Aspleniwm.] FILICES. golk 
6-20 pairs, remote or rather close, stipitate, 2-6in. long, #-2 in. 
broad, lanceolate to oblong-lanceoljate or elliptic-ovate, usually 
narrowed into a long acuminate point, often caudate, obliquely 
cuneate at the base, the upper edge rounded, the lower cut away ; 
margins somewhat thickened, sinuate-serrate; veins usually evi- 
dent, forked. Sori oblique to the midrib, very numerous, close, 
linear-elongate. — A. Cunn. Precur. n. 189; Raoul, Choix, 37; 
Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 98; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 83; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. 371. A. obtusatum var. lucidum, Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 
207 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 747; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns, 74; Field, 
N.Z. Ferns, 119, t. 13, f. 6. 
Var. obliquum, Moore, Ind. Fil. 142.—Fronds smaller and more coriaceous, 
12-18 in. long. Pinnze more closely placed, 1-3in. long, oblong-lanceolate, 
acute but not acuminate. Sori shorter. Approaches A. obtwsatwm.—A. obli- 
quum, Forst. Prodr.n. 429. A. apice-dentatum, Homb. and Jacq. Voy. au Péle 
Sud, Crypt. t. 14, and A. obtusatum, t. 1B, large specimen. A. obtusatum var. 
‘obliquum, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 108; Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 33; Handb. N.Z. Fil. 
371; Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 96; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 207. 
Var. scleroprium, Moore, Ind. Fil. 142.—Fronds fleshy and coriaceous, 
12-18 in. high or more. Pinnz closely placed, 2-4in. long, about 3 in. broad, 
linear-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, closely and deeply serrate or pinnatifid, 
sometimes more than half-way down to the midrib. Sori linear, extending into 
the segments or teeth, and marginal tothem. A transition form to A. flaccidwm. 
—A. scleroprium, Homb. and Jacq. Voy. au Péle Sud, Crypt. t. 1p; Hook. f. Fl. 
Antarct. i. 109; Handb. N.Z. Fl.371; Hook. Sp. Fil. i. 97. A. flaccidum var. 
aucklandicum, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 109. 
Var. Lyallii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 33, t. 77.—Size and habit of the type ; 
but the inferior pinne lanceolate-deltoid, cut down to the rhachis in the lower 
part into distinctly stipitate pinnules ; intermediate pinnze more or less deeply 
lobed, especially on the upper margin, lobes crenate.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 371; 
Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 99. A. Lyallii, Moore, Ind. Fil. 143. 
Var. anomodum, Cheesem.—Fronds small, 2-12in. long including the 
stipes, pale-green, almost membranous or coriaceous, more or less paleaceous 
beneath. Pinne 3-8 pairs with a large terminal one, 4-2in. long, oblong- 
lanceolate to oblong or oblong-ovate or broadly ovate, obtuse or acute, crenate, 
or the lower ones more or less deeply pinnatifid with the segments crenate. 
Sori short, linear-oblong.—A. anomodum, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 
309. 
KermMapDEec Isnanps, NorTH AND South IsLANDS, CHATHAM ISLANDS, 
SrEWART IsLAND, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS, ANTIPODES ISLAND : 
The typical form widely distributed in lowland districts as far south 
as Stewart Island. Var. obliquwm from the North Cape to Campbell 
Island. Var. scleropriwm: Herekopere Island (near Stewart Island), Kirk! 
Auckland and Campbell Islands, plentiful, Hombron and Jacquinot, Hooker ! 
Kirk! Var. Lyallii: In various localities from the Bay of Islands (Miss 
Clarke !) to Otago, but rare and local, and always in small quantity. Chatham 
Islands, Field, Miss Seddon! Var. anomodum: Usually in limestone districts. 
Hawke’s Bay—Petane, A. Hamilton! Te Aute, C. P. Winkelmann ! Norsewood, 
Colenso! Takapau, J. Stewart. Nelson-—-Wangapeka Valley and Mount Arthur 
Plateau, ascending to nearly 4000ft., 7. F. C. 
