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Hemitelia Smithii Hook, f . Akaroa and Wainui, E. M. L., W. M. Commonly 

 met with all round the harbour. 



Dicksonia squarrosa Swartz. Everywhere common. 



Dicksonia fibrosa Col. Wainm, R. M. L. ; Le Bon's, W. M. ; Barry's Bay, 

 E. F. Stead. 



Alsophila Colensoi Hook. f. Common in bush above the Summit Eoad at 

 the head of Stony Bay, near Akaroa. I have a doubtful record from 

 Le Bon's. 



Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Col.) Kuhn. This and the last species do not 

 appear to have been collected in the last thirty years. I have noted 

 this fern at Peraki Reserve, Wainui, Grehan Valley, French Farm, 

 Le Bon's, and head of Robinson's Bay in the little tongue of bush 

 that Hes between the road and the summit, where it may easily be 

 obtained. 



Adiantum ajffine Willd. Nikau-palm Gully, R. M. L. All valleys round 

 Mount Bossu. Wainui, French Farm, Rowe's Bush Waterfall, Akaroa, 

 and especially on the coastal cliffs north of Mat. Wight's Bay. This 

 fern must formerly have been widely distributed. 



Eypolepis tenuijolia Bernh. Top of ridge, Akaroa to O'Kain's, W. M. 



Hypolepis distans Hook. Neighbourhood of Akaroa, D. G. R., W. M. 



Cheilanthes Sieberi Kunze. Spurs on Lucas Bay, D. G. R. Evidently less 

 common than formerlv. 



Pellaea rotundifolia Hook. Everywhere abundant both in the bush and in 

 the open. 



Pteridium esculentum Cockayne. Common near the margin of the bush ; 

 covering many acres of valuable land on the spurs above Wainui and 

 Akaroa, and increasing rapidly. 



Paesia scaberula Kuhn. Mount Bossu, Wainui ; R. M. L., W. M.; head of 

 Balgueri Valley, W. M. and G. P. 



Histiopteris incisa J. Sm. Stony Bay near O'Kain's, R. M. L. ; Le Bon's, 

 Stony Bay near Akaroa, and Long Bay, W. M. 



Pteris tremula R. Br. Potts records this fern from " Tikao Bay," which is 

 probably intended for Little Tikao Bay, where it is still growing, L. J. V., 

 W. M. ; foot of Peraki Reserve, W. M. ; near top of range at Hickory 

 and Stony Bay, D. G. R. ' 



Blechnum Patersoni Mett. Peraki, Le Bon's, Balgueri. and Grehan A^alleys, 

 Akaroa, Wainui ; always at the higher levels and in damp bush. 



Blechnum discolor Keys. Common in bush above 1,000 ft. 



Blechnum lanceolatum Sturm. Common in bush. 



Blechnum penna marinum Kuhn. To be met with at all levels from sea- 

 level, as at Maori Kaik, to the summit. This is a most abundant fern 

 on open hillsides ; 300 ft. is given as the lowest level by Laing, but I 

 have seen it almost on the sea-shore at Maori Kaik and at Wainui. 



Blechnum Banksii Mett. Squally Bay and Stony Bay, D. G. R. ; light- 

 house, Akaroa, L. Cockayne ; Stony Bay, W. M. 



Blechnum capense Schlecht. Common, especially in bush above 1,000 ft. 

 level. 



Blechnum fluviatile Lowe. Common near bush-streams. 



Blechnum membranaceum Mett. Brough's Bay, D.'G. R., G. P. I have not 

 visited this locality, but have reason to believe it still exists there. 



Blechnum vulcanicum Kuhn. This fern has eluded collectors and investi- 

 gators for many years. It is growing freely on some rocks in a piece 

 of bush bordering a small tributary of the main stream in Grehan 

 Valley. Elsewhere on the peninsula it occurs in Kaituna Bush. 



