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Cheilanthes tenuifolia — Swart z. 



Hab. Rocky places on the Yarra, and near Saltwater River. 

 Fr. 



"Frondibus subtripinnatis glabris, pinnulis oblongis incisis pinnatifidisvy Borifl 

 eonnuentibus." — Prodromus, p. 12 (156.) 



Trichomanes venosum — R. Brown. 



Hab. Gipps Land. 



Fr. 



"Frondibus pinnatis, pinnis linearibus venosis crenato repaudis; inferioribus 

 basi lobatis vel pinnatifidis intusque unifloris." — Prodromus, p. 15 (159.; 



(Name derived from trichos, a hair, and mania, excess — in allusion to the 

 exserted hair-like receptacles. ''Receptaculo capsularum plerumque ex- 

 serto, elongato.) ., 



Hymenophyllum nitens — R. Brown. 

 Hab. 

 Fr. 

 " Frondibus tripinnatifidis lanceolatis glabris, laciniia linearibus obtusis sub- 



emarginatis integris, involucris terminaiibus. valvis oblate orbicularibns." 



— Prodromus, p. 15 (159.) 

 (Name from hymen, a membrane, and phyllon, a leaf— from -the membranous 



character of the fronds.) 



Gleichenia microphylla — R. Brown. 

 Hab. Bunyip Creek. 

 Fr. April. 



k l Frondibus dichotomis, divaricatis, ramis pinnatis, pinnis pinnatifidis glabris 

 lobis subrotundis margine recurvis, capsuhs 3-4 exsertis, rachibus hirtis." 

 Prodromus, p. 17 (161.) 



Ophioglossum gramineum — Willdenow. 



Hab. Near Prahran. 



Fr. 



We are indebted to our friend, Mr Carl Wilhelmi, for numerous specim- 



this elegant and minute species (one to two inches), which he found in 

 swampy ground in the above locality. Those of our readers who are 

 familiar with the " common adder's tongue " (0. wlgatum), which, 

 according to Gerard, "yeelds a balsame for greene wounds," will have no 

 difficulty in determining this plant. 



(Name from ophios, a serpent, and glossa, a tongue — from the resemblance 

 which the fertile fronds bears to the tongue of that reptile.) 



