19g6 CLVI. FILICES. [Polypodmm. 



lanceolate, mostly acviminate, 8 to 6in. long, 4 to 8 lines broad, confluent at the 

 base into a broad-winged rhachis, of a firm membranous texture showing on the 

 under side of the primary veins with copious intermediate reticulations and free 

 veinlets in the areoles. Sori orbicular, rather large, distant, in a single row on 

 each side of the midrib at a distance from it and often near the margin. 

 Receptacles excavated, more or less prominent on the upper surface. — Bail. 

 Litho. Ferns Ql. 159; P. scandens, Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. ii. 91, t. 240; 

 F. V. M. Fragm. v. 128, not of Forst. ; P. Billardieri, E. Br. Prod. 147 ; 

 Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 82, Syn. Filic. 364 ; Sieb. Syn. Filic. n. 98 ; P. diversi- 

 folium, Willd. ; Sieb. Fl. Mixt. n. 238; Phymatodes Billardieri, Presl. ; Hook, 

 f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 150. 



Hab.: Coastal scrubs on border of N.S. Wales. 



Also in New Zealand and perhaps in New Caledonia. 



23. P. scandens (climbing), Forst. Prod. 81, not of Labill. ; Benth. FL 

 Auatr. vii. 770. Fronds much narrower in outline than in the preceding species, 

 usually deeply pinnatifid and f to l^ft. long, but occasionally smaller and entire. 

 Segments usually rather numerous, narrow lanceolate or almost linear, often 

 falcate, obtuse or acuminate, 1^ to 3in. long, decurrent and confluent into a 

 winged rhachis, of a thinner texture than the preceding species although the 

 veins are but little prominent. Sori rather small, distant, in a single row on 

 each side of the midrib between it and the margin, the excavated receptacles 

 slightly prominent on the upper surface. — Bail. Litho. Ferns Q). 160 ; P. 

 pustulatum, Schkuhr, Filic. ii. t. 10, Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 80, Syn. Filic. 

 363, Sieb. Syn. Filic. n. 96, not of Forst. ; Pleopeltis pustulata, T. Moore ; 

 Bail. Queensl. Ferns 45. 



Hab.: Marooohie, Bailey ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, Tallebudgera. 

 Also in New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. 



24. P. Verrucosum (warted). Wall. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 31, Oard. Ferns, 

 t. 41 Syn. Filic. 344 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 770. Fronds 3 or 4 or morfe ft. 

 long, pinnate, glabrous. Pinnse oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, obtusely serrulate, . 

 equally or unequally cuneate at the base, shortly petiolate or almost sessile, 

 apparently articulate on the rhachis, 6 to 8in. long, ^ to lin. broad, membranous. 

 Venation reticulate between the primary veins with free venules in the areoles. 

 Sori distant in a single row on each sids of the midrib and near to it, the 

 excavated receptacles very prominent on the upper surface. — Bail. Litho. Ferns 

 Ql. 161 ; Goniophlebium verrucosum, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 257. 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Daintree River, Fitzalan. Common on trees and logs 

 in the tropical scrubs. 



Also in the Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 



25. P. subauriculatum (alluding to the small lobes at base of pinn«), 

 Blume, Fl. Cav. Filic. Ill, t. 83; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 771. Fronds 1 to 8 or 

 more ft. long, glabrous, pinnate. Pinnse linear-lanceolate, mostly acuminate, 

 entire or serrulate, 3 to 6in. long, 3 to 5 lines broad, truncate rounded or 

 auriculate at the base, nearly sessile but somewhat articulate on the rhachis. 

 Venation reticulate between the primary veins, with free veinlets in the areoles. 

 Sori distant in a single row on each side of the midrib and near to it, the 

 excavated receptacles very prominent on the upper surface. — Hook. Sp. Filic. v. 

 32, Syn. Filic. 344 ; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 162 ; Goniophlebium subauriculatum., 

 Presl; Bail. Queensl. Ferns 42. 



Hab.: Endeavour River, A. Cunningham; York Peninsula, N. Taylor; Eookineham Bay 

 Dallachy ; Damtree River, Fitzalan ; near Rockhampton, O'Shanesy, Thozet. ' 



Spreads over tropical Asia and the Pacific Islands. 



