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O^athea medullaris. Swartz. Abundant in river-valleys ; ascend- 

 ing to 2,000 ft. 

 Hemitelia smithii, Hook, ex Hook, and Baker. Abundant. 

 Dicksonia squarrosa, Swartz. Common up to 2,000 ft. 



,, lanata, Col. Mount Rochfort and Mount Frederic ; 

 sea-level to 2.000 ft. 

 Davallia novce-zecdandicB, Col. Abundant in BuUer Valley. 

 Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. Mount Owen, 5,000 ft. 

 Lindsaya trichomanoides. Dryand. Abundant. 



„ viridis, Col. Giles's Creek, Millerton, Costello's Hill 

 on Charleston Road. 

 Adiantum cBthiopicum, L. Buller Valley, at Blackwater and 

 Inangahua. 

 ,, affine, Willd. Common throughout. 



Hypole.'pis tenuifolia, Bernh. Serjeant's Hill. 



distans, Hook. Not uncommon throughout. 

 Pellcea falcata, Fee, gen. Buller Valley ; not uncommon. 



,, rotundifolia, Hook. Buller Valley : not uncommon. 

 Pteris aquilina, L. Common ; sea-level to 3,000 ft. 

 scaberida. A. Rich. Common up to 2,000 ft. 

 tremula, R. Br. Bank of Buller, near Westport. 

 macilenta, A. Rich. Abundant in low forest fringing the 

 coast-line. 

 ,. incisa. Thunb. Abundant at low elevations. 

 Loviaria patersoni, Spreng. In most damp gullies and gorges 

 throughout the district. 

 discolor, Willd. Abundant. 



vulcanica, Blume. Abundant on river-banks through- 

 out the district. 

 lanceolata, Spreng. Common. 

 hanhsii, Hook. f. Comparatively common on the cliffs 



along the coast. 

 cdpina, Spreng. Abundant on banks of Buller River. 

 nigra, Col. Not uncommon in damp shady situations ; 



ascending to 2,000 ft. 

 fluviatilis, Spreng. Common. 



memhranacea. Col. Not uncommon in lower Buller 

 Valley. 

 ,, frazeri, A. Cunn. Abundant in many gullies on the 

 sea face of the mountains and in the forest 

 fringing the lowland pakihis. 

 Asplenium flabellifolium, Cav. Upper Buller Valley. 

 ,, fcdcatum. Lam. Not uncommon. 



,, ohtusatum, Forst. Plentiful along the coast. 



,, hookerianum, Col. Not uncommon on wooded banks 



of Buller River. 



