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pinnatifid pinne, stipes flattened as in T. Barnardiana, with a few 
dark hairs a vy b Pinne few, distant, with ¢ 
lobes, veinless except the central costa. Indusium almost free on the 
upper side of the pinnz some distance from the axil, mouth spreading 
but scarcely lipped. 
ab.: Near Cairns, C. J. Wild. a 
It is with some diffidence that I give to the above species specific rank; but it 
will not well agree with any Australian or other Zrichomanes of which I have 
specimens or descriptions. 
T. rigidum, var. laxum (nv. var.) Rhizome short, thick and — 
erect. Fronds 2 or 3 in, long, on slender stipes of 1 to 14 in., almost — 
linear-lanceolate in outline. Pinnz distant. Indusia small, receptacle — 
long-exserted as in the normal form, 7 
Hab.: Near Herberton, and other localities. . 
This small form is often met with in Queensland, growing with the common 
form, but always seems quite distinct enough to be given as a named form. 
Tre POLYPODIEZ. 
ASPLENIUM, linn. 
A. Wildii (n. sp.) (After C. J. Wild, Entomological Collector, 
Queensland Museum.) Rhizome long, creeping. slender. Fronds 
distant or hat i eak, 
crena osta very slender. fe) ed, 17 = 
oblique. Sori rather long, distant from the costa but approaching the 4 
margi cj 
-: On rocks, Daintree River, C. J. Wild. . ‘oh 
_ _ The nearest ally of this species seems to be A. multijugum, Wall., from vin 4 
it differs in the form of rhizome, longer and fewer sori and less elongated, nevels 
ar_as at present known, proliferous apex. ‘ 
A. affine, Sw., Hook. Sp. Filic. iii, 169, Rhizome stout, subre — 
pent, clothed above with copious, almost black, subulate scales ; stp — 
aggregated, dark-brown, 4 to 10 in. high, partially and deciduously 
setoso-paleaceous, subcoriaceous, dark-brown (when dry), opaqm®> — 
sare pinnate only at the apex ; pinne petiolate, rather distant, 4 
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ndusium firm, membranaceous,—Hook. 1.c. 
Hab.: Cooparoo Creek, Russell River, C. J. Wild. Ae 
The specimens collected by Mr. Wild differ so slightly from Sir i a 
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many distant habitats, but not previously from Australia 
