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New Zealand Ferns 
sight. It was one of those that sowed themselves in my 
garden. Widely distributed in the temperate regions of 
both hemispheres. 
(89) A. caudatum( tailed). Hardly to be distinguished 
from A. falcatum; reported only from the Kermadec 
Islands. A widely distributed species, named caudatum 
because of the tailed-like terminations of the leaflets. 
Description . — Root short, creeping, scaly. Stalks 6 to 9 inches 
long, scaly or not. Fronds 1 to 2 feet long by 3 to 8 inches broad, 
dark-green. Veins close and distinct. Seeds shorter than in A. 
■falcatum, not nearly reaching the margin. 
Kermadec Islands, Sunday Island, not uncommon. 
A widely-spread plant; differing from A. falcatum 
only in the more tailed leaflets and the shorter seeds. 
“Apparently a form of A. falcatum,” Sir J. D. Hooker. 
