328 Transactions.— Botany. 
Lomaria procera, Spreng. Abundant through the district. 
», fluviatilis, Spreng. Lower Motueka; Graham River; Moutere; 
Buller Valley. 
»  jiliformis, A. Cunn. Near Nelson; Lower Motueka. 
5,  vulcanica, Blume. Notuncommon. Nelson ; Graham River ; Upper 
Motueka; Big Bush; Wairau Valley; Buller Valley. 
5» patersoni, Spreng. Vicinity of Nelson; Maitai Valley; Foxhill; 
uller Valley. 
» lanceolata, Spreng. Common. 
», discolor, Willd. Common. 
»» alpina, Spreng. Abundant, especially in the high interior country. 
Ascends to 5,000 feet. | 
Jraseri, A. Cunn. ‘ Massacre Bay, Lyall’? (Handbook). 
steals obtusatum, Forst. Nelson and coast to the north; Motueka 
Valley; Moutere; Graham River, ete. An alpine variety 
ascends to 4,500 feet on the Mount Arthur plateau. 
»  trichomanes, LL. Wairau Gorge. 
»  flabellifolium, Cav. Nelson; Wairau Valley; Buller Valley; 
Mount Arthur plateau, ascending to 4,500 feet. 
»  faleatum, Lam. Lower Motueka; Moutere Hills; Graham River. 
5 hookerianum, Col. Maitai Valley; Graham River. 
i bulbiferum, Forst. Abundant. 
»  colensot, Hook. f. Maitai Valley. 
* richardi, Hook. f. Wairau Gorge. 
»  flaccidum, Forst. Abundant through the district, ascending t 
3,000 feet. 
»  umbrosum, Br. “ Nelson, Travers”? (Handbook). 
Aspidium aculeatum, Swartz, var. vestitum. Abundant throughout the dis- 
trict; ascending to 4,000 feet. 
»  Tichardi, Hook. Maitai Valley; Nelson; Motueka; Graham 
River. 
»  cystostegia, Hook. Mountains above the Wairau Gorge; Ragla 
Mountains. 
»  eapense, Willd. Lower Motueka; Graham River. 
Nephrodium velutinum, Hook f. Vicinity of Nelson ; Graham River. 
” decompositum, Br. Near Nelson; Moutere ; Motueka; Grahaw 
River. 
» hispidum, Hook, Nelson and vicinity ; Lower Motueka; @™ 
ham River. us 
Polypodium australe, Mett. Not uncommon. A. duaet varity sereeet ” 
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