TAB. LIX. 
Cystopteris Tasmanica, Hook . 
Parva gracilis, stipite rachique capillaribus, frondibus oblongis 
pinnatis, pinnis late ovatis obtusis inciso-lobatis superioribus 
decurrentibus inferioribus subpetiolatis pinnatifidis, lobis 
ovatis obtusis integris vel subdentatis, soris paucis minutis, 
involucris ovatis acuminatis, rachi superne alata. 
Cystopteris Tasmanica, Hook. Gen. et Sp. Fil. 1 . p. 199. 
Hab. Van Dieman’s Land, R. Gunn, Esq. 
As I have already observed elsewhere, I was at one time 
disposed to refer this to some of the states of the var. dentata of 
C. fragilis , but the fact of Mr. J. Smith having received from 
the same country, though from a different source, an exactly 
similar plant, together with the delicate habit, large (com- 
paratively) and broad, sparingly divided pinnse and small 
fructifications, induce me to keep it distinct. Caudex slightly 
creeping in one of our specimens. Whole plant including 
the stipes, 4-6 inches high. 
Fig. 1. Fertile pinna, seen from beneath, f. 2. Sorusand 
involucre : — magnified . 
