354 
New Zealand Ferns 
(146) Far. Australis (southern). Smaller, i to 3 
inches high, root stouter in proportion to the whole 
plant. Seed tuft iin. to -jin. long, with only six to eight 
pairs of leaflets; found in cold peaty localities in moun- 
tain districts south of Cape Colville, descending to sea- 
level in Stewart Island and Auckland Islands. 
