T.N.Z.I. Vol. 56, p. 83, 
Gleichenia. 
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1 . G * ahi i Me C ina t ba Sy ( ©) ‘@) 6) rLoO L; Al) t AoOmrs isn 2 A oe > 
k ay (48 re) 84 ; , in at Wile —s GQIiCarpa 
my B a \ | 0) Guam 
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2. as microphyl thy lla R. Br. (1610) . Syn. G. eircinata of avt} iors 
: -- Le. SUvulLivlS, 
ti WAasawmn ~ # ’ 7." i” - ss a: . 
Yours SErles shoulda thus be nhaned--— 
mt Fr Tee a 4 > 44 >. o rn | ta tee , 
1 » Ts CL. WY Inata WL Uf) Lts Vv al’. Llec is ne fi al la. 
Pa | / - se ey oa aA te a ee 
2. G. microphylla (G. circineta of yours). 
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ry. = hh: - ; - . — ~ 
iy <. 7 . : ’ > = ric 4... oO . A or - a a * “FP ae ot “ > Pi 
BLY Ze al ODina De aintained aS a& G1lstinct s DEC1es : rf Pt ft} ; 
small, suborbicular, coriaceous, convex above, the margins SO Mucn recurveu 
beneath that the segment 1s cucullate or pouch- shaped, usually clothed 
with woolly hairs beneath. Sori one to each seginent, ish visible in the 
pocket- like cavity of the segment, or concealed by woolly hairs ; sporangia 
l- a, rarely more.—H ook. Sp. eit L (1846) 3, t. lo; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii 
(1855) 5; Handb. N.Z. Fl, (1864) 348 ; Benth. FI. Austral. vii fetid 698 ; 
Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. (1873) 12; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns (1882) 2 Field 
N.Z. Ferns (1890) 37, t. 3, f. 1; Cheesem. Man. N.Z, FT. (1906) 1018. | 
Var. hecistophylla. “Usually 1- > ft. “high. Frond ‘much are closely dichoto- 
mously branched, usually spreading in a horizontal plane; stipes and rhachis densely 
woolly and scaly. Segments strongly incurved beneath, sometimes as much as in the 
typical form, but variable in this ‘respect,—G. hecistophylla A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) 
n. 163; Hook. Sp. Fil. i (1846) 4, t. 28. G. semi-vestita var. hecistophylia Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. ii (1 355) od, § circinata var. hecistophylla Hook. f. Handb. N.Z, Fl. (1864) 348. 
Var. alpina Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 11 (1860) 1381.—Smaller and more compactly tufted, 
2-12in. high; rhachis, young shoots, and under-surface of segments densely clothed 
with ferruginous wool mixed with scales. Jronds much smaller and more sparingly 
divided.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 348; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii anee 698. G. alpina 
R. Br. Prodr, (1810) 161; Hook. and Grev. Ic. Fil. (1829) t. 58; Hook. Sp, Fil. i (1846) 2. 
NortTH AND SoutH ISLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS: Var. hecistophylla 
abundant in swampy places on poor soils in the North Island, local elsewhere. sea- 
level to 2000 ft. Var. alpina : Mountainous localities from Moehau (Cape Colville) 
and Rotorua southwards, ascending to 4300 it. 
