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4. PT ER IS , L .
I . P teris v-espei'tiUonis, Lab.; Fl. Nov. IIoll. vol. ii. p. 9 6 . t. 2 4 5 . Brown, Prodr. p. 1 5 4 .
H ab. Lord Auckland’s group and CampbeU’s Island ; very common on rocks near the sea.
These specimens, ivhich are small, accord with others gathered in Tasmania. The veins are generally free, but
in the broader pinnules the upper primary one often imites with that of the segment below it. The P. Brunoiiiana
of New Zealand (A. Ciuin, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Zel. in Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. ii. p. 363.), has the veins much more anastomosing,
in which respect it differs from the plant of New Holland. This is also the case in specimens of a very
similar plant from Brazil, the Maiuitius, Juan Fernandez, and the Philippine Islands. The more simple veined
species is apparently an inhabitant of New Holland, Tristan d’Aciuiha, and the Cape of Good Hope.
The Lord Auckland’s group specimens, growing in the immediate neighbourhood of the sea, have a very succulent
habit.
5. LOMARIA, mild.
1. L omaría procera, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iv. p. 65. A. Cunn. Prodr. Flor. Nov. Zel. in Comp. Bot.
Mag. vol. ii. p. 363. L. procera var. tegmentosa, ILonibr. et Jacq. in Voy. auPole Sud, Bot. Monocot. Crypt.
t. 2. E . sine descript. Stegania procera, Brown, Prodr. p. 153. A. Rich. Flor. Nov. Zel. p. 8 6 . 1 .13,
fertile frond only. Bleclmum, Sw., Lab. Flor. Nov. Holl. vol. ii. p. 97. t. 247.
H a b. L ord Auckland’s group aud CampbeU’s Is la n d ; abundant, especiaUy by the banks of streams
and in Mutery places, ascending to th e tops of th e liüls wbere it is very stimted.
This is the ordiuarj' New Holland and Tasmanian fonn. M. A. Richard, in the Flor. Nov. Zel., gives an ex-
ceUent figure of the steiUe frond along Avith the ban*en state of another, probably the following, species.
2. L omaría lanceolata, Spreng. et A. Cunn. locis citatis. Stegania, Brown et A. Rich.
H a b . Lord Auckland’s group and CampbeU’s Island ; in woods close to th e sea abundant.
6. POLYPOHIUM, Sw.
1. PoLYPODiL'M viscidurn, Spreng. Sp. P /. vol. iv. p. 61. CheUanthes viscosa, Carm. in Linn. Soc. Trans.
vol. xii. p. 511. non Link. C. fragilis, Carm. in Herb. Hook. “ Polypodium viUoso-viscidum, Auhcrt du P'et.
Thouars, Flore de Trist. d’Acunha, in Mel. de Bot. p. 44.” Carm. 1. c.
H a b . Lord Auckland’s group aud CampbeU’s Is lan d ; moist places on th e liiUs, especially under the
shelter of bushes.
My specimens entirely accord Avith Capt. Carmichael’s in Herb. Hook. Veiy similar plants inhabit other islands
of the Southern Hemisphere, AA'hich have been placed in Pohjpodium or CheUanthes, according to the vicAvs entertained
by the authors of the several species as to the nature of the recurved apices of the lobules, Avhicli, especially in a
young state, cover the sori. The species most neaily allied to this are the Pohjpodium viscosum of Pritchard’s ‘ Catalogue
of St. Helena plants,’ the P. viscidurn of Colenso MSS., a native of N cav Zealand alluded to in a catalogue of those collected
by Mr. Stephenson (vid. Hook. Lond. Bot. Jouni. vol. iii. p. 413.), and a Juan Fernandez species in Herb.
Hook., bearing the name of P. spectabile, Kaulf. ?, in Mi*. Bertero’s hand-Avriting ; aU these have the sori invariably
placed close to the margin of the segments, in whose concave apices they arc somewhat sunk. The P. rvgosulum
(Lab.Fl. Nov. HoU. vol. ii. p. 92. t. 241.), another closely allied plant, is retained in this genus by Mr. BroAvu (Prodr.
1). 147.), and to it the Cheilmtles mtéigm, A. Eich. (Flor. Nov. Zel. p. 84.), seems very nearly related. M. Eichard
accui-ately describes his plant, of Avhich I have gathered specimens near the Bay of Islands, and should be inclined
to place them near to the P. rugosulim, Lab.; though in habit and most of the characters it approaches a ti*ue
species of CheUanthes or Ihjpolepis, from the interior of New Zealand, which is hitherto undescribed. J lr. Colenso’s
P. viscidurn, a mountain plant, is, I believe, identical AAutli this from Lord Auckland’s group.
2. P o lyp od ium Grammitidis; Brown, P /w fr. p. 107 et auctorum. Grammitis heteropliyUa, Yæî. P /w .
Nov. H o ll V. 2. p . 90. t. 239.
I Ia b . Lord Auckland’s group ; on th e tru n k s of trees, rare.
This plant appears intennediate betAveen the genera Polypodkm and Grarnmitis ; I have followed Mi*. Brown
in retaining it in the former of these. The Auckland Island specimens do not differ from those of New Zealand
and Tasmania.
7. PHYMATODES, Presl
1. P iiymatodes Billardieri, Presl, Pterid. p. 196. Polypodium BiUarclieri, Brown, Proch. p. 147, et
auctorum. P. scandens, Lab. Nov. Holl vol. ii, p. 91. t. 240. P. plijmiatodes, A. Rich. F l Nov. Z e l p. 66,
I I ab. Lord Auckland’s group aud Campbell’s Island ; common on trimks of trees and rocks in the
Avoods near th e sea.
The Auckland group specimens arc equally variable Avith those of N cav Zealand and Tasmania.
8. GRAMMITIS, 5«:.
1. Grammitis australis, Brown, Prodr. p. 146. A. Cunn. Flor. Nov. Zel. 1. c. p. 362. Hombr. et
Jacq. in Voy. au Pole Sud, Bot. Monocot. Crypt, t. 2. G. G. Billardieri, Willd. Sp. P I a'oI. v. p. 139. Presl,
Plerid. p. 209. G. rigida et G. humilis, Hombr. atid Jacq. 1. c., t. 2. fig. F. and H.
H ab. Lord Auckland’s group and CampbcU’s Is lan d ; very common in all situations, from th e level of
the sea to the tops of the mountains.
A copious suite of specimens, collected at different IcA'els, from the sea to an altitude of 1400ft., prove all the
tluee species figured by MM. Hombron and Jacquinot to belong to states of one plant. The same A'arieties are
found on ascending IMount Wellington in Tasmania, Avhere also they pass insensibly into one another. I have
retained Mr. BroAVii’s name for this species, the name G. Billardieri having been aheady applied to another of the
genus, and I am not aware Avhcther the ‘ Prodromus Floræ NoA'æ HoUandiæ ’ or WilldeiiOAA'’s ‘ Species Plantarum ’
appeared first in the year 1810.
9. SCHIZÆA, Siv.
1. Sciiiz.EA australis, Gaud. Flor. Ins. M a i in Ann. Sc. Nat. Male. 1825, p. 98 et in Freyc. Voy. Bot.
]). 296. S. pabnata, Hombr. ct Jacq. in Voy. au Pole Sud, Bot. Monocot. Crypt, t. 4. Z. sine descript.
H ab. Lord Auckland’s g roup; upland places, very coimnon on the hard soil, Avhich is often bare of
any veget-atiou b u t Lichens.
These specimens entirely aecord Avith the description of M. Gaudichaud’s S. australis, quoted above : the
figure of JIM. Hombron and Jacquinot not afibrding any character to distinguish their S. palmata specifically from
this, and no letter-press haAÙiig accompanied their plates, I feci obliged to set aside the name they have adopted.