thickened rhizome which is beneath water. 



GLEICHENIACE^. 



7. Platyzoma microphyllum R. Br. 



Csespitose and forming patches of one or more feet across. 

 Always found in sandy soil. 



8. Oleichenia dichotoma Hook. 



Hunter's River, York Sound (A. Cunn), Charnlej'' River 



Lat. 16° 17' (W.V.F.). 

 l-2ft. in height. In wet spots among quartzite rocks. 



SCHIZEACE-^. 



9. Lygodiitm scandens Swartz. 



Isdell, Sprigg, Hann, Charnley, and Calder Rivers, Sunday 

 Island, Dillen's Springs (W.V.F.). Stems climbing many 

 yards over scrub and small trees, and often attainin<T a 

 heiu'ht of 15-20ft. 



Among sandstone and quartzite boulders. 



