*Hymenophyllum flabellatum Labill. [J. B. A.]

Mount Herbert Peak, Peraki Reserve: R. M. L.

*°Hymenophyllum Malingii Metten. [J. B. A.]

“On Libocedrus Doniana [i.e., L. Bidwillii], Port Levy”; Potts (Out in the Open, p. 73).

°(¹)Hymenophyllum minimum A. Rich.

Rapaki: Potts. Banks Peninsula: J. B. A.

Hymenophyllum tunbridgense Smith. [J. B. A.; L. C.]

Lyttelton Hills: Potts. Charteris Bay: A. Wall. Dover Castle and Mount Fitzgerald: R. M. L.

*Hymenophyllum unilaterale Willd.

Long Bay, behind Akaroa; apparently a new record.

Hymenophyllum multifidum Swartz. [J. B. A.]

Cilff near Cooper's Knobs; Castle Rock, and Mount Fitzgerald above 2,000 ft., on rocky southern faces.

*°(¹Hymenophyllum bivalve Swartz.

Banks Peninsula: Potts; J. B. A.

Some of the above species are probably now extinct on the peninsula. J. B. A. records also (²)H. scabrum, (²)H. pulcherrimum, and (²)H. subtilissimum.

*Trichomanes venosum R. Br. [R.; T. P.; J. B. A.; L. C.]

Balgueri Valley (Akaroa), on tree-fern trunks: R. M. L.

J. B. A. records also (²)T. humile, (²)T. elongatum, (²)T. (Hymeno-phyllum) Lyallii, and (²)T. Colensoi; but their existence on the peninsula is unconfirmed.

Cyathea dealbata Swartz. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; A. W.; L. C.]

Once abundant; now becoming less common. Tree-ferns have been largely used for Christmas and other decorations in Christchurch, and now are almost extinct on the Lyttelton Hills, where formerly they abounded.

*Cyathea medullaris Swartz.

Apparently very rare on Banks Peninsula, but a few plants occur in the remnants of the bush at Waikerikikeri: R. M. L. Akaroa: Raoul

Cyathea Cunninghamii Hook. f. (?).

Bush near Cooper's Knobs: A. Wall! The identification is not quite certain as yet; but the fern discovered can scarcely be anything else, though specimens sent to Mr. T. F. Cheeseman are pronounced to be probably Hemitelia Smithii.

Hemitelia Smithii Hook. f. [J. B. A.; T. P.; A. W.]

Akaroa; Wainui; Kaituna Valley: Abundant in the last two places, and probably elsewhere. It just crosses Gebbie's Pass to the bush just below Cooper's Knobs.

Dicksonia squarrosa Swartz. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common on the peninsula, but almost extinct on the Lyttelton Hills.

*Dicksonia fibrosa Col. (?).

Wainui. As I have no specimens I am somewhat doubtful of the identification.

(¹)D. lanata is also recorded by J. B. A. and J. F. A., and (¹)Alsophila Colensoi by J. B. A. and T. P.

*Davallia novae-zealandiae Col. [J. B. A.; T. P.]

Banks Peninsula: William Martin (Lyttelton Times, 17th August, 1918). I believe I collected this species some thirty years ago at Pigeon Bay, but have not seen it recently.

(¹)Cystopteris fragilis is recorded by J. B. A. and T. P.

Adiantum affine Willd. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; A. W.]

Becoming rarer, but still growing on the southern faces of the Lyttelton Hills, Governor's Bay; in abundance at Nikau Palm Gully (Akaroa) and Caton's Bay.

*Adiantum fulvum Raoul.

Akaroa: Raoul. Charteris Bay: R. M. L. Evidently by no means common.

*°(¹)Adiantum aethiopicum Linn. [J. B. A.]

Akaroa: Raoul. This has not been seen in recent times, and must be regarded as a doubtful species.

(²)A. hispidulum has also been reported, but I have not seen it.

Hypolepis tenuifolia Bernh. [J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C.]

Ohinitahi: Potts. Common, usually among stones or boulders above the bush line; perhaps extinct on the Lyttelton Hills.

Hypolepis millefolium Hook. [J. B. A.; T. P.]

At one time on the Lyttelton Hills above Kaituna, and no doubt elsewhere.

Hypolepis distans is also reported by J. F. A. and J. B. A.

Cheilanthes Sieberi Kunze. [R.; J. F. A.; T. P.; J. B. A.; L. C.; A. W.]

Abundant in rocky clefts, and under stones, in dry situations.

Cheilanthes tenuifolia Swartz. [R.; J. B. A.; T. P.; T. K.; L. C.; A. W. Lyttelton Hills and Banks Peninsula, in tussock lands amongst rocks; now very rare.

Pellaea rotundifolia Hook. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common in forest and by streams; occasionally under rocks in dry places.

Pteridium esculentum Cockayne. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C.; A. W.] Everywhere abundant; often coming up after the burning of the forest.

*Paesia scaberula Kuhn. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.]

Not common; Mount Bossu, Wainui: R. M. L.

Histiopteris incisa J. Sm. [J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C.]

Ohinitahi: Potts. Not common; on the damper hilltops, Pigeon Bay, Lyttelton Hills (probably extinct), Stony Bay.

*°(¹)Pteris tremula R. Br. [J. B. A.]

Near Tikao Bay: Potts.

Cheeseman. (Manual, p. 793) mentions (²)P. macilenta as recorded from Banks Peninsula, but has seen no specimens.

*Blechnum^† Patersoni Mett. [J. B. A.; T. P.]

Common in damper forests.

Blechnum discolor Keys. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common on the forest-floor.

Blechnum lanceolatum Sturm. [R.; J. F. A.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common in the forest.

Blechnum penna marinum Kuhn. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.]

Abundant above 1,000 ft., but not common on the Lyttelton Hills, and coming down to 300 ft. in Pigeon Bay. Heathcote Valley: A. Wall; R. M. L. Peak between Kennedy's Bush and Cooper's Knobs: R. M. L.

Blechnum capense Schlecht. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Everywhere abundant.

Blechnum fluvatile Lowe [J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common by bush-streams.

Blechnum membranaceum Mett, [J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Hay's Bush (Pigeon Bay) and behind Governor's Bay, but not common.

(¹)B. Banksii, (²)B nigrum, and (¹)B. durum are given by J. B. A. (the last probably occurs), and (¹)B. vulcanicum by J. F. A. and T. P. (Ohinitahi). Cheeseman (Illustrations, pl. 240) refers to (¹)B. durum finding its northernmost limit at Banks Peninsula.

Asplenium flabellifolium Cav. (= ? A. triste Raoul). [R.; J. B. A.; J. F. A.: T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Abundant under stones and rocks.

*Asplenium adiantoides Raoul. [J. B. A.; T. P.]

Common on peninsula.

Asplenium obtusatum Forst. f. [R.; T. P.; J. B. A.; L. C.]

Abundant on coastal cliffs and rocks; but it is to be noted that Wall identifies the coastal Asplenium of Lyttelton Harbour as a form of A. lucidum.

Asplenium lucidum Forst. f. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; A. W.]

Common in most places. Var. obliquum is the commonest, and perhaps the type form, but var. Lyallii also occurs. [Con. L. C.]

Asplenium Hookerianum Col. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; A. W.; L. C.]

Common in many forms. (Akaroa is the habitat of the type.)

Asplenium bulbiferum Forst. f. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C.; A. W.]

One of the commonest of bush ferns, but much sought after by tourists and others.

*Asplenium Richardi Hook. f. [R.; J. B. A.]

Mount Herbert: Potts. Waikerikikeri, and doubtless elsewhere: R. M. L.

Asplenium flaccidum Forst. f. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Abundant on forest-trees.

J. B. A. and Potts add (¹)A. trichomanes, which I have not seen.

Polystichum vestitum Presl. (= Aspidium aculeatum Swartz var. vestitum Hook. f.: Handbook, p. 997). [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common on the forest-floor.

Polystichum Richardi J. Sm. (= Aspidium Richardi Hook. f.: Handbook, p. 999). [J B. A.; T. P.; L C.; A. W.]

Akaroa: Raoul. Abundant in open tussock pasture. This includes doubtless the varietal form P. oculatum Hook. f.

Polystichum hispidum J. Sm. [J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.]

Otahuna: A. Wall!

*°(¹)Polystichum capense J. Sm.

Akaroa: Raoul. Probably an erroneous identification.

Dryopteris glabella C. Chr. [J. B. A.; L. C.]

Allandale: A. Wall! Balgueri Valley: R. M. L. Ohinitahi: Potts,

Dryopteris punctata C. Chr. [J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common.

Dryopteris pennigera C. Chr. (= Polypodium pennigerum Forst. f.: Manual, p. 1009). [J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Common by the sides of streams.

J. F. A., J. B. A., and T. P. give also (¹)Dryopteris (Nephrodium) decomposita

*°(¹)Nephrodium velutinum Raoul. [J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.]

Akaroa.

*Polypodium australe Mett. [J. B. A.; T. P.]

Common on trees and rocks.

Polypodium australe Mett. var. pumilum Cheesm.

Mount Herbert Peak, and doubtless elsewhere; near Cass Peak: R. M. L.

*(¹)Polypodium Cunninghamii Hook. [J. B. A.]

Akaroa: Raoul. A rather doubtful inhabitant of the peninsula.

†Polypodium pustulatum Forst. f. [J. B. A.]

Akaroa: Raoul. I was somewhat surprised to find in Caton's Bay (Lake Forsyth), just above the house, on the forest-floor, undoubted specimens of this species, as I had considered it either extinct on the peninsula or wrongly identified.

Polypodium grammitidis R. Br. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; A. W.]

Not uncommon on rocks exposed to the south-west.

Polypodium diversifolium Willd. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Everywhere abundant on rock and forest-tree.

J. B. A. gives also (¹)Arthropteris (Polypodium) tenella.

Cyclophorus serpens C. Chr. [R.; J. F. A.; J. B. A.; A. W.]

Cliffs, rocks, and trees; common.

Nothoclaena distans R. Br. [J. B. A.; T. P.; L. C.; A. W.]

Lyttelton Hills, Quail Island, and Lyttelton Harbour generally: A. Wall!

An undescribed Cheilanthes or Nothoclaena is common about Diamond Harbour, where it has been found by A. Wall. Cheeseman considers it to be probably a Nothoclaena.

Gymnogramme rutaefolia Hook. & Grev. [L. C.; A. W.]

Dry rocks, Dover Castle, and north side of Mount Pleasant; also Sumner Valley; Wakeroa Head; Pigeon Bay.