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Ptekis incisa. 



Thunberg, Prodrom. Plant. Capens. 171 ; Flor. Capens. 733 ; Schlechtend. 

 Adumbrat. Fil. Cap. 44, t. 25; Blume, Filic. Jav. 212 ; Agardh, Spec. Pterid. 

 76 ; Eawson & Pappe, Syn. Filio. Afric. Austr. 26 ; Hook. Spec. Filic. ii. 

 230 ; J. Hook. Flor. Tasman. ii. 140 ; P. vespertilionis, LabUl. Nov. Holl. 

 Plant. Specim. ii. 96, t. 245 ; E. Erown, Prodr. Flor. Nov. HoU. 154; J. 

 Hook. Flor. Antarctic, i. 110 ; Fl. Not. Zeel. ii. 26 ; P. Australasioa, Desv. 

 Prodr. 302 ; P. glauceseens, Bory in Willd, Spec. Plant, y. 396 ; P. cru- 

 ciata, Eaulfuss in Sieber, Synops. Filic. 79 ; P. Brunoniana, Endl. Prodr. 

 Flor. Insul. Norfolk. 12 ; P. montana, Colenso in Tasm. Phil. Jonrn. 

 accord, to J. Hook. Flor. Tasm. ii. 140 ; Lithobrocbia incisa, Presl, Tentam. 

 Pteridogr. 



Chatham-Island. Capt. Anderson. 



In Continental Australia this fern ranges from Mount Gambier 

 through moist forests to New South Wales. Its precise relation to 

 several allied plants is not yet fully established. 



