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B. Whelani, n. sp. (After Sergt. E. J. Whelan, to whom the 
members of the expedition were greatly indebted for assistance.) 
Rhizome slender and erect, from 3 to 6 in. high, densely paleaceous at 
the summit, with ferruginous scales, and bearing a crown of many 
dark-green fronds; stipes blackish, slightly scabrous, clothed at the 
base with dark linear scales, about 1 ft. long and slender ; the frond 
or leafy portion of about equal length with the stipes, bearing about 
15 nearly opposite linear-lanceolate pinnae 3 to 6 in. long, the lowest 
of which are petiolulate, the central ones sessile, and one or two of 
the terminal ones having their bases adnate to the rhachis, the margins 
serrated, teeth small and blunt, except those of the elongated point; 
veins simple or once forked ; sori close to the costule on the lower 
half or three-fourths of the pinna. 
nab. : Bellenden-Ker at an elevation of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet above sea-level. 
BOOMA, Br. 
D. aspera, var. media, Bail.; Syn. Queensl. Fl. 704. 1, 7. 
ASPLENIUM, Linn. 
A. nidus, Linn.; Hook. Spec. Eilic. iii. 77; Syn. Filic. 190; Fh 
Austr. vii. 744. Bird's-nest Fern. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7. 
A. Simplicifrons, F.v.M.; Fragm. V. 74; Fl. Austr. vii. 744. 
Simple-leaved Spleen Fern. 1, 2. 
A. attenuatum, i?. Sr.; Prod. 150; Fl. Austr. vii. 745. 
Attenuated Spleen Fern. 7. 
A. paleaceum, B. Br. ; Prod. 150 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 746. Scaly 
Fern. 7. 
A. falcatum, Lam.; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 160; Syn. Filic. 208; 
Fl. Austr. vii. 746. 1, 2, 3. 
A. Hookerianum, Colem., var. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 194 ; 
Syn. Filic. 213 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 747. 2, 3. Ehizome erect or shortly 
repent, the crown and base of stipes densely clothed with dark- 
brown scales ; stipes tufted, slender, 4 or 5 in. long, dark-brown and 
slightly scaly. Fronds bipinnate, narrow-lanceolate, in outline 
attaining 8 in. in length, and not over 3 in. wide in the broadest 
part ; pinnules cuneate, the lower ones often divided to the base, the 
end inciso-dentate. Sori usually long and narrow. 
A. resectum, var. australiense. Bail; 1st Suppl. Queensl. 
Fl. 64. Hills off Mulgrave Eiver. 
A. laserpitiifolium, Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 171, t. 203; 
Syn. Filic. 215 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 748. 1, 2, 3. 
A. umbrOSUm, J. Sm.; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 231; Syn. Filic. 
229 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 749. Shade-loving Spleen Fern. 2. 
A. sylvaticum, Fresl; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 248; Syn. Filic. 
232 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 750. Forest Spleen Fern. 5, 7. 
A. polypodioides, Metten.; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 257; Syn. 
Filic. 238 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 751. 2, 3, 4. 
A. deCUSSatum, Sivartz; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 270 ; Syn. Filic. 
243; Fl. Austr. vii. 751. Bulbil-bearing Spleen Fern. 1,5. 
On Harvey's Creek this species attains a great size, some of the fronds being 
over 6 feet long. 
