328 Transactions. — Botany. 



Lomaria prorera, Spreng. Abundant tlirough the district. 



fluviatilis, Spreng. Lower Motiieka ; Graham Eiver ; Moutere ; 



Buller Valley. 

 filiformis, A, Cunn. Near Nelson ; Lower Motueka. 

 vulcanica,'B\\xme.. Not uncommon. Nelson; Graham Eiver ; Upper 



Motueka ; Big Bush ; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley. 

 patersoni, Spreng. Vicinity of Nelson ; Maitai Valley ; Foxhill ; 



Buller Valley. 

 lanceolata, Spreng. Common. 

 discolor, Willd. Common. 



alpina, Spreng. Abundant, especially in the high interior country. 

 Ascends to 5,000 feet. 

 ,, fraseri, A. Cunn. "Massacre Bay, LyalV (Handbook). 

 Asplenium ohtusatmn, Forst. Nelson and coast to the north ; Motueka 

 Valley ; Moutere ; Graham Eiver, etc. An alpine variety 

 ascends to 4,500 feet on the Mount Arthur plateau. 

 trichomanes, L. Wairau Gorge. 

 flabellifolium, Cav. Nelson ; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley ; 



Mount Arthur plateau, ascending to 4,500 feet. 

 falcatum, Lam. Lower Motueka ; Moutere Hills ; Graham Eiver. 

 hookerianum, Col. Maitai Valley ; Graham Eiver. 

 hulhiferum, Forst. Abundant. 

 colensoi, Hook. f. Maitai Valley. 

 richardi, Hook, f, Wairau Gorge. 



flaccidum, Forst. Abundant through the district, ascending to 

 3,000 feet. 

 ,, umbrosum, Bv. " Nelson, Travel's" (Handbook). 

 Aspidium. acideatum, Swartz, var. vestitum. Abundant throughout the dis- 

 trict ; ascending to 4,000 feet. 

 ,, richardi, Hook. Maitai Valley; Nelson; Motueka; Graham 



Eiver. 

 ,, cystostegia. Hook. Mountains above the Wairau Gorge ; Eaglan 



Mountains. 

 ,, capense, Willd. Lower Motueka ; Graham Eiver. 

 Nephrodiimi vehitinum, Hook f. Vicinity of Nelson ; Graham Eiver. 



„ decomposituni, Br. Near Nelson ; Moutere ; Motueka ; Graham 



Eiver. 

 ,, hispidum, Hook. Nelson and vicinity ; Lower Motueka ; Gra- 



ham Eiver. 

 Polypoditim australe, Mett. Not uncommon. A dwarf variety ascends to 

 4,000 feet on the Mount Arthur plateau. 



