Asplenium. | FILICES. 4D 
* Fronds pinnate (2-pinnate below in A. lucidum var. Lyallii). Sori remote from 
the margin. 
Fronds slender, 6-14 in., decumbent or prostrate, rooting at 
the naked tip. Pinnae 4-4 in., flabellate Jt .. LL. A. flabellifolium. 
Fronds slender, 3-12in., rigid, erect. Pinnae }-}in., 
oblong or obovoid .. . 2. A. T'richomanes. 
Fronds 1-2 ft., coriaceous, not fleshy, brownish - green. 
Pinnae 14-4 in. x 3-lin., broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 
deeply lobed. Veins close, distinct, flabellately divided at 
the base of the pinnae ee oy ts .. 3. A. adiantoides. 
Characters of A. adiantoides but pinnae narrow-lanceolate, 
caudate .. ¥ nh , * .. 4 A. caudatum. 
Fronds 4-14 ft., thick and fleshy. Pinnae #-1}in., oblong, 
obtuse. Veins obscure, parallel Tag 5. A. obtusatum. 
Fronds 1-3 ft., coriaceous, bright-green. Pinnae 2-6 in. 
x 2-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate. Veins 
obscure, parallel .. 3: a e .. 6, A. lucidum. 
Fronds 1-lift., bright shining-green. Pinnae 3-95 in. 
x 4-3 in., caudate-acuminate, deeply serrate or pinnatifid 7. A. scleropriwm. 
Fronds 2-10 in. x 1-4 in., greyish-green. Pinnae obtuse or 
acute, sometimes pinnatifid at the base <3 .. 8. A. anomodum. 
** Fronds 2-3-pinnate; segments generally narrow. Sori usually one to each 
segment, often close to the margin. 
Fronds 3-12in., erect, membranous, usually 2-pinnate. 
Pinnae and pinnules distinctly stipitate, the latter short, 
rhomboid-cuneate. Sori few, rather large 2 .. 9. A. Hookervanum. 
Fronds 1-4 ft., oblong-lanceolate, erect or drooping, often 
proliferous, 2-3-pinnate. Pinnules lanceolate, 3-13 in. 
lon ws na sh ate at: ne. 
Fronds 6-12 in., ovate, coriaceous, rigid, erect, 2—3-pinnate. 
Pinnules ovate-rhomboid, pinnatifid; segments narrow- 
10. A. bulbiferum. 
linear, ;4,-+ in. long ‘ re 5 .. Ll. A. Richard. 
Fronds 4-3 ft., pendulous or erect, thick and coriaceous, 
pinnate or 2-pinnate. Pinnules very narrow-linear .. 12, A. flaceidum. 
Fronds 1-3 ft., erect or pendulous, broadly ovate or oblong, 
3-4-pinnate ; pinnules narrow-linear-spathulate .. 13. A. Shuttleworthianum. 
1. A. flabellifolium Cav. Descr. (1802) 257.—Rhizome short, stout, 
clothed at the top with blackish-brown subulate scales. Stipes 1—4 in. 
long, rarely more, slender, flexuous, smooth or slightly scaly, green above, 
dark-brown below. Fronds few, tufted at the top of the rhizome, weak, 
decumbent or prostrate, rooting at the elongated and naked apex, 6-14 in. 
long, 4-lin. broad, linear, membranous, flaccid, pinnate ; rhachis smooth, 
green, Pinnae 10-25 pairs, distant, the upper becoming gradually smaller 
and disappearing some distance below the tip of the rhachis, very variable 
in size and shape, shortly stipitate, }-}in. long and broad, flabellate 
or thomboid-cuneate or orbicular-reniform, sometimes auricled or almost 
3lobed at the base, coarsely crenate-toothed; veins flabellate. Son 
several to each pinna, oblique, linear-oblong when young, often confluent 
when old.—A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 192; Raoul Chorx (1846) 37; 
Hook. Exot. Fil. t. 208; Sp. Fil. iii (1860) 146; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ui 
(1855) 33; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 372; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. (1873) 
195; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 745; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns (1882) 73 ; 
Field N.Z. Ferns (1890) 116, t. 6, £. 6; Cheesem. Man. N.Z, Fl. (1906) 
988. 
Norta AND SovurH Istanps: Open rocky places from the Bay of Islands to 
Otago, not ‘uncommon. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
Also in temperate Australia and Tasmania. Sometimes the upper pinnae are 
produced into naked tips which root like the apex of the frond. This state has been 
described by Mr. Colenso as var. ramosum (Trans. N.Z, Inst. xx (1888) 228). 
