Temperate Australia, Tasmania, etc. 77 



Dichaonia — continued . 



Hab. . summit of the Blue Mountains, E. Australia ; in limestone 

 caves not far from Mount Gambier, at the mouth of Glenelg Eiver, 

 Victoria — rare ; often most abundant through the Fern-tree gullies 

 of Australia Felix and New Cambria ; found northerly at Eich- 

 mondliiver and MountLindsay. — F. Mueller. VanDiemen's Land, 

 ravines in the mountainous parts of the island, and close to the sea 

 on the southern shores ; New Zealand, in rich alluvial soil near 

 rivers ; Northern Island, Bay of Islands ; in woods in Te Waiite 

 and Mohaka district; Wairarapa Valley, on acclivities, and in cleared 

 woods on the high shore of the east side of Waikare Lake. Middle 

 Island ; Canterbury and Nelson, Otago ; Massacre Bay. 



D. squarrosa, Sivz. Hab. : Richmond Eiver, N. S. Wales ; New 

 Zealand ; Dusky Bay in the Middle Island, southern extremity, 

 extending northward, probably, through the whole of the middle 

 and northern islands ; Chatham Island. $. 



D. dubia, Gaud. (D. straminea, Labill.). Hab. : Port Jackson, 

 from Brisbane Eiver as far as the western limits of Victoria. It 

 follows the banks of the rivers, mixed up often with Pteris aquilina. 

 — F. Mueller. Van Diemen's Land. 



D. davallioides, R. Br. Hab. : Port Jackson, Clarence Eiver, 

 Tasmania. $. 

 Deparla. 



D. prolifera. Hook. (D. Macrsei, Hook. ^ Gr.). Hab. : N. S. 

 Wales, lUawara. F. Mueller. 



lioxsoma. 



L. Cunninghami, Br. Hab. : New Zealand ; Northern Island, in 

 woods, rare — very local ; Bay of Islands, at the falls of the Keri- 

 Keri Eiver ; Wangarei Eiver, Waitemata, Coromandel, Thames 

 Eiver. J. D. Hooker ; Hook. Gard. Ferns, t. 31. $. 



Hymenophyllum. 



H. marginatum, Hook. Sf Gr. Hab. : Port Jackson, among mosses, 

 rare. Hook. 8r Gr. Ic. Fit. t. 34. $. 



H. rarum, R. Br. Hab. : New Zealand ; abundant throughout 

 the Northern and Middle Island, clothing the trunks of Tree-Ferns. 

 — J. D. Hooker. Auckland Isles, Van Diemen's Land. (H. semibi- 

 valve. Hook. 8f Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 33.) 



H. polyanthos, Swz. Hab. : New Zealand, abundant throughout 

 the Northern and Middle Isles. This Fern has often a strong pecu- 

 liar odour when dry. J. D. Hooker. 



H. Javanicum, Spreng. (H. crispatum. Wall. ; H. flexuosum. All. 

 Cunn.). Hab. : New Zealand ; Northern Island, in woods ; Bay of 

 Islands, Middle Island, Canterbury, Otago. Hook. Cent. Ferns, 

 t. 62 ; Hook, if Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 77. 



H. demissum, Swz. Hab. : New Zealand, abundant throughout 

 the Northern and Middle Islands; Dusky Bay, Bay of Islands; Lord 

 Auckland's Group,Ohathara Island ; Kermadee Isles. — J. D.Hooker. 

 On mossy stems of Fern-trees of Chatham Island. In Australia, 

 restricted to the south-eastern Fern-tree gullies ; frequent in Gipps' 

 Land, in moist shady valleys, and thence eastward as far as Hop- 

 kins Eiver. In New Cambria, at Wingicarreebee. In the Blue 

 Mountains. F. Mueller. 



H. flabellatum, LabiU. Hab. : trunks of trees, Tasmania ; and 



