TAB. LXXX. 
Nothochl^na distans, Br. 
Casspitosa, frondibus erectis rigidis subcoriaceis ferrugineo- 
hirsutissimis lineari-oblongis bipinnatis, pinnis oppositis 
remotis brevibus subsessilibus erecto-patentibus deltoideo- 
ovatis obtusis, pinnulis ovato-oblongis inferioribus pinna- 
tifidis superioribus subintegerrimis confluentibus marginibus 
recurvis subinvolucratis, stipite racbi costisque subtus 
ferrugineo-paleaceis. 
Nothochlsena distans, Brown , Prod. FI. Nov. Holl. p. 146. 
Labill . Sert. Austr.-Caled. p. 5. t. 8. Kunze , in Plant. 
Preiss. 2 . p. 110. 
Hab. New Holland; Port Jackson, Brown. Logan Biver, 
and granite rocks in the Bathurst country, Fraser. Port 
Stephens, Capt. P. King . Swan Biver, Preiss , Drummond , 
n. 8. and 666. New Caledonia, Labillardiere . New Zea- 
land, Northern Island, Colenso 3 n. 732. 1109. 1914., J. D. 
Hooker. 
Kunze justly describes the figure of this species of Noiho- 
chlcena in Labillardiere as “ mediocris,” the magnified repre- 
sentation being especially erroneous. When a fertile pinna is 
carefully examined, the margin, pale and almost scariose, will 
be seen to be recurved and to represent an imperfect involucre, 
indicating a near approach to some Clieilantlies ; between 
which two genera we have already had occasion to observe that 
the fine of distinction is not easy to be drawn. J udging from 
the copious specimens we have received from New Zealand, 
from the northern islands at least, the species seems to be of as 
frequent occurrence there as it is in New Holland; and 
it is now ascertained to have a very extensive range, from 
Swan Biver in the West to New Caledonia and New Zealand 
in the East. 
Fig. 1. Upper side of a pinna, f. 2. Under side of a 
fertile ditto, f. 3. Portion of a sorus . — magnified. 
