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Hijmenoj)hyllumferrugineum Colla (== H. subtilissimum Kunze). Stony Bay, 



D. G. R. 



Tribhomanes Colensoi Hook. f. Seaward side of Akaroa Ridge. 

 Trichomanes Tiumile Forst. Seaward side of Akaroa Ridge, D. G. R. 

 Adiantum aethiopicmn Linn. Akaroa, Raoul. Mr. Riches has a specimen 



of this maidenhair, but does not recollect where he obtained it. 

 Blechnum durum C. Chr. There is little doubt that this fern is correctly 



reported from Banks Peninsula by J. B. Armstrong. Riches has it 



from the foot of the beech bush. Stony Bay, where he says it was 



common. This was its northernmost limit. Apparently it grew close 



to, but not on, the actual coast-line. 

 Adiantum fulvum Raoul. Grehan Valley, D. G. R. 

 Athyrium umbrosum Presl. A small clump formerly grew at Three Point 



Rock, Wainui, D. G. R. This is therefore the southernmost record for 



this species. 

 Dryoj)teris decomposita 0. Kze. Children's Bay, Akaroa, D. G. R. 

 Polypodimn dictyopteris C. Chr. Akaroa, Raoul ; Stony Bay, D. G. R. 



I have not seen specimens of this fern. 

 Arthropteris tenella J. Sm Exact locality forgotten, D. G. R. 

 Gleichenia dicarpa R. Br. (?). Near head of O'Kain's, D. G. R. 

 Gleichenia Cunninghamii Hew. Five years ago Mr. G. Penlington and 



I came on this fern near a small stream near the head of Le Bon's 



(Martin, 1918), whence, it has now totally disappeared. It was at one 



time very commonly distributed. Long Bay and Hickory, G. P. and 



D. G. R. ; Flea Bay and Le Bon's, L. J. V. 

 Nothoclaena distans R. Br. Mat. Wight's Bay, on spurs of the hills, D. G. R. 

 Gymnogramme leptopliylla Desv. Rocks near creek at lighthouse and on 



Adam's Point, D. G. R. ■ 

 Gymnogramme rutaefolia Hook. & Grev. Adam's Point, D. G. R. 



List of Species still growing in the Region investigated. 



The species named in the following Hst are still growing in the locaUties 

 recorded by Laing or myself. Records by Riches were made prior to 1900. 

 Other records are not given unless the exact habitat is mentioned. 



Hymenophjllum rarum R. Br. Waikerikikeri (Hickory), R. M. L. ; Le Bon's, 

 W. M., D. G. R. This species was once common, but is now difficult to 

 find. 



Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum Hook. f. Le Bon's Reserve. This fern 

 may most easily be found by following up the stream-bed till it reaches 

 the waterfall, where it is growing on the rock and on neighbouring tree- 

 trunks. 



Htjmenophyllum flahellatum Ldi\). Peraki Reserve, R. M. L., W. M. This 

 fern is easily found on the caudices of Dicksonia sqiiarrosa at Wainui, 

 Akaroa, Takamatua, and Le Bon's. 



Hymenophyllum peltatum Bearne (= H. unilaterale Willd.). Long Bay, 

 D. G. R. and R. M. L. 



Trichomanes venosum R. Br. Extremely c®mmon on the stems of tree- 

 ferns in almost every valley, W. M. ; Balgueri Valley, R. M. L. 



Cyathea dealbata Swartz. Everywhere common, but less so from year to 

 year. 



Cyathea medullaris Swartz. Mr. Hooker' and others at Wainui inform me 

 that some half-dozen specimens exist about a mile towards the Heads 

 from Wainui, but I have not seen them. 



