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Transactions. — Botany. 



The following is the synouomy of each so far as known to me : — 

 Neiohr odium decompositum. 



Hooker fil., Fl. Tasmania, 11., p. 149; Browu, Prodromus Nov. HoU., p. 149; 

 Baker, Synopsis Eilicum, p. 281; Hook, f., Handbook N.Z. Fl., p. 378. 



N. decompositum, a. glahellum, Hook. fil,. Fl. Nov. Zel., II., p. 39, t. 79 (not of 

 CuuningharQ). 



N. decompositum, a. macroplujllum. Hook., Sp. Filicum, IV., p. 146. 



N. pentangrilarum, Colenso, Filices Novae Novse-Zelandise, p. 9 (1845). 



Aspidium decompositum, Sprang., Syst. Veg., IV., p. 109 ; Mueller, Fragmenta 

 Phytographise Australias, V., p. 136. 



Aspidium jnicrosorum, Endl., Flora Norfolk Island, p. 9. 



A. shepherdi, Kunze, Linnsea, XXIH., p. 259. 



A. acuminata, Lowe, Filices, p. — . t. 11. 

 Hab. New Zealand, common on the banks of rivers. 

 Australia, Tasmania, Norfolk Island. 

 Nephrodium glahellum . 



A. Cunningham, Comp. Bot. Mag., II., p. 367 ; Metten. Aspid., p. 69. 



Nephrodiiim decompositum, j3.puhescens. Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel., H., p. 39, 



N. decompositum, /3- micropliyllum. Hook., Sp. Filicum, IV., 146. 



Lastrea davalloides, Brack., Filices U.S. Exploring Expedition, p. 202. 

 Hab. New Zealand, common in forests. 

 Australia, Tahiti, Fiji Islands. 



Art. LX.—On the Botany of the Bluff Hill. By T. Kiek, F.L.S. 

 [Read heforeYlie Otago Institute, Ylth January, 1878.] 

 The isolated hill which guards the entrance to the Bluff Harbour has long 

 been supposed to exhibit features of special interest to the botanist, but no 

 one has even imagined that it possessed a rich or varied tlora. It was 

 therefore with no little surprise that I found it vying with the North Cape 

 in botanical riches, which, although of a less showy character, were not 

 less attractive. 



My examination of the locality was restricted to some portion of the 

 forest beyond the pilot station, and to j)arts of the hill within reach during 

 a rambling ascent from the town to the flagstaff. 



The Bluff Hill is a little under 900 feet in height, and rather less than 

 two miles in diameter at its greatest width ; its base is washed by the sea, 

 except on the side which connects it with the promontory of which it forms 

 the termination. It consists chiefly of syenite and clay-slates, the latter 

 in many cases nearly vertical. The hollows and sides of the watercourses 



