OBSERVED ABOUT THE MALVRRtf HILLS, N. Z. 425 



L. PLUVIATILIS. 



Abounds near streams or ereeks, on damp hill-sides sheltered 

 by bush. 



L. VULCANICA. 



Commonly found on dry cob banks. 



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L. LANCEOLATA. 



Sheltered by bush. 



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L. DISCOLOR, 



One of the most common ferns in the district ; of vigorous 

 habit; stumps often 1 foot high, with fronds over 4 feet in length, 

 densely covering the sides and bottoms of wide gullies in the 

 bush ; less abundant on the outskirts. 



L. Paters oxi. 



In some places abundant, often growing with L. procera under 

 dripping rocks. In one part, in a large bush, it is, with Aspidium 

 aculeatum and Todea hymenophylloides, amongst the most common 

 ferns. Fronds above 3 feet long. 



L. ALPINA. 



In places in the open most abundant, forming large patches. 



L. duplicata, n. sp. 



Under bush ; abundant where found. Stipes of fertile fronds 

 erect and much longer than those of barren fronds. 



Asplekium. 



With the exception of a very few species, the extensive genus 

 Asplenium is but indifferently represented in this district, 



A. obtusatum, var. LUCIDUM. 



Not at all common ; near shaded streams. 



A. FLABELLIFOLIUM. 



Abundant where crevices in rocks afford shelter. 



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A. HOOKERIANUM. 



Plentiful on rocks about the chasms of the gorge. Fronds from 

 3 to 12 inches long. 



A. BULB1FERUM. 



Usually found about the sides of creeks or on damp bottoms in 

 the bush. 



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