998 FILICES. [Aspidiwm. 
pinnule, in 2 rows nearer the midrib than the margin. Indusium 
rather small, flat, orbicular—Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 22; Hook. and 
Bak. Syn. Fil. 252; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns, 78; Field, N.Z. Ferns, 126, 
t. 8, f. 2. A. vestitum, Swartz, Syn. Fil. 538, 254; A. Bich, Fl. 
Nowv. Zel. 68; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 218; Raoul, Choi, 38. 
A. proliferum, A. Br. Prodr. 147; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 69; 
A Cunn. Precur. n. 220. <A. pulecherrimum and A. Waikarense, 
Col. wv Tasmaman Journ. Nat. Scr. (1845) 6, 7. A. perelegans and 
A. zerophyilum, Col. m Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix. (1897) 416, 418. 
Polystichum vestitum, Presi. Pteridogr. 177; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. ii. 88; Homb. and Jacq. Voy. au Péle Sud, Crypt. t. 4, f. 8. 
P. venustum, Homb. and Jacq. l.c. t. 5, £. N.; Hook. f. #'l. Antarct. 1. 
106. Polypodium vestitum, Horst. Prodr. n. 448. 
Var. sylvaticum.— Smaller and much more slender. Fronds few, 12-24 in. 
long including the stipes, not so coriaceous. Pinnze fewer, more remote; 
pinnules more distinctly stipitate, narrower, ovave-lanceolate, pinnatifid; seg- 
ments spinulose. Sori6-8 to a pinnule ; indusium not developed. Polypodium 
sylvaticum, Col. in Tasmanian Journ. Nat. Sci. (1845) 3; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. ii. 41, t. 81; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 380; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 249. 
NortH AND SoutH ISLANDS, CHATHAM ISLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, AUCK- 
LAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS, ANTIPODES IsLAND, MacquariE IsuaAND: Rather 
local from Cape Colville to the East Cape, not uncommon in hilly districts from 
thence to Wellington, abundant to the south of Cook Strait. Sea-level to 
3500 ft. 
A. aculeatum, in some of its forms, is found in almost all parts of the 
world. The New Zealand variety, which is mainly distinguished by the copious 
large dark-coloured scales, which usually clothe not only the stipes but also the 
rhachis up toitstip, is also found in Australia, Tasmania, and Fuegia. It varies 
greatly in the size, shape, and texture of the frond, in the shape of the pinnules 
and the extent to which they are toothed or lobed, and in many other respects. 
The fronds are often bifid or crested at the tip, and are sometimes proliferous. 
2. A. mohrioides, Bory. Voy. Duper. Crypt. 267, t. 35.— 
Rhizome short, stout, erect or oblique, densely clothed with 
blackish-brown glossy scales. Stipes stout, 2-6in. long, more or 
less densely scaly. Fronds tufted at the top of the rhizome, 4-8 in. 
long, 1-3 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, coriaceous, pinnate ; 
rhachis stout, compressed, scaly. Pinnz numerous, close-set and 
often imbricating, 3-14 in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid 
above, pinnate toward the base. Pinnules about tin. long, ovate 
or ovate-oblong, obtuse, slightly toothed ; teeth obtuse or shortly 
mucronate. Sori copious, in 2 rows in the pinnules, often confluent 
when old. Indusium orbicular, dark-brown.—Hook. f. Fl. Antaret. 
ii. 892, t. 149; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 26; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 
252; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 386. 
AUCKLAND IsLAanps: Kirk. 
I have seen no specimens of this from the New Zealand area, and Mr. Kirk’s 
notice in the Trans. N.Z. Inst., quoted above, is the only authority for including 
the species in the Flora. But as it occurs in Chili, Fuegia, the Falkland 
Islands, Prince Kdward Island, and Marion Island, its existence in the Auck- 
land and Campbell Islands may naturally be expected. 
