40 7Vic Vkformn Kalurolist [ v ^, "if 



FERN FLORA OF THE PORTLAND DISTRICT 



Ry Cn>T Rkaitgcvhoik ans> Vokl Lkakmoivth 



In ihi* journal, hi April 1944 (ykt.Not. 60 V?.\-\<i$) one of us (C.B.'i 



dealt with the ?* f'ern species- known irnm within 20 inilps of the Portland 

 posi-oihoe Suire rhim wc luvc co-operated closely, and most likely pLaces 

 have been investigated Assistance is acknowledge*! from Messrs. C. Stanford 

 Of Tymidarra, P. Finck and son Eugene of HeaLhrnont. A. TVTUIard of 

 Be^biobelie. T. Power of Byaduk and L. Aitken oi Hey wood. Their interest 

 and guidance have contributed considerably to our knowledge 



ft has been considered advisable to extend the sphere of operations to Ike 

 houlh Australian border., across to Dartmoor, following the Crawford River. 

 tHcoce to Mount Eccles and thence down the Euuioralta 'River. Wt now 

 ■Include too all groups of the Ptertdophyta, The total is now 48 specie*, which 

 is remarkable, far South Australia has less in the entire State even though 

 it has 4. do'/en which -we do not. Alt oui species occur within 26 milej- of 

 the Portland post-office; 



The order followed is that oi Ferns of t-'icttirtti and Ttunioniit The bracketed 

 number:- arc those of the species which appeared in the April 1944 list; the 

 asterisk huCtHLtt that a species Is abundant throughout our area. Our thanks 

 are due to the Director and Staff of the National Herbarium mid to Mr. N. 

 A Wakeheld tor cheek nip specimens and for notes, of old record? 



1. (2,) HYMENQPHYLl.TJM CUPRESSIfORMfc— Allitfs revr. r d ha_s 

 been re-established, presumably at the same spot, over some square feet m 

 deep split basalt barrier at the junction oi Darlots Creek and FiUroy Riven 

 Tyrendat ra. (See yirt. NJtt 66: \29 — November 1949. i 



[Note : Mccottutm aushtitr has been located on a dead Dkksonia trunk in a 

 liu*alt cave M Byaduk, so it may turn up m our area, Hurdler south.] 



2. rQLYPITLr.RlUM VSKOSU&— to 3'Cat curtains on damp wall* oi 

 large volcanic cave at Mount b'ccles (and in two similar raves at Byaduk) . 



3. (S.) DtCRSOMTA ANTARCTICA— Widespread: numerous ajpng 

 upper tributaries oE Moleside Creek (Little- Moleside, Learmonth Creeks 

 etc.) i at intervals ;do»iRT Crawford "River, with one notable pocket on a branch 

 fcui miles west of Hotspur and at Tin Kettle Creek near Digby. A pUni 

 grew loitherly at the ""Nine-mile water reserve". Heathmere, and juvenile 

 plants still abound in » narrow shaft at the chalk mine nearby 



4. TODEA R A RRAR A— Plentiful along upper t&iffrvs c*f Moleside Creek 

 (Gallows and Little Aloleside Creeks), sometimes with butts three feel r'lirk. 



5. (4.) CYATHEA AUSTRALIS The species western range is ex- 



♦ ended I about twenty fine specimens, Uvn of which are twenty feet high, 

 occur along Learmonth Creek ; plants to sixteen feet high grow on an olf- 

 branch or Crawford River (East Ciccuwald) ; antf there aie juveniles in 

 the chalk mine mentioned earlier 



$ (13,)* ADIAKTUM AETKJOP1CUM 



7, (15.) FFJ.r.AEA FAI.CAT A— Widespread on the Walt atrip from 

 Tyrendarra to Mount Kccles, but outy twice* cm limestone: the isolated Cavf 

 Hilt outcrop near 1 Icy wood and at rfifl Rock Ravine property at Drik DtuV 



R. ANOGRAMMA LEPTOPHYLI.A— Plentiful pn~ moist .shaded ledge* 

 in barriers ot caves of '.be basalt from Ivrendarra to Mount Eccles. &0OW- 



hiiirs (Weils ctf .sporting plants at a time. 



