Para Marattia.—Salicina. A large fern.
Paretau.—Asplenium obliquum. A large-leaved fern.
Puaka rimu.—The tree lycopodium.
Raorao.—Pteris esculenta. A common edible fern, the root of which formed at one time the principal food of the Maori.
Raumanga.—Polypodium. A broad-leaved fern.
Tapui kotuku.—Creeping lycopodium.
Tarakupenga.—Creeping lycopodium.
Waewaekoukou.—Lycopodium volubile. A running fern.
Ti Taranaki.—A fern growing on the plains, having its fructification on a separate stalk.
TREE FERNS.
Cyathea.