82 FILICES. [Polypodium. 
Raoul Choix (1846) 37 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. v (1864) 80; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. FI. 
(1864) 382; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. (1873) 363; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns (1882) 
89; Meld N.Z. Ferns (1890) 141, t. 17, f. 2; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 1013. P. scandens Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 437; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
vil (1878) 770. Phymatodes pustulata Presl Tent. Pterid. (1836) 196; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 42. Pleopeltis pustulata Moore Ind. Fil. 
(1857) 78. 
NortH AND SoutH IsLANDS, CHATHAM ISLANDS: Abundant in woods from the 
North Cape to Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland, from thence less common to the 
south of Otago. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
Found also in eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria, and in Norfolk Island. 
The fronds are fragrant when freshly dried, and were formerly used by the Maoris for 
scenting oil for applying to the person. Mr. Carruthers (FI. Vitiensis, 369) considers 
that this is Forster’s P. scandens, and that his P. pustulatum is the same as P. diversi- 
folium. > ,f 
5. P. diversifolium Wold. Sp. Plant. v (1810) 166.—Rhizome long, 
stout, creeping, often glaucous, clothed with appressed ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate scales, which are dark-brown or almost black with usually a 
pale scarious margin. Stipes jointed on to the rhizome, 2-8 in. long, stout, 
firm, erect, smooth and glossy, quite naked. Fronds numerous, scattered 
along the rhizome, bright-green, coriaceous, quite glabrous, polymorphous ; 
sometimes 3-9 in. long, $—2 in. broad, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, entire ; 
_ at other times 6-18 in. long, 3-9in. broad, deeply pinnatifid. Segments 
varying in number from 1 to 12 on a side, 1-5in. long, 4-14 in. broad, 
oblong-lanceolate or linear, usually acuminate, confluent at the base with 
the broadly winged rhachis. Veins conspicuous, the primary ones irregular, 
enclosing between them several areoles with free included veinlets. Sori 
numerous, large, orbicular, forming a single row on each side of the midrib, 
medial or rather nearer the margin than the midrib.—P. Billardieri R. Br. 
Prodr. (1810) 147; A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 174; Raoul Choix (1846) 37 ; 
Hook. Sp. Ful. v (1864) 82; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. (1873) 364; Thoms. 
N.Z. Ferns (1882) 90; Freld N.Z. Ferns (1890) 141, t. 2, f£. 4; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. #l. (1906) 1013. P. Phymatodes A. Roch. Fl. Nowv. Zel. (1832) 
66 (not of Lann.). P. scandens Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii (1806) 91, t. 240 (not 
of forst. f.). Phymatodes Billardieri Pres! Tent. Pterid. (1836) 196; 
Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) 111; #1. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 42. 
KeErMADEC IsLaAnDSs, NortH AND SoutH IsLanps, Stewart Istanp, CHATHAM 
IsLANDS, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IsLANDS: Abundant throughout, usually on trees 
or rocks, but sometimes on the ground. Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
Found also in Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Australia, and 
Tasmania, and very closely allied to the tropical P. Phymatodes Linn. 
6. P. novae-zealandiae Bak. in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 1674.—Rhizome 
long, stout, woody, as thick as the finger, densely clothed with large tawny 
ovate-lanceolate scales. Stipes 6-12in. long, firm, erect, pale-brown, 
shining, quite naked. Fronds scattered along the rhizome, large, 1-4 ft. 
long, 6-14 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, thinly coriaceous, dark- 
green, quite glabrous, deeply pinnatifid or almost pinnate at the base; 
rhachis narrowly winged. Segments (or pinnae) 8-20 pairs, opposite or 
nearly so, ascending, 4-8 in. long, about 4 in. broad, linear-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, quite entire or obscurely sinuate, the lower ones sometimes narrowed 
