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New Zealand Ferns 
(46) L.viridis (green). A very beautiful little fern, 
always found growing on dripping rocks set in a bed of 
moss, and usually shunning the sunlight. The long, nar- 
row fronds are inclined to be pendulous. When seen 
growing on a shaded slope of moss-covered rock in 
crowded tufts, they give one the impression of intense, 
vivid green. 
Description . — Root very short, inclined, not erect. Stalks 
densely tufted, 1 to 4 inches long, slender, wiry, dark chestnut- 
brown, polished and shining. Fronds 6 to 14 inches long by 1 to 
H inches broad, bright-green to pale-green, firm in texture, mid- 
rib sinuous. Seeds very numerous, in a short line at the tips of 
the leaflets. A somewhat rare species. 
North Island: Great Barrier, Little Barrier, Thames, Hender- 
son, Huia Creek. Mauku, between Tauranga and Rotorua, East 
Cape, Mount Egmont, Upper Wanganui to Tararua Ranges. 
South Island: Massacre Bay, Torrent Bay, near Hokitika, 
Sounds of West Coast. 
Mr. Field describes this species as not very difficult 
to grow if supplied with sufficient moisture; personally, 
I have not been very successful. It is the rarest of 
the New Zealand Lindsayas and is found in no other 
country. 
