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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) Pr. 

 Polypodium cordifolium L.. Sp. Plant, ii. 1089. 1753. 

 Recorded : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 26. 1870 (N. tuberosum) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 265, 1896 (Aspidium). 



Habitat : Open rocky places on north ridge of Mount Gower. 

 Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs. New Zealand. Australia. 

 New Caledonia, Japan, tropical regions. 



Diplazium melanochlamys (Hook.) Moore. 

 Asplenium melanochlamys Hook.. Sp. Fil. iii. 259. 1860. 



Recorded : Hook.. I.e. ; Bentham. Fl. Austr. vii. 751. 1878 (Asplenium) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 264. 1896 {Asplenium). 



Habitat : Undergrowth in forest from sea-level to summit of Mount 

 Gower. 



Distribution : Endemic. 



Asplenium adiantoides (L.) C. Chr. 

 Trichomanes adiantoides L.. Sp. Plant, ii. 1098, 1753. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix. 78. 1875 (A. falcatum) ; 

 Hemsley. Ann. Bot. x. 264. 1896 (A. falcatum). 



Habitat : Northern Hills (Watts). 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs (A. caudatum), New Zealand, 

 Australia. New Caledonia, tropical Polynesia, Asia. Africa. 



Asplenium Milnei Carr. 

 Asplenium Milnei Carr. ex Seem.. Flora Vitiensis, 353. 1873. 



Recorded : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 26, 1870 (A. lucidum) ; 

 Carr. ex Seem., I.e. ; F. Muell.. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 

 (A. marinum) ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x. 264. 1896 (A. obtusatum). 



Habitat : Abundant as undergrowth in lowland forest and coastal scrub. 



Distribution : Endemic. Allied to A. remotum Moore, of Polynesia, 

 New Guinea, and Celebes. 



Asplenium nidus L. 



Asplenium nidus L., Sp. Plant, ii, 1079, 1753. 



Recorded : Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 190, 1868 ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 

 265, 1896 ; Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 146, 1898 [A. Robinsoni). 



Habitat : Rocky places on sea-cliSs and in forest near coast. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island. Australia, New Caledonia, tropics from 

 East Africa to Asia and Polynesia. 



Asplenium pteridoides Baker. 

 Asplenium pteridoides Baker, Jour. Bot. xi, 17, 1873. 



Recorded: Baker, I.e. ; Bentham, Fl. Austr. vii, 749. 1878; Hook., 

 Icon. Plant, t. 1649, 1886 ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 265, 1896. 



Habitat : Undergrowth in moss forest, summit of Mount Gower. 



Distribution : Endemic. A very distinct species, belonging to the 

 same group as A. bulbijerum and A. flaccidum. 



