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numerous, close, often again pinnate or pinnatifid at the 
base, ovate-lanceolate to rhomboidal, the upper base trun- 
cate and parallel with the rhachis, the lower side cut 
away; margins prickly toothed. Sori in 1 row on each 
side of and close to the costa, about 6-10 per pinnule. 
Distribution: — Widely spread over most of the tem- 
perate and sub-tropical regions of the world. 
Queensland : — Rare, confined to the southern portion 
of the State : Toowoomba, Mistake Range, Blackall 
Range, Mt. Ballow and Lamington National Park (Mac- 
pherson Range). 
N.S. Wales: — Port Jackson, Clarence River, Rich- 
mond River, Macleay River, lllawarra. 
Victoria: — Common everywhere except in the north- 
western portion of the State. , 
South Australia: — South-eastern portion — almost cos- 
mopolitan. 
Tasmania : — Derwent River. 
2. P. aristatum (Forst.) Presl Tent. Pterid. 83 (1836). 
Aspidium aristatum Sw. ; Benth. FI. Austr. VII., 757 
(1878); F. M. Bailey, Queensl. FI. V!, 1978 (1902). 
Rhizome creeping, densely hairy-scaly. Stipes scat- 
tered, 20-60 cm. long, densely clothed with pale brown, 
fibrillose scales towards the base. Fronds 30-60 cm. long 
without the stipes, ovate-deltoid, apex acuminate, 2-3-pin- 
nate, glossy, subcoriaceous, glabrous except for the de- 
ciduous fibrillose scales on the rhachises. Primary pinnae 
deltoid-lanceolate, the basal pair the largest (8-20 cm. 
long), pinnate or bipinnate at the base. Ultimate seg- 
ments ovate-rhomboidal, upper base truncate, lower base 
obliquely cut away, the margins spinulose dentate. Sori 
small, in two rows close to the midrib. 
Distribution: — Australia, New Zealand, India, 
Malaya, China, Japan, Polynesia, Natal. 
Queensland : — Recorded in ‘ ‘ Flora Austral iensis 
from Rockingham Bay (Dallachy) and Port Denison 
(Fitzalan) ; collected from Mt, Spurgeon, N.Q., by C. T. 
White, 1936. The only other specimens represented in 
the Queensland Herbarium are from the southern part of 
the State (Brookfield and Enoggera Creek, Brisbane; 
Candle Mountain; Conondale National Park). 
N.S. Wales: — New England, Hastings River, Tweed 
River, lllawarra. (These localities, taken from the “ Flora 
