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obtuse end to very short stipes, whicli seldom if ever exceed 8 lines in 
length, hairy throughout with light-coloured fine hairs, those of the 
stipes short and strigose, those of the frond soft and rather long, and 
all of a very light colour, nearly white ; veins simple or once forked ; 
sori orbicular, with bristle-like white hairs amongst the spore-cases, at 
the apex of fork of the vein, and forming a single row on each side of 
the costa on the upper portion of the frond. 
Hab. : On rocks and stems of trees, Bellenden-Ker, at an altitude of from 4,000 
to 5,000 feet. 
This small fern is closely allied to P. HooJceri, but separated by the form of 
the scales, colour of the hairs — which do not form so decided cilise to the margins — 
and general appearance. 
P. pallidum, Brackenr.; Fil. U.S. Expl. Exp. 18; Hook. Spec. 
Filic. iv. 142, 266, t. 2(59 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 759. Pale Fern. 1, 7. 
P. aspidioides, Var. tropica, Bail. ; Syn. Queensl. Fl. 714. 
Shiny Fern, 7. 
P. proliferum, Bred.; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 13; Syn. Filic. 315; 
Fl. Austr. vii. 765. 7. 
P. urophyllum, Wall.; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 9; Syn. Filic. 314; 
Fl. Austr. vii. 765. Tailed Fern. 1, 7. 
P. poecilophlebium, Hooh.; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 14; Syn. Filic. 
314 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 766. 1, 7. 
P. serpens, Forst.; Hook, and Bak. Syn. Filic. 349; Fl. Austr. 
vii. 767. Creeping Rock Fern. 4. 
P. COnfiuens, B. Br.; Prod. ; Fl. Austr. vii. 767. Creeping Tongue- 
leaved Fern. 7. 
P. acrOStichoides, Forst. ; Hook, and Bak. Syn. Filic. 350 ; Fl. 
Austr. vii. 767. 1, 7. 
P. Simplicissimum, F. v. M. Simple-leaved Bolypodium. 2, 3, 4. 
P. phymatodes, Linn. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 82 ; Syn. Filic. 364 ; 
Fl. Austr. vii. 769. Scented Fern. 5. 
P. VerruCOSUm, Wall. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 31 ; Gard. Ferns, 
t. 41 ; Syn. Filic. 844 ; Fl. Austr. vii. 770. Warted Fern. 1. 
P. SUbauriCUlatum, Blume; Fl. Jav. Filic. 177, t. 83 ; Fl. Austr. 
vii. 771. 1, 2, 3. 
P. rigidulum, Swartz; Hook, and Bak. Syn. Filic. 368 ; Fl. Austr. 
vii. 771. Eock Fern. 1, 2. 
P. quercifolium, Linn.; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 96; Syn. Filic. 367 ; 
Fl. Austr. vii. 772. Oak-leaved Fern. 1, 2, 7. 
P, irioides, Boir. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 67 ; Syn. Filic. 360 ; Fl. 
Austr. vii. 771. Flag-leaved Fern. 1, 2, 7. 
ISOTHOM^NA, R. Br. 
N. vellea, B. Br.; Prod.; Fl. Austr. vii. 773. Cloak Fern or Woolly 
Fern. 2, 7. 
GRAMMITIS, Swartz. 
G. (Selliguea) membranacea, Blume; Fil. Jav. 123, t. 52, 
£. 2. Rhizome slender, creeping, climbing up the stems of trees by 
the aid of adventitious roots emitted from the under side, the upper 
surface densely paleaceous, with rather long dark-brown narrow 
