84 Geographical Handbook of Ferns. 



AspUnium — continued. 



damp woods throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, on the 

 ground, and on rocks and trees ; Chatham Island, common in woods 

 on the border of water-courses. F. Mueller. $. 



A. (Darea) Richardi, Hook. fil. Hah. . New River, Middle 

 Island of New Zealand; Port Nicholson. Hook. Cent. Ferns, t. 

 77. $. 



A. (Darea) flaccidum, Forst. Hah. ; Blue Mountains, SE. 

 Australia ; New Zealand, abundant throughout the Northern and 

 Middle Islands. — J. D. Hooker. Tasmania, Mount Wellington ; 

 Lord Auckland's Group, Kermadee Isles ; common on trees of 

 Chatham Islands. F. Mtieller. 



A. (Darea) dimorphum, Kunze. Hab. : Norfolk Island, and no- 

 where else as yet known. Hook. Second Cent. Ferns, t. 36. $. 



A. ( Athj'r.) umbrosum, J. 8m. (A. australe. Brack.) . Hab. : Port 

 Jackson, Brisbane River, Moreton Bay; Norfolk Island ; Tasmania; 

 New Zealand, Northern Island ; in damp woods, frequent, Bliddle 

 Island, Nelson. 



A. (Diplazium) sylvaticum, Presl. Hab. : Richmond River, 

 Dalrymple Gap. F. Mueller. 



A. (Dipl.) melanochlamye, Hook. Hab. . Lord Howe's Island 

 (east of N. S. Wales). $. 



Aspldlum. 



A. (Polystichum) aculeatum, Sioz. (A. vestitum, Hook.). Hab. : 

 Sydney, Hunter's River, Clarence River ; New Zealand, abundant 

 in the mountainous parts of the Northern and Middle Islands ; 

 Bank's Peninsula ; Lord Auckland's and Campbell's Islands, from 

 the level of the sea to 1,200-1,400 feet ; Macquarie Island. In 

 Tasmania it is most common in subalpine situations, as on Mount 

 Wellington, from .3,000 feet elevation, to the summit. Chatham 

 Island, common in woods, and on the borders of water-courses. 

 F. dlueller. 



A. (Polyst.) Richardi, Hook. Hab. : New Zealand, abundant in 

 wood.s, throughout the Northern and Middle Islands; sides of cliifs, 

 Tangururu Bay ; rocky shores of an island in the Wyran River. 



A. (Polyst.) oculatiim, Hook. Hab. : New Zealand; Northern 

 Island, Wairarapa Valley, Middle Island, Akaroa, Chatham 

 Island. $. 



A. (Polyst.) cystostegia. Hook. Hab. : New Zealand, on elevated 

 mountains ; Northern Island ; Tongariro, Mount Egmont, Middle 

 Island; Discovery Peaks, 5,800 feet; rocks in Waira Gorge, alt. 

 4,400 feet, in extremely exposed cold situations ; between Lake 

 Tennyson and the west coast, Canterbury on the southern Alps, 

 alt. 5-0,000 feet ; Otago, Mount Ida, Lake district, alpine. J. D. 

 Hooker. $. 



A. (Polyst.) Capense, Willd. (A. coriaceum, Sioz.). Hab. : New 

 Zealand, Northern and Middle Islands, common in woods ; Tas- 

 mania. — J. D. Hooker. On tree-ferns of Chatham Island, not 

 common. In Australia, ranging from the vicinity of Cape Otway, 

 eastward to N. S. Wales. F. Mueller. 



A. (Polyst.) aristatum, Sioz. Hab. : Sydney, Hastings Elver, 

 lUawarra ; Norfolk Island ; Kermadee Isles. 



