Description of a fern (Blechnum cartilagineum), new to the Tasmanian list

By the kindness of Mr. Leonard Rodway I have had the opportunity given me for making a critical examination of a new fern discovered recently at George's Bay by Mr. G. K. Hinsby. Both of these gentlemen are well known as industrious collectors of plants, more especially as regards our little known Fungi, and we may hope to gain from them at some early day further valuable additions to our knowledge of the Cryptogamic plants of this island.
Still further examination showed that the species discovered by Mr. Hinsby was in all respects identical with Blechnum Cartilagineum, Swartz, a species hitherto only known from the mainland of Australia, where it is found in similar situations, i.e., along creek-sides and borders of scrubs, in Southern Queensland, and New South Wales, and in several places in Gippsland, Victoria.
Contains a description of the new species thus referred to: Genus Blechnum. Linn.
B. Cartilagineum. Swartz.