Poll/podium.] CLVI. FILICES. 1983 



end sometimes reaching almost to the midrib of the pinna. — F. v. M. Fragm. v. 

 128 ; Bail. Lithe. Ferns Ql. 147 ; Meniscium proliferum, Hook. 2nd Cent. Ferns 

 t. 15 ; Goniopteris prolifera, Presl ; Bail. Queensl. Ferns, 40. 



Hab.: Mount Mueller, Rockingham Bay, Dallachy; Mount Elliott and Port Denison, 

 Fitzalan ; Palmer River, Hann's Expedition ; Rockhampton, O'Shanesy ; Brisbane River, 

 W. Hill ; Coomera and Upper Nerang, H. Schneider. 



Dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa and in New Caledonia. 



11. P. urophyllum (leaf tailed). Wall. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 9, Syn. Filic. 

 314; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 765. Frond 2 to 4ft. long on a stipes often nearly 

 as long, pinnate, more or less glandular-pubescent underneath. Pinnse 6in. to 

 nearly 1ft. long, 1 to 2in. broad, acuminate, regularly and broadly crenate or 

 shortly lobed, rounded or truncate at the base. Primary veins leading to the 

 lobes numerous and parallel, pinnate, the branches or venules uniting in an 

 iotermediate vein leading to the sinus. Sori orbicular in 2 regular rows between 

 each 2 primary veins, extending from the midrib of the pinna to the margin. — • 

 Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 148 ; Goniopteris urophylla, Presl ; Bail. Queensl. Ferns 

 39 ; G. lineata, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 4 ; Meniscium or Polypodium Kennedyi, 

 F. V. M. Fragm. iv. 165 ; Goniopteris Kennedyi, F. v. M. ; Bail. Queensl. Ferns 

 41. 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, W. Hill, Dallachy ; Daintree River, Fitzalan ; York Peninsula, N. 

 Taylor. 

 Spread over tropical Asia and the Pacific Islands. 



12. P. Hillii (after W. Hill), Bak. Syn. Filic. 505 ; Bmth. Fl. Austr. vii. 

 766. Rhizome creeping. Frond l|ffc. high including the stipes, pinnate, 

 densely and softly hirsute all over. Pinnae 9, the 8 terminal ones (exceptionally) 

 small, the others oblong, 4 to 6in. long, 1^ to 2in. broad, pinnately crenate or 

 shortly lobed but less regularly so than in the preceding species. Parallel 

 primary pinnate veins leading to the lobes, the branches or venules uniting in an 

 intermediate vein reaching the sinus. Sori as in P. urephylliim, in 2 rows 

 between each 2 primary veins, reaching from the midrib to the margin but not 

 close. — Bail, Litho. Ferns Ql. 149 ; Goniopteris Ghiesbrechtii, Bail. Queensl. 

 Ferng 40, not of Linden. 



Hab.: Between Cleveland Bay and Rockingham Bay, W. Hill ; and other tropical localities. 



13. P. poecilophlebium (veins various). Hook. Spec. Filic. v. H,Syn. Filic. 

 314 ; Benth. h'l. Austr. vii. 766. Fronds usually about 1ft. long on a stipes at 

 least half as long, pinnate, glabrous. PinnsB lanceolate, acuminate, 4 to Sin. 

 long, 1 to Ifin. broad, shortly contracted into a petiole. Primary parallel veins 

 numerous and prominent, pinnate, the branches or veinlets oblique, more or less 

 anastomosing with those of the adjoining primary vein, but not forming a straight 

 intermediate vein as in the preceding species. Sori rather small, in two irregular 

 rows between each 2 primary veins.— Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 150 ; Goniopteris 

 poecilophlebia, Bail. Ql. Ferns, 40. 



Hab.: Endeavour River and Fitzroy Island, A. Cunningham; Dunk Island, M'GilUvray, 

 Rockingham Bay, W. Hill, Dallachy ; Mount ElUott, Daintree River and Port Denison 

 Fitzalan ; York Peninsula, N. Taylor. 



14. P. serpens (creeping), l<orst. ; Hook, and Bak. Syn. Filic. 349 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. vii. 767. Fronds small but growing in large matted patches, entire, 

 coriaceous, obtuse, contracted into a short or rather long stipes, densely covered 

 on the lower surface and more- loosely on the upper one with stellate hairs or 

 scales, the barren ones obovate or oblong, from under ^in. to l|in. long, the 

 fertile ones linear or oblong-linear, J to 2in. long. Venation reticulate, con- 

 cealed in the thick texture of the frond, and the dry frond even rugose with 

 indented lines not connected with the veins. Sori irregularly qrowded in the 



