DUNCAN, B.D. & G. ISAAC. Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. 1986. xii, 258 pp., line drawings, maps, b/w photogr., 8 col. pl. In Europe available from HB Sales, Littleton Road, Ashford TW15 1UQ, U.K. Ł 25.00. ISBN 0-522-84262-3. A beautifully and lavishly illustrated, thorough account of the 128 ferns and fern-allies of the Southernmost extremities of the Australian subcontinent. For the Malesian oriented scientist primarily interesting because of the excellent view it offers of a flora that is close to the Malesian flora on the generic level (almost 90% of the genera enumerated in common) and at the same time very distinct on the specific level (hardly 16% in common).