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Lomaria — continued, 

 and in caverns of Mount Gambier, Victoria ; Hopkins River, thence 

 as far as Cape Wilson, scattered through shady woods ; Tasmania. 

 Nevf Zealand, abundant throughout the Northern and Middle 

 Islands ; Auckland and Campbell's Islands, in woods close to the 

 sea, abundant. J. D. Hookar. 



L. dura, Moore. Hah. : Chatham Island. 



L. alpina, Spreng. Hab. : abundant in the Alps of S. Australia, 

 in wet bogs by streams ; on Cabbaros, a mountain 6,000 feet eleva- 

 tion. Van Diemen's Land ; New Zealand ; common in subalpine 

 districts throughout the Northern and Middle Islands. J. D, 

 Hooker, Fil. E.vot. t. 32. 



L. Banksii, Hook. fil. Hab. : New Zealand, common in dark 

 woods, throughout the Northern and Middle Islands; Bay of 

 Islands, Auckland. $. 



L. pumila, Raoul. Hab. : New Zealand, Akaroa, Middle 

 Island. $. 



L. prooera, Spreng. (L. Capensis, Willd.'). Hab. : S. Australia, 

 from St. Vincent's Gulf, as far as Mount Lindsay, ascending the 

 summit of the Alps ; Port Jackson ; Blue Mountains, on shady wet 

 rocks ; Macquarrie Harbour and Argyll County, near Melbourne ; 

 New Zealand, as far south as Banks Peninsula ; Tasmania, ex- 

 tremely abundant ; Lord Auckland's and Campbell's Islands ; Raoul 

 or Sunday Island, one of the Kermadee Group ; Chatham Island, 

 common in forest ground. — F. Mueller. Gard. Ferns, t. 63. (L. 

 Gilliesii, Hook. 8f Or. Ic. Fil. t. 207.) 



L. filiformis, A. Cumi. Hab. : New Zealand, abundant through- 

 out the Northern and Middle Islands, as far south as Bank's Pe- 

 ninsula. (Stenochlsena heteromorpha, J. Smith.) 



L. nigra, Colenso. Hab. : New Zealand, Northern Island, in 

 dark moist woods by water courses, east coast and the interior ; 

 Middle Island, Milford Haven, and Bligh's Sound. $. Hook. 

 Cent. Ferns, t. 00. 



L. fluviatilis, Spreng. Hab. : Australia Felix, in shady valleys 

 in subalpine regions ; not common in Gipp's Land ; Delatiti, and 

 Upper Mitta-Mitta. — F. Mueller. New Zealand, Northern Island, 

 abundant in the mountainous parts, and throughout the Middle 

 Island ; Bank's Peninsula, strongly scented. — J. D. Hooker. Tas- 

 mania, Acheron River, &c. $. 



L. membranacea, Colenso. Hab.: New Zealand; Northern 

 Island, Bay of Islands, common ; Waiheki Island, near Auckland ; 

 Middle Island, Otago. J. D. Hooker. 



L. Fraseri, A. Cunn. Hab. : New Zealand, forests in the 

 Northern Island, and northern parts of Middle Island, at Wan- 

 garoa and Hokianga, Massacre Bay, Cook's Straits. $. 



L. euphlebia, Kunze. Hab. : by Dallachy, at the source of the 

 Mackay River, Australia. Hook. Second Cent. Ferns, t. 89. 



Blechnum. 



B. cartilagineum, Sroz. Hab. : Port Jackson, Sealer's Cove, Vic- 

 toria; King George's Sound. $. 



B. Isevigatum, Cav. Hab. : N. S. Wales, Port Jackson, River 

 Grose, and in the valleys of the Blue Mountains. F. Mueller. $. 



