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Species, Family, &c. Maori Name. English Name. Distributor NewSaV | W >" W or Endemic. , z ™land. In Stewart Island. Remarks. PTERIDOPHYTA— contd. PoLYPODIACEAE — COTltd. Blechnum nigrum (Col.) Mett fluviatile (R. Br.) Lowe Black hard fern Creek fern End. Aus. N. 0. S. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Ker. Forest Forest Moist gullies ; rare. Common. Hypolepis tenuifolia (Forst. f.) Bernh. millefolium Hook. .. Adiantum affine Willd. Thin-leaved hypolepis Thousand-leaves Common maidenhair Aus., Norf. Isld., Pol, Mai., China End. (?) Norfolk Island C. S. Sub. N. C. 8. Ch. Ker. B'orest Rocks near sea. Especially where the forest has been partially cleared. Moderately common. (?) Base of Table Hill, but am not certain of exact locality. My notes only record it as a new " find " while in the vicinity of Table Hill. Very rare. So far as I know, confined to one place near Half-moon Bay. Especially where the forest has been felled. Very common. Histiopteris incisa (Thbg.) i, 8m. Matata .. Cut-leaved bracken Aus., Norf. Isld., S.A., Cos. trop. Aus., Norf. Isld., S.A. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Open ground Pteridium esculentum (Forst. ! f.) Cockayne Rauaruhe, rahu- Conjmon bracken rahu, koeata = the young shoots, aruhe, marohi, meke, motuhanga, parara, renga, roi = names applied in different districts to the edible rhizome Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Heath .. Not very common. Chiefly where forest has been cleared. Epiphytic ; common. Also makes extensive colonies on forest-floor. Paesia .icaberula (A. Rich.) Kuhn. Polypodium Billardieri (Willd.) C. Chr. Rough bracken Narrow-leaved polypody Rough bracken End. N. C. S. Oh. N. C. S. Sub. Open forest ground Forest, subalpine scrub Narrow-leaved polypody Aus., S.A., S. Africa, N. Guinea End. .. var. rigidum (Homb. and Jacq.) Cockayne pumilum (J. B. Armstg.) nom. nov. = Qrammitis pumiIα J. B. Armstg. in Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xiii, p. 341, 1881 grammilidis R. Br. .. Dwarf polypody Saw-edged polynodv S. Sub. Forest Mount Angle rn, on tree-trunks; rare. Dwarf polypody End. .. C. (?) S. Sub. Subalpine rocks Near summits of the highest mountains. Saw-edged polypody Climbing p o 1 ypody Aus. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Ker. N. C. 8. Ch. Sub. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Forest, subalpine scrub Forest Common; epiphytic on treetrunks. Abundant on ground, but frequently climbing trees. diversifolium Willd. Cydophorus serpens (Forst. f.) C. Chr. puuv Climbing p o 1 ypody Thick-leaved polypody Thick-leaved polypody Aus., New Gal., Norf. Isld. Ails., New Cal., Norf. Isld. Forest Fairly common. Gleicheniaceae. Gleichenia circinata Sw. Waewaekaka, Scrambling umwaewaematuku brella-fern, tangle fern Scrambling um-brella-fern, tanglefern Bog umbrella-fern, woolly tanglefern Aus. Mai., New Cal. N. C. S. Outskirts of southern forest Southern forest, near outskirts; subalpine scrub Bogs Fairly common. dicarpa R. Br. tern Bog umbrella-fern woolly tanglefern Aus., New Cal. N. C. S. Ch. Very common. alpina R. Br. Cunninghamii Hew. Alpine umbrellafern, alpine tangle-fern Tapuwaekotuku, Umbrella-fern .. waeakura Alpine umbrellafern, alpine tangle-fern Umbrella-fern .. Aus. N. C. S. Ch.(?) N. C. 8. Abundant. This species and G. dicarpa are kept distinct in the " Index Filicum," but I think the respective forms depend most likely on the environment, and that neither is really stable. Common. It is extremely abundant in the flat scrubby forest near the Freshwater River (see Photo No. 11). End. Forest, especially southern foiest SCHIZAEACEAE. Schizaea fistulosa Labill. var. australis (Gaud.) Hook. f. Rush-fern, slender comb-fern Rush-fern, slender comb-fern Bogs Common. Aus., S.A., New. Cal., Mai., Madagascar N. C. S. Ch. Sub.