380 i. filices. \_Folypodium. 
Rhizome slender, scandent, squarrose with scales. Frond simple or 
pinnatifid 9. P. pustulalum. 
Rhizome stoat, glaucous, creeping or scandent, scales appressed. 
Frond simple or pinnatifid 10. P. Billardieri. 
1. P. a us tr ale, Mettenius. — Grammitis australis, FI. N. Z. ii. 44. Rhi- 
zome short, creeping, scaly. Fronds densely tufted, \ in.-l ft. high, coria- 
ceous, simple, linear- or obovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, glabrous pubes- 
cent pilose or ciliate, quite entire, narrowed into a winged stipes. Sori oblong 
or (being confluent) linear, in 1 series on each side of the obscure midrib. — 
Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 167 ; Grammitis Billardieri, Willd. ; G. ciliata, Colenso ; 
G. australis, rigida, and humilis, Homb. and Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, t. 2. 
f. F. G. H. 
On trees, rocks, etc., throughout the Northern and Middle Islands : abundant, Banks 
and Solander, etc., ascending the mountains to 5000 ft. Lord Auckland’s group and 
Campbell’s Islaud, J. B. II. Equally abundant in Australia, Tasmania, Chili, Fuegia, 
and Tristan d’Acunha. 
2. P. Grammitidis, Br. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 41. Rhizome very short, 
scaly, roots fibrous. Fronds densely tufted, 1-10 (rarely 15) in. long, cori- 
aceous, glabrous, linear-oblong ovate or lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid, or almost 
pinnate, narrowed below into a short winged stipes, which is scaly at the base; 
segments or pinnules distant, linear, obtuse, quite decurrent, entire lobed or 
pinnatifid ; segments sometimes caudate. Sori round or oblong.— Hook. Sp. 
Fil. iv. 230 ; Grammitis lieteropliylla, Labill. FI. Nov. Holl. t. 239. 
On trunks of trees, etc., throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, Banks 
and Solander, etc. Lord Auckland s group and Campbell’s Island, J. B. H. Also 
found in Australia. 
3. P. tenellum, Forst. ; — Arthropteris tenella , J. "Sm. in FI. N. Z. ii. 
43. t. 82. Rhizome scandent, long, slender, rigid, wiry, scaly. Fronds scat- 
tered, pendulous, 1-2 ft. long, lanceolate, pinnate, rather membranous, bright- 
green ; stipes slender, smooth and polished, jointed above the base ; pinnules 
alternate, distant, 2-3 in. long, jointed on the rachis, linear-lanceolate, at- 
tenuated with an obtuse tip, sometimes forked, obliquely cuneate at the base ; 
margin sinuate ; costa slender ; veins oblique, once or twice forked ; veinlets 
with thickened tips. Sori globose, in 1 series on each side the costa, on the 
tip of a veinlet near the margin. — Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 217 ; Schkuhr, Fil. 1. 16 ; 
A. (?) Jilipes, Moore, of J. Sm. in Gard. Chron. 
Northern Island : climbing lofty trees, abundant, Banks and Solander , etc. Also a 
native of New South Wales, Lord Howe’s, Norfolk Island and other Pacific Islands. 
4. P. sylvaticum, Colenso; — Fl.N.Z. ii.41.A 81. Rhizome stout, erect. 
Frond tufted, rather coriaceous, 1-2 ft. long, lanceolate, acuminate, 2-pinnate, 
glabrous, except on the costa ; stipes stout, and rachis villous with deciduous 
subulate soft ferruginous scales mixed with rigid black curved ones ; primary 
divisions distant, stalked, 2-4 in. long, oblong, acuminate; pinnules in. 
long, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, with an obliquely cuneate base, pinnatifid ; 
lobes spinulose, subincurved ; veins once or twice forked. Sori globose, equi- 
distant between the costa and margin. — Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 249. 
Northern Island : Ruahiue and other raDges, Colenso ; Port Nicholson, Ltjall. Middle 
