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376. A. eoriaceum. — Chatham Island, W. Travers. 
377. Hephrodium molle. — I am indebted to Mr. Mair for a specimen of 
this. 
378. W. deeompositum. — Chatliam Island, W. Travers. 
378. Add— 
6. N. nnitum, Brown. Glabrous. Rhizome creeping. Stipes glabrous 
or slightly chaffy at the base. Frond ovate-oblong - , pinnate, 1-3 ft. high, 
rather rigid ; pinnules rather distant, spreading or ascending, narrow ensi- 
form, very shortly stipitate, pinnatifid halfway down or lower; segments 
broadly ovate, acute, quite entire ; veins free. Sori numerous, halfway 
between the margin and costa, or nearer the former ; involucre glabrous. 
Northern Island, Sinclair ; Rotamahaua, in a hot water swamp, H. Mair. (Tropical 
Australia, Asia, Africa, and America.) This is no doubt the plant alluded to by Mrs. Jones, 
and mentioned in the note at bottom of page 378 of this Handbook. 
380. Polypodium. Grammitidis. — Chatham Island, W. Travers. 
380. P. tenellum. — Middle Island, Cape Farewell, Travers. 
| 381. P. rugulosum. — Chatham Island, IF. Travers. 
382. P. pennigemm. — Chatham Island, IF. Travers. 
382. P. pustulatum.— Chatham Island, IF. Travers. 
382. P. Billardieri (P. scandens, Forst., var. Billardieri , Mueller, Yeg. 
Chatham Island, 69). — Chatham Island, IF. Travers. 
383. Gymnogramme leptophylla. — Middle Island, Lyttleton, in crevices of 
rocks, Travers. 
383. Ifothochlaena distans. — Middle Island, Maiku valley, Travers. 
385. Lygodium articulatum. — This is rare in and confined to the Northern 
part of the Middle Island. 
385. Sehizaea dichotoma. — Colenso informs me that this never grows in 
marshy places, but only at the base of Kaudi- trees. 
385 . S. bifida. — I have confounded two plants under this name, both of which 
occur intermixed in Cunningham’s herbarium, as S. propinqua ; they are : — 
2. S. bifida, Swartz. Stipes often 2-fid, more or less flattened, concave 
on one surface with or without a prominent rib, ¥ l~ t 1 - 5 - in. broad, slightly 
rough. Fruiting limb f-f in. long, broad, of 8—16 pairs of ascending pin- 
nules, 3 — l in. long, whose edges are fringed with very slender flexuous hairs. 
Northern Island, Bay of Islands, A. Cunningham , etc., and perhaps elsewhere. (Aus- 
tralia, Pacific Islands, India, S. America.) 
3. S. flstulosa, Labillardiere. Stipes simple, terete, deeply grooved, ■jV'aV 
in. diam., smooth. Fruiting limb f in. long, narrow, of 8-12 pairs of 
spreading pinn in. long, whose edges are torn and toothed. 
Yar. /3. australis. Much smaller; frond 1-3 in. high. — S. australis, Gaudichaud ; 
S. pectinata, Homb. and Jacq. 
Northern Island, Bay of Islands, A. Cunningham , etc. Middle Island, Canterbury, 
Haast; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. Var. j8. Lord Auckland’s group, D’Urville’ s 
Esped., etc. (Australia, Chili, Falkland Islands.) 
