376 Transactions. 



Blechnum discolor Keys. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C. ; A. W.] 

 Common on the forest-floor. 



Blechnum lanceolaticm Sturm. [R. ; J. F. A. ; L. C. ; A. W.] 

 Common in the forest. 



Blechnum ])emia marinmn Kuhn. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; T. P.] 



Abundant above 1,000 ft., but not common on the Lyttelton Hills, 

 and coming down to 300ft. in Pigeon Bay. Heathcote Valley: A. 

 Wall ; R. M. L. Peak between Kennedy's Bush and Cooper's Knobs : 

 R. M. L. 



Blechnum capense Schlecht. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; T. P. ; L. C. ; A. W.] 

 Everywhere abundant. 



Blechnum flii.viatile Lowe. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C. ; A. W.] 

 Common by bush-streams. 



Blechnum membra iiaceinn Mett. [J. B. A. ; T. P. ; L. C. ; A. W.] 



Hay's Bush (Pigeon Bay) and behind Governor's Bay, but not 

 common. 



(^)B. BrDiksii, {-)B. nigrum, and (^)B. durum are given by J. B. A. 

 (the last probably occurs), and (^)-B. vulcanicum by J. F. A. and T. P. 

 (Ohinitahi). Cheeseman {Jllustraiions, pi. 240) refers to {^)B. durum 

 finding its northernmost limit at Banks Peninsula. 



Aspleniumflabellifolium Cav. {~ '. A.triste Raoul). [R. ; J. B. A. : J. F. A. : 

 T. P. -.L. C. ; A. W.] 

 Abundant under stones and rocks. 



*Asplenium adicodoides Raoul. [J. B. A. ; T. P.] 

 Common on peninsula. 



Asplenimn ohtusatum Forst. f. [R. ; T. P. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Abundant on coastal cliffs and rocks ; but it is to be noted that 

 Wall identifies the coastal Aspleuium of Lyttelton Harbour as a form 

 of A. lucidum. 



Asplenium lucidum Forst. f. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; A. W.] 



Common in most ])laces. Vai'. ohliquum is the commonest, and 

 perhaps the type form, but var. Lyallii also occurs. [Con. L. C] 



Asplenium HookerianumCol. [R. ; J.F.A. ; J.B. A. ; T.P. ; A. W. ; L.C] 

 Common in many forms. (Akaroa is the habitat of the type.) 



Asplenium. hulhiferum Forst. f. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. : L. C. : A. W\] 



One of the commonest of bush ferns, but much sought after by 

 tourists and others. 



^Asplenium Richardi Hook. f. |R. : J. B. A.] 



Mount Herbert : Potts. Waikerikikeri. and doubtless elsewhere : 

 R. M. L. 



Asplenium flaccid um Forst. f. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; T. P. : L. C. ; 

 A. W.] 

 Abundant on forest-trees. 



J. B. A. and Potts add OA. Irichomanes, which I have not seen. 



Poli/stichum vestitum Presl. (= Aspidium aculeatum Swartz vai'. vestitum 

 Hook. f. : Handhook. p. 997). |R. : J. F. A. : J. B. A. : T. P. ; 

 L. C. ; A. W.] 

 Common on the forest-floor. 



