Page:Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 12.djvu/592

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510 Capt. Carmichael's Description of . AcROSTiCHUM succis^FOLiuM, frondesimpliceoblongaco- riacea utrinque squamosa: squamis peltatis lanceolatis ciliatis. Acrostichum succisaefolium. Aubert op. cit. p. 31. In the wood. . AcROSTiCHiuM CILIARE, frondc simplici elongato-lanceo- lata subacuminata membranacea marginibus costaque squamatis : squamulis subulatis nudis. Acrostichum ciliare. Aiibert op. cit. p. 32 ? Fronds 6 — 12 inches long; fertile ones smaller margined. Grows on the mouldering banks of the ravines. . Acrostichum OBTUSATUMjfrondibus siraplicibus : squamu- lis subulatis sparsis ; sterilibus oblongis; fertilibus ovatis, stipitibus hispidis. On the highest rocks of the table-land. . Grammitis australis. Br. Prodr. 146. On the table-land and rocky borders of the ravines. . Grammitis cheilanthoides. TVilld. Sp. PL v. p. 143. Asplenium filipendulsefolium. Aubert op. cit. p. 34. tab. 4. High on the face of the table-land, and on a detached hill in the middle of the plain. . PoLYPODiuM aquilinum, froudc tripinnatifida deltoidea subtus pubescenti, pinnulis falcatis : inferioribus crenato- incisis, stipite pubescente et paleaceo. Polypodium aquilinum. Aubert op. cit. p. 32. Caudex repens, basibus stipitum induratis muricatus. J'rons

— 4-pedalis, subquadripinnatifida. Stipes rachis costae- 

que