46 FILICES. [Asplenwwm. 
2. A. Trichomanes Linn. Sp. Plant. (1753) 1080.—Rhizome short, 
thick, fibrous, clothed at the top with linear-subulate blackish scales. 
Stipes 1-4in. long, naked, dark chestnut-brown, smooth and glossy, 
narrowly margined above, Fronds tufted at the top of the rhizome, 
rigid, erect, 3-12in. long, 4-2in. broad, linear, subcoriaceous, pinnate ; 
rhachis red-brown, margined throughout. Pinnae 15-40 pairs, spreading, 
sessile or nearly so, 4-}in. long, oblong or obovate, rounded at the tip, 
obliquely cuneate at the base, sometimes auricled on the upper edge, 
margins crenate-serrate. Veins few, indistinct, oblique, forked above 
the middle. Sori oblique, linear-oblong, 3-6 on each side of the pinna, 
often confluent when old.—Hook. Sp. Fil. iii (1860) 136; Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z, Fl, (1864) 371; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. (1873) 196; Benth. FI. 
Austral. vii (1878) 745; Thoms. N.Z, Ferns (1882) 73; Field N.Z. 
Ferns (1890) 110, t. 28, f. 8; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 988. 
A. melanolepis Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1888) 227. 
Nort Isuanp: Auckland—Waitomo Caves and Marikopo River, #. P. Turner ! 
Hawke’s Bay—Kaimanawa Mountains, Captain G. Mair / Petane, A. Hamilton ! 
Puketapu, Colenso! Taranaki—Mount Egmont, 7. 7. O. Wellington—Tararua 
Range, Buchanan. Soutu Istanp: Not uncommon in mountainous localities 
throughout. Sea-level to 4000 ft. 
Widely distributed in the temperate regions of both hemispheres and on high 
mountains in the tropics. 
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3. A. adiantoides .C. Christen. Ind. Fil. (1905) 99.—Rhizome short, 
stout, creeping, more or less clothed with dark-brown scales. Stipes 
6-12in. long, dark-brown, firm, villous and paleaceous at the base and 
sometimes throughout. Fronds erect or pendulous, 1-3 ft. long or more, 
3-7 in. broad, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, dark- 
green or brownish-green above, paler beneath, glabrous or deciduously 
paleaceous, pinnate; rhachis bristly with linear scales or almost 
glabrous. Pinnae 12-25 pairs, spreading, stipitate, 14-4 in. long, 3-1 in. 
broad, lanceolate, finely acuminate, obliquely cuneate at the base, the 
upper edge broad and rounded or sometimes auricled, the lower edge 
excised, lobed or almost pinnatifid, lobes sharply incised. Veins distinct, 
close, erecto - patent, forked, the basal ones almost flabellate. Sori 
numerous, linear, obliquely diverging from the midrib, almost reaching 
the margin. Indusium narrow, membranous but firm.—A, falcatum Lam. 
Encycl. 11 (1786) 306; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 73; A. Cunn. 
Precur. (1836) n. 187; Raoul Choix (1846) 47; Hook. Sp. Fil. iii (1860) 
160; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 372; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 
(1875) 308; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 746; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns (1882) 
74; Mield N.Z. Ferns (1890) 117, t. 21, f. 5; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. 
(1906) 989. A polyodon Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 428; A. Cunn. Precur. 
(1836) n. 188; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 34. A. Forsterianum 
Col. in Tasm. Journ, Nat. Sct. ii (1846) 171. Trichomanes adiantoides 
Linn. Sp, Plant. (1753) 1098, >>: rit | 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps, Stewart Istanp, CHatHam IsLtANDS: From the 
North Cape southwards, not uncommon in woods, often pendulous from trees. 
Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
Also abundant in many parts of tropical Asia and Africa, the Pacific islands, and 
Australia. Very variable in the size and shape of the pinnae, and the extent to 
which they are lobed and cut. 
