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Spreng. Syst. Yeg. IV (1827), p. 62; Hook. f. FI. Antarct. II (1847), p. 393, t. 150, 
and Handb. N.Z. FI. (1864), p. 368; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1864), p. 980. 
Blechnum alpinuni Mutt. Fil. Lips. (1856), p. 64. B. penna-marina Kuhn Fil. Afr. 
(1869), p. 92. 
Macquarie Island j Scott (1880); A. Hamilton (1894); H. Hamilton (1912- 
1913). 
It is remarkable that although this species is abundant on Antipodes Island, 
and is evidently not uncommon on Macquarie Island, it has not yet been found on 
either Auckland or Campbell Island. This is all the more curious, from the fact that 
it occurs on almost all lands between lat. 35° S. and lat. 55° S. It is common in New 
Zealand proper, except in the extreme north, and has an extensive range in extra- 
tropical Australia, while in South America it ranges southwards from Chili to Fuegia 
and Falkland Islands. In the circumpolar islands it has been recorded from Tristan 
d’Acunha, Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands, also from Kerguelen Island and the 
Crozets. 
The fine series of specimens gathered by H. Hamilton agree well with New 
Zealand examples. 
Aspidium vestitum Swartz. 
Aspidium vestitum Swartz Syn. Fil. (1806), p. 53 and 234; Cheesem. Subantarct. 
Islands of N.Z. II (1909), p. 441. Polypodium vestitum Forst. Prodr. (1786), 
n. 445. Polystichum vestitum Presl. Tent. Pterid. (1836), p. 63; Homb. and Jacq. 
Voy. au Pole Sud. Crypt, t. 4, fig. S. Polystichum venustum Homb. and Jacq. ex 
Hook. f. FI. Antarct. I (1844), p. 106, and Voy. au Pole Sud (1853), t. 5, fig. N. 
Aspidium aculeatum Linn. var. vestitum Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. FI. (1864), p. 375; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906), p. 997. 
Macquarie Island: —Not uncommon. Fraser; Scott (1880); A. Hamilton (1894;; 
H. Hamilton (1912-1913). 
Aspidium vestitum was one of the eight species sent from Macquarie Island 
to the Ivew Herbarium by Mr. C. Fraser, of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, more than 
eighty years ago. It is noteworthy that this little collection was the first to reach Europe 
from any of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. Since that time, it has been 
observed by every visitor to the Island who has interested himself in its vegetation, 
and is evidently plentiful in all suitable localities. It is also the most abundant fern 
of the New Zealand Outlying Islands generally. It is abundant in New Zealand 
proper, and is not rare in extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. In South America 
it occurs on Juan Fernandez, Fuegia, and the Falkland Islands. So far it has not 
been observed in the South Georgia to Kerguelen group of islands. 
