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X. LIST OF THE INDIGENOUS PTERIDOPHYTES AND SPERMAPHYTES. Exlanation of Abbreviations used. N. = Northern botanical province of New Zealand. C. = Central botanical province of New Zealand. S. = Southern botanical province of New Zealand. Ch. = Chatham Islands province. Sub. = New Zealand subantar -tic islands province. Ker. = Kermadec Islands province. End. = Endemic. Aus. = Australian and Tasmanian (one or both). S.A. = South American »nd subantarctie (one or both). Pol. = Polynesian. Slal. = Malayan and South Asian (one or both). Cos. = Generally die. tributed in temp. (= temperate) or trop. ( = tropical) lands.

Distribution. Species and Natural Order. Maori Name. English Name. Beyond New witw N or Kndemic. «M«x>Oα the Volcanic Plateau, Ac PTERIDOPHYTA. Hymtnophyllum rarum R. Br. .. Thin - leaved filmy fern Scented filmy fern.. Aus. N. C. S. Sub. Ch. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Forest tanguinolentum (Forst. f.) Sw. End. H pulcherrimum Col. flabtttatum Lab. • ■ Tufted filmy fern .. Fan - leaved filmy fern Silvery filmy fern .. Sharp-toothed filmy fern Ails. Pol... MaUingii (Hook.) Mett... multifidum (Forst. f.) Sw. Aus. Aus. Pol. Mai. »» Dickaonia lanata Col. .. Btmitdia Smithii (Hook, f.) Hook. Woolly tree-fern .. Pale-leaved tree-fern End. N. C. .. N. C. S. Sub. M POLYPODIAOBJ!. Polyslichum vestitum (Forst.) Presl. Punui Prickly shield fern.. Aus. S.A. N. C. S. Sub. Ch. N. C. S. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. M Bichardi (Hook.) J. Sm. Cyatotegia (Hook.) Armstg. Aeplenium adiantoides C. Chr. (syn. A. falcatum Lam.) Hookerianum Col. Pipiko .. Black shield fern .. Alpine shield fern .. Lance-leaved spleenwort Maidenhair spleenwort Richard's spleenwort 1 Fiji End. Aus. Asia, Pol. E.Af. Aus. H Rocky ground. Forest. Richardi Hook. f. End. C. S. .. rook on Kuapehu (Townson). Forest. flaccidum .fr'orst. f. Raukatauri Drooping spleenwort Aus. S.Af. N. C. S. Sub. Ch. Ker. N. C. S. Sub. Blechnun Patersoni (R. Br.) Mett var. dongala Hook. & Bak. (syn. Lomaria Patersoni Spr.) discolor (Forst. f.) Keys (syn. Lomaria discolor Willd.) vulcanicum (Bl.) Kuhn (syn. Lomaria vulcanicum Bl.) lanceolatum (R. Br.) Sturm, (syn. Lomaria lanceolata Spr.) pennamarina (Poir.) Kuhn (syn. Lomaria alpina Spreng.) capense (L.) Sohloh. (syn. Lomaria capensis Willd. ; L. procera Spr.) Paterson's fern Mai. S.Asia, Fiji M Petipeti .. Common hard fern Aus. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. )t Rereti Triangular hard fern Aus. Pol. Mai. . Aus. Pol. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Ker. Forest; moist banks in open, Forest. Lance-leaved hard fern Alpine hard fern .. Aus. S.A. Kiokio, piu Long hard fern Aus. Mai. Pol. S.A. S.A£.,trop. Am. Aus. H fluviatile (R. Br.) Lowe (syn. Lomaria fluviatile Spr.) Bypolepis millefolium Hook. Histiopteris inci.su (Thnb.) J. Sm. (syn. Pteris incisa Thnb. Kiwikiwi Creek-fern N. C. S. Ch. Sub. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Matata .. Cut-leaved bracken End. Cos. trop., Aus. S.A. Near iot streams on Tongariro. Forest Pteridium esculentum (Forst. f.) comb. nov. (syn. Pteris esculenta Forst. f. ; Pteris ajuilina L., var. esculenta (Forst. f.) Hook, f.) Polypodium BUlardieri (Willd.) Ch. Chr. (syn. P. australe Mett.) grammitidis R. Br. Rau-aruhe Common bracken .. Aus. S.A. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Ker. Narrow-leaved polypody Saw-edged polypody Aus. S.A. Mai. S.Af. Aus. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Chat. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Ker. N. C. .. diversifolium Willd. (syn. P. Bitlardieri R. Br.) Paraharaha Climbing polypody Giant polypody Aus., Norf. Isld., New Cal. End. M novae-zealandiat Bak. • • »» (Il.KICHBNIACB.e. Oleichenia dicarpa R. Br. Bog umbrella fern.. Aus., New Cal. Aus. Samoa End. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Qrass and shrub steppe Bog. Foreet. alpina R. Br. .. Cunninghamii Hew. Tapuwaekotuku Alpine umbrella fern Umbrella fern H Osmundacb^. Leptipteris hymenophylltides (A. Rich.) Pγ. tuperba (Col.) Pr. Tukurd J .. Single crape fern .. Crape fern, Prince of Wales's feather, double crape fern H »• Sub. (1)