240 
New Zealand Ferns 
(93) Var.scleroprium (scleros, hard; prion, a saw). 
Fronds fleshy, leathery, 12 to 18 inches high or more. 
Leaflets closely placed, deeply serrate or forked. Seeds 
linear, marginal. A transitional form from A. flaccidum. 
Here-kopere Island, near Stewart Island, Auckland and 
Campbell Islands. 
