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coriaceous, bright shining-green, pinnate. Pinnae 8-15 pairs, rather closely 
placed, petiolate, 3-5in. long, }-in. broad, narrow-lanceolate, obliquely 
cuneate at the base, caudate-acuminate at the tip, closely and deeply 
serrate or pinnatifid. Segments linear or linear-oblong, entire or some- 
times bifid at the tip. Sori linear, often extending into the segments, 
much nearer the margin than the costa. Indusium broad, rigid.—Hook. f. 
Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 109; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 371; Hook. Sp. Fil. iii 
(1860) 97. A. flaccidum var. aucklandicum Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 
109. A. lucidum var. scleroprium Moore Ind. Fl. (1857-62) 142; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 991. 
STEWART IsLanD: Not common. Paterson Inlet, Port Pegasus, Wilson Bay, 
Cockayne ; Herekopere Island, 7’. Kirk! Small islands off Stewart Island, Poppelwell. 
AUCKLAND IsLanps: Abundant on the margin of woods near the sea, Hooker! and 
many others. 
In the first edition of this work I treated A. scleroprium as a transition from 
A. lucidum into A. flaccidum, and no doubt there is much to be said for this view. 
But its usual appearance is so distinct from both A. flaccidum and A. lucidum that I 
now consider the better course is to treat it as a separate species. 
8. A. anomodum Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv (1882) 309.—Rhizome 
short and stout, globose or ovoid, lin. in diam., densely clothed with 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate shining and reticulate blackish-brown scales. 
Stipes 1-6 in. long, sparingly paleaceous. Fronds 14-10 in. long without 
the stipes, 1-4in. broad, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or oblong, 
pale greyish-green, subcoriaceous, slightly paleaceous beneath, in small 
specimens pinnate, in larger bipinnatifid. Pinnae 4-8 pairs with a terminal 
one, very variable in size and shape, in small specimens 3-1 in. long, 
oblong, obtuse, crenate or slightly lobed; in larger ones 2-5 in. long, 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, acute or acuminate, deeply lobed 
or pinnatifid at the base, crenate or serrate above ; veins evident, forked. 
Sori short, linear-oblong to narrow-linear, inclined to the costa of the 
pinna. Indusium pale whitish-green, thin and membranous.—A. lucidum 
var. anomodum Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 991. 
Aa W/V EARAPIA A E. PT siti ole : rete. 
NortH AnD SoutH Is~tanps: Usually in limestone districts. Hawke’s Bay— 
Petane, A. Hamilton! Te Aute, C. P. Winkelmann! Norsewood, Colenso! Takapau, 
J. Stewart. Nelson—Wangapeka Valley and Mount Arthur Plateau, ascending to 
nearly 4000 ft., 7’. F.C: 
If A. Hookerianum is to be separated from A. bulbiferum, and A. Richardt from 
A. flaccidum, then the rank of a species should not be refused to this curious little 
plant. Although allied to A. lucidum var. Lyalliz, it is quite distinct in the size, shape, 
and cutting of the frond. 
9. A. Hookerianum Col. in Tasm. Journ. Nat. Scr. 1 (1846) 169.— 
Rhizome short, stout, rounded, emitting numerous fibrous roots, clothed 
at the top with subulate-lanceolate brownish scales. Stipes 1-4 in. long or 
more, greenish or greenish-grey, more or less clothed with deciduous scales, 
becoming almost glabrous when old. Fronds tufted at the top of the 
rhizome, spreading, 2-10 in. long without the stipes, 1-4 in. broad, oblong- 
lanceolate to broadly ovate or ovate-deltoid, acuminate, dark - green, 
herbaceous or almost membranous, pinnate or bipinnate; rhachis and 
under-surface more or less scaly. Pinnae 4-12 pairs, the largest 1-3 in. 
long, distinctly stipitate, pinnate, or in small specimens pinnatifid or 
deeply lobed. Pinnules rather remote, on long slender petioles, usually 
rounded or rhomboid with a cuneate base, more rarely narrower and 
