46 JOURNAL OF A NATURALIST 
(291, L. nigra, n. sp. W. C.) From the stony banks of 
Mangarewa, a small river running in a deep ravine, I pro- 
cured specimens of a small Cyperaceous plant (221), which 
appeared to me to be new. In this locality, too, I discovered 
an elegant Lindsea (292, L. viridis, n. sp. W. C.) and another 
fern, which has puzzled me exceedingly, but which may 
possibly be, after all, but a variety of Aspidium hispidulum, 
Swartz. J send you, however, a specimen (293) for minute 
examination. In travelling this day, I carelessly plucked a 
fern, which grew pendulous from a tree by the path-side, 
believing it to be Asplenium falcatum, Forst.; happening, 
however, to preserve the fragment, ] have since examined it, 
and consider it a very distinct species; I bave named it 
A. Forsterianum, in honour of that celebrated Botanist, whose 
name should ever be held in remembrance by all persons 
botanizing in the forests of New Zealand: a portion of my ` 
only specimen I send you (294). -I also obtained in this fo- 
rest some fine specimens of a Tmesipteris (296), which, if not 
possessing distinctness sufficient to constitute a new species, 
differs much from my specimens of T. Forsteri, Endl. in size 
and general appearance. 
Whilst my natives were pitching my tent, I obtained a few 
specimens of Jungermannia (220, 223, 225, 226) and a Moss 
(222), with, apparently, a peculiar yellow lichen parasitical 
upon it. I hope that some, at least, of these may prove to be 
new. As the shades of night closed about us in: the deep 
recesses of the forest, we were visited with numbers of green 
coleopterous insects which my natives caught, roasted, and 
ate. During the night the mosquitoes so sadly annoyed us 
as to keep us from sleeping. At an early hour the next 
morning we arose and resumed our march, continuing our 
course, as yesterday, in the forest. I gathered a fine Moss 
(227), a species of Polytrichum ; and an Urtica with lan- 
ceolate leaves (224), which appears to be undescribed. - 
Emerging from the wood, I discovered a fine Gaultheria 
(217), perhaps the same as the one from Rotorua, (216), 
already mentioned. From the summit of the hills where 
