ijtt I "iMDArr., PreHitntnity J&glfion of L(txln*ofisis [ V \l\ **'* 



7?l. 3414 (1915), til. 88, i b. Hvhtypv. Stooey Creek, near Cainis, Quetiis.- 

 IhtkI. W, W' t Watts, 7191a (NSW, l^tr>7a>, examined, a very villous form. 



Distribute: Austria {Q-uecusUmd to Victoria) and New Zealand. 



Twn dirTrrent species Wire grouped lay ether by Endlicher under his 

 V i» /»>*.- edwt irtU7i'jpHfw m f'rodr. /-"/. iVcrflk. As he 5pecifu-ally refers tc* 

 "SielxT's' Syn Fil No. 101, £sp»ifaHii VHCTOS&tUft!* nomen milium, n was 

 preferred to take (his specimen winch was- collected tii Australia, as the 

 type of .V. jmVw-nww- The otiirir specimen to which EudhVhcr refers, was 

 collected by K Bauer m Norfolk Island and is rfdtAI tor.* red in the Natural 

 History Museum. Vienna, li is the same specifically as L. enhmtha which 

 appear* to he tesTrKied IU Norfolk Isiftlfd I have nut seen any MQIgrill 

 similar to Saber's _Syn. Fil No. 101 except from the mainland or' Australia. 



L. uncrown* and L, fcttc/fe have been mucti confused, although the margin 

 of the iilti.ii..!'. segments of the lamina is *harr>ly crenate in /-. flftfritfMB 

 and entire, obtusely tnoihed or minutely sernda?« in /-. iturrtt Thr rhizome 

 ot /,. t&icra is li to 15 mm. in cli.im., shortly creeping and very densely scaly, 

 whereas in L. mkrownt it is 2 k» 5 mm. ui d»<uw , long-creeping oud ftlotficd 

 with very fugacious scales. The intfusia of these two specie* are. distinct 

 In /. /..vuvyithey Are dark brown or black, glabrous antf mostly 2 to 0.5 mm. 

 broad. The oblong, dark »ed. red-brown or yellow" glands occur cIt*-*Bv alone 

 the margin of rhe indusium, L, mkroxonx is characterised by nuitii larger in- 

 llcifiEiil wlueh are 0.5 to I mm. bfb&tl They nrc fawn, with a red-brown rentrt 

 around which the oblong glands ar* 1 usually clustered. Marginal xluud< are 

 more imcomtiKm on the inrJusia of i- iHuroscrd but .sometimes a few, long, 

 needle HVe, whitish, simile, septette ban* *r< present, alibrnigli they arc <viten 

 glabrous and nccastonallv iiou-glatvhdar. 



Nc('hrvdu<w Inu-rrttntitm Gaud, m PnqvCi roy; BoL: 439 (I828), may be s 

 synonym of /.. niicro.wra liutllie holotyp* collected hy Prar-er at Port Jackson, 

 \.S.W,, cannot be found. 



3. LASTRHOPSi^' ^tltPUllRDU (Kzc. ex Mett.) Tiiwlale n. comb. 



R,;ui{ xxHOHym ' .4<tf>i<ii">H jh&phfrdii i'i trimmer i3 230 (1850), nomon 

 nudum , Melt. ; Fil Hotl. I ips. : 94 (1^56), with clteci ipt»on. Other synonyms- 

 La*-frc\i LUrtnirc'tts J. Sin., Cu/, 6'i^. Fentx 59 ( JA>7) Qr$tfM#ri& thpffietdii 

 iKve. ev Melt.) C Ghr in |/fei Vflf- *'< 155 (1944). Ctcmhs hwet Cope! . 

 i7i?M. Fi7.: 124 H 947). 



f»ic/n7.urji0ii : AlUtl^Hd (iouth c.iMero Queensland, :>Jcv> South \V»h:s. 

 Victoria, Tasmania and South Australial. 



4 t..}STkhOe$fS M'lKGhVAXS (F Muell.l U, A. Smith Mil Tnuli.^ 

 comb, ct %tat'. uov. 



Bt);Ttc x vtiMi'Vin '. A.xfrulitiw Hrcmtipi)xihim (R Or) Spreng var wnniiiiaHs 

 P. MueU." /•>«./»), fc'Jbn W*w3r 5: 137 ( 1866). S'sm.t\if>rs: Clarcno? River, 

 Perkier; Richmond Rlvtr, C. Moore and Woreion Bay, F Mueller (MEL). 

 The *i)ecimeii coliccicd fcy i>cckter at the Oarenoe River u the best, io ■ *tw 

 dcsigu.^tuig it ^t Ike tcciotyff. 



Dixit tbittioti AuMfdh'a (s»>uth-eastern Queensland *fl<4 the Moith Coast ctt 

 Nc>v South VV-ites). 



This species ■:, more closely allied to /-. tenvra Llun io any othc iuei»*ibcr o» 

 this- gehuS- Like L. Wl'cVift U Is ciiaracierijed by a UuCie, shortly creeping 

 rlu£Otne. <lark brown or black, glabrous, glandular mJn r< sori h>rnutig an 

 a|uift<il marginal line around the ultimate segments and gfohoso-^.tlifisoida], 

 IwlatcTal sIidtcs with UfcTisjto/fcS hearing rounded nrotuberancrs. The twa 

 ■•pecies uv\y be readdy distius;uislioJ. since the lamina of f. \tt&rn{tifim h dark 

 KTecru leathery and very ftlos-y above, wfiereas in L. tenem it is a lighter 

 UTeen, dull on the uppei aurface, herbaceous anil Haccid. tn L. tewm lti**re 



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