Botrychium australe R.Br.
B. ternatum Hook. et Baker Syn. Fil. 1873, 448.
B. virginianum Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 2, 1855, 50 non Swartz Syn. Fil.
B. cicutarium Hook. f. Handbk N.Z. Fl. 1864, 387 non Swartz loc. cit.
Parsley fern.
Rhizome erect, stout, up to 3 cm. or more long; roots crowded, fleshy. Fronds 2-5-pinnate or dissected, fleshy, us. solitary, 5-50 cm. tall; stalks stout, basal appendages up to 5 mm. long. Sterile lamina 5-15 cm. long and broad, broadly deltoid in outline, ultimate pinnules 3-5 mm. wide. Fertile lamina us. longer and narrower; sporangia globular, crowded, sessile or subsessile, c. 1 mm. diam.
DIST.: N., S., Ch. Lowland to montane forest and grassland throughout.
