Temperate Australia, Tasmania, etc. 8i 



Pterii — continued, 

 the Blue Mountains, Hastings Kiver, McLeay River, Clarence and 

 Brisbane Rivers. $. 



Pt. tremula, if. Br. Hab. : Port Jackson, lllawara. Port Ste- 

 phens/Victoria ; Lord Howe's Island ; Van Diemen's Land. New 

 Zealand, abundant throughout the Northern and Middle Islands ; 

 Auckland, Bay of Islands, Hutt Valley, Wangaroa. $. 



Pt. aquilina, L. (Pt. esculenta, Forst.). Hab. : Sydney, Argyll 

 County, Victoria, Flinders Bay, Norfolk Island; New Zealand, 

 most abundant, covering the hill-sides over extensive areas. The 

 var. esculenta, distinguished chiefly by the decurrent pinnules, is 

 common in the south temperate zone. Rhizomes, formerly roasted 

 and eaten by the natives. Tasmania, Raoul, Kermadee Group, 

 Campbell's Island, Chatham Island. J. D. Hooker. 



Pt. Scaberula, Michard. Hab. ; New Zealand, Northern and 

 Middle Islands, as far south as Akaroa, frequent; generally in 

 woods ; common on open places of Chatham Island. ^. 



Pt. macilenta, A. Cunning. Hab. : New Zealand, abundant in 

 shady woods in the Northern Island ; Middle Island, Canterbury, 

 Akaroa. $. 



Pt. comans, Forst. (Pt. Endlicheriana, Agardh.). Hab. : New 

 Zealand; North Island, abundant in woody places; Waikate and 

 Great Barrier Island ; Van Diemen's Land ; Norfolk Island, Sunday 

 or Raoul Island (Kermadees). Hook. Cent. Ferns, t. 73. 



Pt. incisa, Thunbg. (Pt. aurita, Bl). Hab. . N. S.Wales; Mount 

 Disappointment ; at Penola, Tatiana country ; scattered in moist 

 woods throughout Australia Felix, as far as Clarence River. — F. 

 Mueller. New Zealand ; North and Middle Island, abundant on 

 skirts of woods as far south as Akaroa ; Lord Auckland's Group 

 and Campbell's Island ; Chatham Island ; Tasmania. 



Komaria. 



L. Patersoni, Spreng. (L. elongata, Blume."). Hab. : Victoria, 

 S. Australia, frequent on the shady banks of the Broadribb and 

 Cabbage-tree Rivers, and at Sealer's Cove and Bunnip River ; 

 Twofold Bay, Illawarra, Blue Mountains, Mount Lindsay ; Port 

 Daliymple, Tasmania. New Zealand, mountainous parts of the 

 Northern Island ; Waikare Lake, Port Nicholson, Mount Egmont. 

 Middle Island, Ship Cove, Otago. J. D. Hooker. 



L. discolor, Willd. Hab. ; St. Vincent's Gulf, Sealer's Cove, 

 Victoria, as far as Port Jackson ; Blue Mountains, and Castlereagh 

 River. It occurs also in King's Island. — F. Mueller. New Zealand, 

 throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, abundant; Lord 

 Auckland's Group and Campbell's Island, Tasmania, in woods of 

 Chatham Island. J. D. Hooker. 



L. attenuata, Willd. Hab. : Norfolk Island, Kermadee Islands. 



L. vulcanica, Blume. Hab. : Tasmania, in mountain districts ; 

 Meander, Mount Wellington, Mt. La Peyrouse ; not yet seen in 

 Continental Australia.— -Fe/-d Mueller. New Zealand, Northern 

 Island, on rocks ; Tarawera, east coast ; Auckland ; Taranaki, &c. 

 Middle Island, Nelson; Otago, subalpine. J. D.Hooker; Hook. 

 Cent. Ferns, t. 69. 



L. lanceolata, Spreng. Hab. : New South Wales, Sealer's Cove, 



