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B. LIST OP THE INDIGENOUS PTERIDOPHYTES AND SPERMOPHYTES. Explanation of Abbreviations used. N. = Northern botanical province of New Zealand. C. = Central botanical province of New Zealand. S. = Southern botanical province of New Zealand. Oh. = Chatham Islands botanical province. Sub. = New Zealand subantarctie islands botanical province. Ker. = Kermadec Islands botanical province. End. = Endemic. Aus. = Australian and Tasmanian (one or both). S.A. = South American and subantarctie (one or both). Pol. = Polynesian. Mai. = Malayan and South Asian (one or both). Cos. = Generally distributed in temp. (= temperate) or trop. (= tropical) lands. An asterisk attached to a species = endemic Stewart Island botanical district.

List of the Indigenous Pteridophytes and Spermophytes.

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Distribution Species, Family, &c. Maori Name. English Name. Beyond New Zealand, or Endemic. Within New! Zealand. l In Stewart Island. Remarks. I PTERIDOPHYTA. Hymenophyllackae. Trichomanes reniforme Forst.f. Quite a rare plant. Kaipipi (Murdoch), Paterson Inlet and Halfmoon Bay (Walker ex Kirk). On inclined trunks of Metrosideros lucida, Mount Anglem, 1,5002,200 ft, (Kirk, 56, p. 230). I have seen an authentic specimen. Abundant on trunks of Dicksonia Raurenga, kopakopa, kakakopamutu Kidney-fern End. .. N. p. S. Ch. Forest Lyallii (Hook. £.') Hook. Lyall's bristle-fern New Cal. N. C. S. Forest, subalpine scrub venoeutn R. Br. Veined bristlefern Aus. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. N. 0. S. Forest squarrosa. striatum Menzies Stiff bristle-fern End. Forest Rare in damp gullies. Ulva, Kirk ! forest north of Paterson Inlet, L.C. Forests, but quite rare. llymenophyllum rarum R. Br. Thiii-leaved filmy fern Scented filmy fern Aus. N. 0. S. Ch. Sub. N. 0. S. Sub. Forest sanguinolenlum (Forst. f.) Sw. End. .. Forest, subalpine scrub Very common. Kirk, 56," p. 230, calls attention to variation in this species. In the northern province only on Thames mountains. Very rare. v'illosum Col. Alpine filmy fern End. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Subalpine rocks Forest austrah Willd. pulcherrimimi Col. .. Crisped filmy fern Tufted filmy fern Aus., Mai., India End. Forest Very rare; recorded by Kirk, but not observed by me. Northern province only on Thames mountains. Extremely common, especially on logs and leaning trunks. Common. dilalatum (Forst. f.) Sw. demissum (Forst. f.) Sw. Irirangi, matuamauku Irirangi, piripiri Broad-leaved filmy fern Drooping fi 1 m y fern Aus., Mai., Pol. Mai., Pol. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. Sub. Forest Forest. flab'eUatuin Lab. Fan-leaved filmy fern Reddish fi 1 m y fern Aus., Pol. Forest Common on tree-trunks and stems of tree-ferns. Recorded by Kirk for Rakiahua, where also I found it in abundance. At base of Metrosideros lucida, Pryce's Peak; L. C. This fern is very close to H. flabellatum, to which species it might perhaps be referred. Very abundant, especially on trunks of tree-ferns in moist gullies. Rare. rufescens T. Kirk .. End. .. Upper forest ferrunineum Col I a. .. Rusty filmy fern 8.A. N. C. S. Forest Cheesemanii Bak. .. Clieescraan's filmy fern Little filmy fern End. N. C. S. Subalpine scrub Rocks and trees near the shore Forest minimum A. Rich... End. 0.(?) S. Ch. Sub. Not common. iunbridgense (L.) Sm. peltutum (Poir.) Desv. Tunbridge fern One-sided fern Aue., S.A., Europe, S. Africa, Jamaica Aus., S.A., Europe, 8. Africa N. C. S. Sub. N. 0. S. Forest Common. Only on Thames mountains, of northern province. Noted only by Kirk. Have seen authentic specimen. Common. multifldum (Forst. f.) Sw. Sharp-toothed filmy fern Aus., Mai., Pol., Norf. Isld. Aus. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Forest, subalpine scrub bivalve (Forst. f.) Sw. Two-valved filmy fern N. C. S. Ch. Forest Common. Cyatheaoeae. Dicksonia squarrosa (Forst. f.) Sw. Oyaihea medullaris (Forst. f.) Sw. Hemitdia Smithii (Hook, f.) Hook AlsophUa Colensoi Hook. f. .. Wheki, weki, tirawa Mamaku, korau Slender tree-fern Black tree-fern.. End. Aus. N. 0. S. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Sub. C. S. .. Forest Forest Extremely common, especially in gullies. Only found on east coast, near Half-moon Bay. Common. Neineikura Pale-leaved treefern • Mountain treefern End. .. Forest End. .. Forest .. Mount Anglem, Kirk; base of Table Hill and Thomson Range, L. Ci