^splenium.] CLVI. FILICES. 1969 



mostly reaching from the midrib to ^ or nearly f of their length.— Bot. Ma", t 

 :8101 ; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 97; R. Br. Prod. 160; F. v. M. Fragm. v. 130; 

 A. australasicum, Hook Filic. Exot. t. 88; TJiamnopteris nidus, Presl. Bedd. 

 Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 197. 



Hab.: Broadsound, R. Broiem York Peninsula, N. Taylor; Kookingham Bay, Dallachy ; 

 Daintree River, Fttzalan ; Moreton Bay, P. v. Mueller; Eockhampton and neighbourinc 

 distnctB, Bowman, Thozet and others. o «> 



■mdely spread over tropical Asia, extending to the Mascarene Islands on the one hand and to 

 "the Facino Islands on the other. 



Var. muUilobum, Bail. Ql. Agri. Journ. i. 370, with plate. This differs from the type in that 

 its fronda for three parts of their length are much lobed, the lobes often exceeding 6in. in 

 length. " 



Hab.: Bange near Kamerungft, L. J. Nugent. 



Fronds of this fern have been met with that were more or less lobed but never so much so as 

 in the variety under notice. 



2. A. Simplicifrong (frond simple), F. u. M. Fragm. v. 74; Bentfi. Ft. 

 Austr. vii. 744. Rhizome scaly. Fronds entire, membranous, 1 to l|ft. long, 

 f to IJin. broad, tapering to a point and decurrent on the short stipes. Veins 

 transverse, simple or forked, mostly about 1 line apart, not connected with the 

 margin. Sori linear, not reaching either the margin or the midrib. — Hook, and 

 Bak. Syn. Fil. 19 } ; Bail. Litho, Ferns Ql. 98. 



Hab.: Bellenden-Ker Range, W. Hill; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy; York Peninsula, N. 

 Taylor. 



Var. laciniatum, Bail. Bot. Bull. xiii. with plate showing the two forms of frond. Differs ' 

 /from the nominal form in having the fronds forked and laoiniated. 

 Hab.: Near Kuranda, Hobson. 



3. A. attenuatum (attenuated), i?. 5)-. P;orf. 150; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 

 745. Rhizome tufted. Fronds in the typical form linear-lanceolate, 6in. to 1ft. 

 ^°^S> i 'o fin. broad, entire the greater part of their length and tapering into a 

 long point, often proliferous at the end, usually broken up in the lower part into a 

 iew obovate or oblong' laterally adnate segments, the midrib scaly hairy under- 

 "neath as well as the stipes. Veins very oblique, simple or forked. Sori variable 

 in length, often reaching the midrib, rarely the margin. — Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 

 :92, Syn. Filic. 194, Ic. PI. t. 914 ; Hook, and Grev. Ic. Filic. t. 220 ; F. v. M. 

 Fragm. v. 130; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 99. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, F. v. Mueller and others ; Head of the Dee River, 

 ■Bowman. Very common. 



Var. multilobum, F. v. M. The greater part of the frond broken up into segments, but 

 •ending in the long entire point of ^. at/«»«a(«ra. — A. paleaceum, var, Prenticei, Bak. Syn. Fil. 

 ^08 ; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 100. 



Hab.: Logan District, Prentice. * 



Var. Schneideri, Bail. Syn. Ql. Fl. 706 and Litho. Ferns Ql. 101. Fronds 12 to 18in. long, 

 2 to Sin. broad, long attenuate, pinnate below, pinnatifid in the upper portion ; proliferous at 

 "the apex ; pinnae very irregular as to form and size, decurrent upon the rhachis. 



Hab.: Nerang Creek, H. Schneider. 



Var. integrum, Bail. Syn. Ql. Fl. 706, and Litho. Ferns Ql. 99. Fronds quite entire, stipites 

 •often long. 



Hab.: Marooohie and Eumundi, North Coast Railway Line. 



4. A> flabellifolium (fan-shaped leaflets), Cav.; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 146, 

 Syn. Filic. 196, Exot. Fl. t. 208; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 745. Rhizome tufted. 

 Fronds weak, straggling or prostrate, slender, from a few in. to 1ft. long, simply 

 ipinnate. -Pinnae shortly petiolate, obliquely obovate orbicular or fan-shaped, 

 'toothed and the larger ones sometimes 3-lobed, 2 to 3 lines broad in the smaller 

 ^specimens, ^in. in the larger ones. Veins few, forked, pinnately diverging from 

 « short midrib often divided at the base into 3 nearly equal branches. Sori 



