Mlices.~\ 



ELOKA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



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and sparingly pinnatifid, and have the involucres more sunk in the segments (or more broadly winged) than those 

 oi other parts of the world. 



_ 3. Trichomas venosum, Br. ; rhizomate repente filifonni, fronde parvula pendula nitida membranacea 

 pinnate, pmms remotis late lineari-obiongis ligulatisve simplicibus v. basi furcatis obtusis v. emarginatis 

 margme non incrassato repandis, costa flexuosa, venis furcatis, involucris ad basin pinnarum fronde 

 unmersis libensve tubuloso-urceolatis, ore dilatato breviter bilabiate, receptaculo plerumque capillar!, raehi 

 apice alata mferne stipiteque capillari.-ifr. Prodr. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 78. A. Omm. Prodr. Hook 

 Sp.Fil.v.l.p.lZl. 



Hab. Throughout the Islands; on wet rocks, trunks of Tree-ferns, etc. 



tains * eXt l7 ly f C f and b6aUtifUl Fem ' ^ COmm ° n in TaSmania ' and als0 found ™ the Australian moun- 

 ts, often clothing Tree-ferns, as Eym.flahellatum and H. rarum do.-MMzome creeping, and stipes capillary Frond 

 ■0 inches long, linear, pinnate, membranous. Pinnm distant, linear-oblong or strap-shaped, cuneate at the base 

 not margined, blunt or emarginate, waved along the edge, simple or divided at the base, |-lf inch long a-a inch 

 broad; costaflexuose, giving off branching veins. Involucres on the upper edge of the pinna at its base,°sunk in 



21 , i OT T, " latMal S6gment ' ReCeptade inCbded ' M CapiUar y and ™rted.-Tho upper pinnae are often of 

 irregular length, sometimes very long and caudate. 



4. Trichomanes Colemoi, Hook, fil.; rhizomate capillar! repente pilosula, fronde pendula glaberrima 



pmna tifilr ga gra ? Plmataj PiDMS StipitatiS SUbrem ° tis altemis lance0latis basi Pmnatis superne 



1 L^ad b ;l S T angUS ?r imiS SubaCutis — branaceis non marginal costa percursis aveniis, Lo- 

 ZL -ST-TT " StlPltatiS imm ^ matis ^draceis, ore vix dilatato, receptaculo ple- 



rumque oapdkn elongate, racln subflexuosa stipiteque capillari.-^. in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 979 

 Hab. Northern Island : dense forests near Waikare Lake, Colenso. 

 A very pretty and distinct little species, closely allied to the South American T. trichoideum, Sw„ but differing 



gh Is I/ 1 ' 8 , ^f 6 "" ™^> filifo ™> s %*% **J. «*™ and racUs filiform, quite 

 glabrous, ^W pendent, lf-8 inches long, linear-oblong, X- f inch broad, pinnate, dark green, very membranous 



ZVZT, te 7 a Y iStant ' ^ Stalked > P- Mte below, pinnatifid above. Segment, without thickened edges! 



a hir^s icpir 68 - invoiucres free> staiked> ereot ' soKtary at tKe base ° f - *»• — * 5* 



stricta^W 0111 " 168 8trktUm ' MenZ '' rigidUm ' er6CtU ^ ^P*™' ^nde glaberrima lanceolata 

 linealus obtirr ^T^ ™«- recurvisve lanceelatis bipinnatifidis, segmentis anguste 

 inZc cost 1 " C ° StatiS aVeniiS ' mV ° 1UCriS llb6nS Sti P itatis UrCeoMs ¥mdraceis!ere 



ves £ T i r 6 TT 3ta VaMiS ' Stipite r ° baSt0 tereti " tendter mar S inato ^si pilis brunneis 



T « et f7' \ mL * 122 - A - McL **"' A - °™- *»*• Z°ok. 8p. Ml. I. 1. P . 136. 

 J-. leptophyllum, A. Cunn. Prodr. 



Bay, ^ WOTthem and Middk IslandS: DuSky ** **"*»■ Hokian ^ A - Cunningham. Massacre 



from o/lT ear V° ^ \ VCTy SCarC6 NW Zeaknd Fem ' ° f Which t,lere is a s P ecimen iu Hook - Herb., marked as 



2 "^ tUft6d ' Sendmg ° Ut fibr ° US r °° tS ' n0t "*■* from » *»**■* rhizo^ Ce 



robust, „ gl d, erect, terete, slightly winged, surrounded with a tuft of red-brown shining bristles aTthe h 



ClZTl d ng and ? wa 1 s ; risid ' ereot ' opaque ' gre - vanable in the — di ^d \^Z 



n fid o rr nS ' ° r lmeai -° bbn ^ P innate - ««• lanceolate, ascending or recurved bi tri-l- 



^ lrregUkrly CUt int ° many Mrr0W ' liMar = blunt « ^ched segments, which are L line broad faSS 

 «a a very stout midrib. iWto. erect, free, stalked. Receptacle included or exserted. ' 



B^Trichemanes e ^ a ^ A. Cunn.; rigidum, erectum, caaspitosum, fronde glaberrima ovata v. 



