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PART V. LIST OF INDIGENOUS PTERIDOPHYTES AND SPERMAPHYTES. 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. Sub. = Subantarctic botanical province of New Zealand. Ch. = Chatham Islands botanical province of New Zealand. Ker. = Kermadeo Islands botanical province of New Zealand. End. = Endemic. Aus. = Australian and Tasmanian (one or both). S.A. = South American and subantarctic (one or both). Pol. = Polynesian. Mal. = Malayan and South Asian (one or both). Cos. = Generally distributed in temp. ( = temperate) or trop. ( = tropical) lands.

List of Indigenous Pteridophytes and Spermaphytes.

Specie* and Natural Order. Maori Name. English Name. Beyond New Zealand, or Distribution. life-form. Within New Zealand. In Forest. Heath, 4c. PTERIDOPHYTA. HYMENOPHYIiLACE.fi. Trichomanes reniforme Forst. f. .. .. i Kakakopamotu, konehu N. C. S. Ch. .. Kidney fern End. Forest » Filmy fern, with broad reniforme fronds. Small pendulous filmy fern. Lyallii (Hook, f.) Hook. .. .. humile Forst. f. .. venosum R. Br. elongatum A. Cunn. Lyall's bristle fern Drooping bristle fern Veined bristle fern Black bristle fern New Cal. Mai. Pol. Aus. New Cal., Fiji.. N. C. S. N. C. N. C. S. Ch. .. N. C. »» * • If HymenophyUum rnrum R. Br. sangiunoleiitinii (Forst. f.) Sw. austmte Willd. dilatatum (Forst. f.) Sw. .. Irirangi Thin-leaved filmy fern Scented filmy fern Crisped filmy fern Broad-leaved filmy fern Aus. End. Aus. Mai. India Aus. Mai. Pol. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. X. C. S. Sub. .. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. »» • • Very dark-green filmy fern, with deltoid fronds. Small, shining, green, filmy fern, forming close patches on trees and rocks. Epiphytic, olive-green, entire-leaved, filmy fern. Moderate-sized filmy fern, with crisped, winged leaf-stalk. Large, epiphytic, bright-green, broadleaved, filmy fern. Moderate-sized filmy fern, forming large patches. Rather large epiphytic filmy fern, with reddish hairs on leaf-stalks. Small, far-creeping, epiphytic, filmy fern, with woolly, reddish hairs on rhizome. Epiphytic filmy fern, covered with rust-coloured hairs. Small filmy fern, forming dense patches. demissum (Forst. f.) Sw. .. .. „ Drooping filmy fern Mai. Pol. scabrum A. Rich. .. Rough-stalked filmy fern .. End. N. C. S. Ch. .. flabeUatum Lab. .. Fan-leaved filmy fern Aus. Pol. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. ferrugineum Colla (syn. H. subtilissimum Kunze.) tunbridgense (L.) Sm. .. ... Rusty filmy fern .. S.A N. C. S. Tunbridge fern Sharp-toothed filmy fern Aus. S.A. Eur. S.Af. Jamaica Aus. Mai. Pol. N. C. S. Sub... »» ■ • multifidum (Forst. f.) Sw. .. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Rather large filmy fern, forming large matted patches. Tall fern, with long, stout rhizome. Loxsoma Cunninghamii R. Br. Loxsoma fern .. End. N. .. Heath near forest Dicksonia squarrosa (Forst. f.) Sw... .. Wheki, weki .. N. C. S. Ch. .. Wet and upland forest Forest Slender tree-fern, with coriaceous fronds and persistent leaf-stalks on trunk. Small tree-fern, with short trunk and yellow-green coriaceous leaves. lanata Col. Slender tree-fern .. Woolly tree-fern .. N. C. • I