Gen. XXIX, Species 1. Gen. XXXII, Species 3. 
Var. B. villosa. Fronds hairy. 
Var. C. alpina. Fronds J inch high, thick, oval ; forming 
dense, moss-like, patches ; sori growing in a mass towards the apex 
of the fronds. Mountains between Nelson and the Wairau. 
Gen. XXIX. — Gymnogeamma. 
1. G. rutcefolia. Fronds densely tufted, 3 — 5 inches long, 
delicate in texture, hairy, pinnate. Pinnae stalked, wedge or fan- 
shaped, more or less lobed. Very rare. East Coast ; Colenso. 
2. G. leptophylla. Fronds perfectly smooth, an inch to a span 
high, membranous and shining, pale green, bi-tri-pinnatifid ; stipes 
and main rachis usually red-brown, brittle, shining, grooved in 
front. Dry hills on the East Coast. Summit of Mount Welling- 
ton. 
Gen. XXX. — Nothol^na. 
1. N. distans. Fronds densely tufted, 3-10 inches high, 
rigid, scaly, bipinnate ; or pinnate, with the pinnae pinnatifid ; 
pinnae small, distant, shaggy ; rachis and slender stipes grooved 
and scaly ; roots fibrous, densely matted. Northern Island, on 
exposed rocks. 
Gen. XXXI. — Lygodium. 
1. L. articulatum. Stem tough, wire-like, knotted and 
shining, climbing from tree to tree ; barren fronds, perfectly 
smooth, dividing into stalked, strap-shaped, spreading, bright 
green pinnae ; fertile fronds with frequently dividing stalks termi- 
nating in numerous, small, crowded, spikes of fructification. Com- 
mon in woods throughout the Islands. 
Gen. XXXII.— Schiz^a. 
1. S. propinqua. Frond resembling a long stalk, once or 
twice branched, rough to the touch, each branch terminating in a 
I brown comb of fructification. 
2. S. bifida. Frond not branched, smooth, otherwise re- 
sembling the last. Northern Island and north part of Middle 
j Island. 
3. S. dichotoma. Frond a span to 2 feet high, simple below, 
stift ; dividing above into narrow, linear segments, spread out like 
a fan, and each segment terminating in a small comb of fructifica- 
tion. Kauri forests. 
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