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12. Hymenophyllum scahrum, A. Bich. ; erectum v. curvum, costis ssepius setoso-hispidis, fronde 

 rigida elongato-ovata v. oblongo-deltoidea pinnata, pinnis ascendentibus bi-tripinnatifidis, segmentis 

 linearibus integerrimis glaberrimis, involucris segmenta lateralia terminantibus orbicularibus ad basin 

 bivalvibus, valvis integerrimis dentatisve, rachi superne alata inferne stipiteque nuda setis articulatis patu- 

 lis setoso-hispida.— A. Rich. Flor. Nov. Zeld. p. 20. t. 14./ 1. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 1. 

 p. 110. Sphserocionium glandulifemm, Presl, Fpimel. p. 23. 1.12. 



Hab. Northern Island: Bay of Islands, UUnille, Cunningham, etc. Tehawera, East Coast, 

 Colenso. 



Very similar in size and general appearance to II. demissum, but the fronds are darker-coloured, often elongated 

 (some of Mr. Colenso's specimens are nearly 2 feet long), and the stipes and racliis, and often the costa, are covered 

 with deciduous, scattered, stiff, spreading, red-brown, jointed bristles. The involucres also are broader in II. sca- 

 hrurn, and generally toothed along the edge. 



13. Hymenophyllum flalettatwm, Lab. ; glaberrimum, nitens, fronde pendula v. decurva lineari-oblonga 

 ranus ovata, pinnis plerumque basi cuneatis late ovatis fiabellatim dilatatis pinnatifidis v. bipinnatifidis, 

 segmentis linearibus furcatis brevibus caudato-elongatisve, involucris segmenta lateralia terminantibus orbi- 

 cularibus oblongisve ad basin fere bivalvibus, rachi superne alata inferne nuda, stipite glaberrima ima basi 

 parce lanata.— Lab. Fl. Nov. Hold. v. 2. p. 101. I. 250. /. 1. (non Brown Prodr.) Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 1. 

 p. HI. H. nitens, Br. Prodr. Hook et Grev. Pc. Fil. t. 197. A. Rich. Flor. A. Cunn. Prodr; 



Hab. Throughout the Islands, common, Menzies, etc. 



A very beautiful small species, often clothing the trunks of Tree-ferns in Tasmania, where it is abundant, with 

 its pale green glistening fronds , it is also found in Lord Auckland's Group.— Bhkoma rigid, wiry. Stipes 2-4 

 inches long, wiry, glabrous, except at the very base, where there is a tuft of soft, pale brown, woolly hairs. Fronds 

 broadly ovate when erect, linear or oblong when pendulous, 2-6 inches long, pinnate below, pinnatifid above, per- 

 fectly smooth, transparent. Pinna twice pinnatifid ; segments linear, quite entire and smooth, generally broadly 

 cuneate at the base. Involucres small, terminal on lateral segments, orbicular or oblong ; the valves entire or 

 toothed.— The broad flabellate lower pinnae, small size, colour, and generally woolly base of the stipes, well distin- 

 guish this from //. ' 



§ C. Costa, margins, and sometimes the surfaces of the fronds clothed with stellate hairs. 



14. Hymenophyllum mruginomm, Carm. ; totum pilis stellatis prascipue secus costam rachim mar- 

 gmesque frondis vestitum, fronde pendula lineari-oblonga v. elongata pinnata, pinnis linearibus brevibus 

 v. elongatcovatis bipinnatifidis, segmentis approximatis linearibus, involucris terminalibus late orbiculatis 

 semi-orbiculatisve fronde immersis, valvis brevibus pilosis.— Carmichael in Linn. Soc. Trans, v. 12. p. 573. 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 1. p. 94. t. 34 A. H. Branklinianum, Col. in Tasm. Phil. Joum. H. Berteroi, Hook. 

 Sp. Fil. p. 93. t. 33 C. Trichomanes seruginosum, Thouars. 



Hab. Northern Island : Waikare Lake, Colenso. Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. Southern 

 Island, Lyatt. 



^ A remarkable and very beautiful Pern, discovered at Tristan d'Acunha, and found hitherto nowhere else but 

 m New Zealand, Juan Fernandez, and Chiloe, from whence most of the specimens differ in no respects from those 

 from Tristan d'Acunha, whilst others have rather narrower and sharper pinnEe.— Stipes and rhizome slender hairy 

 and woolly, or glabrous. Frond pendulous, 3-10 inches long, ovate-oblong, or linear and elongate, pinnate 'below 

 pinnatifid above, quite rufous when dry from the abundance of branched hairs on the rachis,' costa, and margins' 

 by which this species may be recognized at once,— Some of Dr. Lyall's specimens have twenty pairs' of pinna! on 

 the frond. " ' 



