OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
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They have the following characters in common : — Surculus stout, 
tomentose (not seen in C. flexilis ) ; trunk of frond mostly simple, less often 
with a branch; branches patent, p innately arranged; ramenta clothing 
trunk and branches on all sides, shortly subulate, one-forked, with bi- 
mucronulate tips. Fronds 20 to 30 cm. long, with pinnae 8 to 10 cm., 
feather-like in shape. 
Fig. 27 . — Gaulerpa hypnoides. 
