1944 CLVI. FILICES. [Trichomanes. 



axillary on the segments on both sides, the tube deeply sunk, the mouth dilated 

 but scarcely 2-lipped.— Syn. Filic. in part; Bail. Litho. Ferns. Ql. 24; I. 

 glauco-ftiscum. Hook. Spec. Filic. i. 128, t. 40a. 

 Hab.: On rooks, South Peak, Bellenden-Ker, 5,000ft. 



18. T. caudatum (tailed), Brackenr. Ferns U.S. Expl. Exped. 286, t. 36, 

 /. 5 ; Benth. tl. Austr. vii. 703. Rhizome creeping, rigid, rather stout. Fronds 

 narrow, thin, 3 to Sin. long, pinnate with pinnatifid pinnae or bipmnate with 

 bipinnatifid pinnules, the ultimate segments linear, 1 -nerved, the upper 

 confluent ones short and rather distant, giving the pinnules an acuminate aspect. 

 Indusia half immersed in the short lower inner lobes of the pinnules or segments, 

 shortly oblong, with a narrow-spreading border. Eeceptacle usually exserted.— 

 2nd. Suppl. Syn. Ql. Fl. 66 ; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 28. 



Hab,: Tallebudgera Creek, H. Schneider ; Frajers Island, W. Hill. 



Also in the South Pacific Islands, and closely allied to the tropical American T. tenerum, Sw. 

 (T. angmtatum, Carm.) to which it is referred by F. v. M. Fragm. v. 116.— Bmtft. 



19. T. apiifolium (Apium-leaved), Presl.; Hook, and Bak. Syn. Filic. ed 2, 

 86 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 703. Rhizome thick and knotty. Fronds 4 to Sin. 

 long, broadly ovate-lanceolate in outline, bipinnate with deeply bipinnatifid 

 pinnules. Primary pinnules 1 to 2in., secondary about ^in. long; segments, 

 very narrow-linear, thin, 1-nerved. Indusia almost embedded in the short inner 

 lower lobes, the tube shortly turbinate, the border spreading often rather broad 

 approaching that of a Hymenophyllum. Stipes short or long, hispid at the base 

 with spreading bristles. — T. MeifoUum, Bory ; Hook. Spec. Filic. i. 137 ; 

 Syn. Filic. ed. 1, 86; T. polyanthos, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 703. 



Hab.: Usually only met with in dense wet scrubs as towards the Tweed Eiver, rare. 

 Also in the Malayan Archipelago and South Pacific Island. 



20. T. parviflorum (small-flowered). Pair. Diet. viii. 83; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 vii. 704. Rhizome creeping, rather thick. Fronds broadly lanceolate in outline, 

 H to Sin. long, bipinnate with deeply pinnatifid or pinnate pinnules the segments 

 divided into 2 or 3 almost setaceous lobes, giving the whole frond a fennel-like 

 aspect. Indusia the smallest in the genus, not ^ line long, on little recurved 

 stipites near the base of the pinnules, turbinate, with a scarcely spreading border. 

 — T.f<xniculaeeum, Bory; Hook. Spec. Filic. i. 135, Syn. Filic. SS ; Bail. Litho. 

 Fernp Ql. 29. 



Hab.: TSiMmnndii, Bailey and Simmonds ; BockinghamBay, FK. HiH, DoHachy ; York Peninsula, 

 N. Taylor. 



Also in the Mascarene Islands and th" Malayan Archipelago. Poiret'B plant was identified 

 by Mettenuis from the original specimen, and his name substituted for Bory's by Kuhn, Filic. 

 Afrio. 35. 



21. T. Javanicum (of Java), Blume. ; Book. Spec. Filic. i. 180 , Syn. Filic. 

 S3 ; Gard. Feme, t. 37 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 702. Fronds lanceolate in outline, 

 often falcate, 3 to 4in. long, pinnate. Pinnules numerous, crowded along the 

 rhaihis, lanceolate-falcate, shortly stipitate, about ^in. long, of a thicker consist- 

 ence and darker coloured than most species, penniveined, the oblique simple or 

 forked veinlets mostly produced into short setaceous teeth beyond the margin. 

 Indusia few, along the inner margin below the middle, wholly exserted, narrow- 

 oblong, with a small spreading border. Eeceptacle exserted. — Hook, and Grev. 

 Ic. Filic. t. 240 ; Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 180 ; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 29. 



Hab.: Daintree Biver, Fitzalan and other northern localities. 

 Also in the Malayan Archipelago. 



