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998 pinnule, in 2 rows nearer the midrib than the margin. Indusium rather small, flat, orbicular.—''Hook. Sp. Fil.'' iv. 22; ''Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 252; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns, 78; Field, N.Z. Ferns, 126, t. 8, f. 2. A. vestitum, Swartz, Syn. Fil. 53, 254; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 68; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 218; Raoul, Choix,'' 38. A. proliferum, ''R. Br. Prodr. 147; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 69; A Cunn. Precur.'' n. 220. A. pulcherrimum and A. Waikarense, ''Col. in Tasmanian Journ. Nat. Sci.'' (1845) 6, 7. A. perelegans and A. zerophyilum, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxix. (1897) 416, 418. Polystichum vestitum, ''Presl. Pteridogr. 177; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' ii. 38; ''Homb. and Jacq. Voy. au Pôle Sud, Crypt. t. 4, f. S. P. venustum, Homb. and Jacq. i.c. t. 5, f. N.; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.'' i. 106. Polypodium vestitum, ''Forst. Prodr.'' n. 445.

2. A. mohrioides, ''Bory. Voy. Duper. Crypt.'' 267, t. 35.—Rhizome short, stout, erect or oblique, densely clothed with blackish-brown glossy scales. Stipes stout, 2–6 in. long, more or less densely scaly. Fronds tufted at the top of the rhizome, 4–8 in. long, 1–3 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, coriaceous, pinnate; rhachis stout, compressed, scaly. Pinnæ numerous, close-set and often imbricating, ¾–1½ in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid above, pinnate toward the base. Pinnules about ¼ in. long, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, slightly toothed; teeth obtuse or shortly mucronate. Sori copious, in 2 rows in the pinnules, often confluent when old. Indusium orbicular, dark-brown.—''Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.'' ii. 392, t. 149; ''Hook. Sp. Fil.'' iv. 26; ''Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 252; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xiv. (1882) 386.