FERN FLOKA OF NEW ZEALAND. 1 67 



Gleichenia, Sm, 



G. circinata, Sw. I cannot specifically separate G. patens. Colenso, 

 in Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1888, p. 212. 



G. rupestris, R. Br., must evidently be placed as a mere variety of 

 . G. circinata. (See also " Ferns and Fern Allies of N.Z." p. 25). 



G. littoralis, Colenso, in Trans. N.Z. Inst.. 1883, p. 334, I cannot 

 separate from G. flabellata. 



Cyathea, Sm. 



G. medullaris, Sw. I cannot separate C. polyneur.on, Colenso, in 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1878, p, 429. 



G. dealbata, Sw. I cannot separate C. tricolor, Colenso, in Trans, 

 N.Z. Inst, xv., p. 304. 



Hemitelia, B. Br. 



H. Smithii, Hook. I cannot separate H. sttikdata, Colenso, in 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, p. 222. 



Hymenophyllum, Smith. 



H. Armstrongii, Kirk; Baker, in Hook, la, tab. 1614= H. mela- 

 otocheilos, Colenso, in Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvii., p. 255, is the 

 same as Trichomanes Armstrongii, Baker, Syn. Fil. edit. 2, 

 p. 465. 



H. polyanthos, Sw. I cannot separate'^, loplwcarpum, Colenso, in 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1884, p. 255. 



H. villosum, Colenso; Kirk, in Trans. N.Z. Inst, x., p. 395. Mid- 

 way between polyanthos and demissum, more deltoid in outline 

 than the former, with narrower segments and smaller sori. 



H. montanum, Kirk, in Trans. N.Z. Inst, x., p. 394, tab. 21, fig. 

 B, Like dwai-f australe, with very jagged indusia. 



H. demissum, Sw. I cannot separate H. ■megalocarjnim, Colenso, 

 in Trans. N.Z. Inst, xv., p. 308. 



H. erecto-alatum, Colenso, in Tran. N.Z. Inst., 1878, p. 431. — Not 

 seen. Said to come in between dilatatum and pxdclierrimum. 



H. rufescens, Kirk, in Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1878, p. 457, tab. 19, fig. 



A, I am not sure that this is specifically distinct from 



H. subtilissimum, Kunze. 

 H. tunbridgense, Sm. I cannot clearly separate II. pusillum, revo- 



lutum or pygmceum, Colenso, New Zealand ferns described in 



the Transactions of the N.Z. Inst, for 1879-1880. 



Trichomanes, Linn. 



T. venosum, B. Br. I cannot separate T. venustulum, Colenso, in 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst, xii., p. 366. 



Dicksonia, L'Herit. 



D.fibroia, ( 'olenso. I cannot separate specifically D. sparmanniana 

 Colenso, in Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1879, p. 363, nor D.microcarpa, 



