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FLORA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



\Filices. 



ovato-deltoidea luride viridi bipinnata, pinnis subimbricatis patentibns ascendentibusve oblong, hnean- 

 oblongisve basi cuneatis inciso-pinnatifidis, segmentis brevibus subacutis bifidis emargmatrs mtegnsve 

 involucris perplurimis supra-axillaribus liberis cylindraceo-urceolatis, ore breviter btfido receptacu o 

 elongate rigido, rachi costisque validis, stipite robusto tereii.-J. Cum. Prodr, Hook. 1c. Cant. t. . 



Sp. Fil. v. I. p. 134. 



Hab Throughout the Islands; on the ground in deep shade, abundant. 



A lurid-green, rigid, stout, tufted species, only found in New Zealand, whose fronds are often covered wjth 

 creeping Hepatic. andMosses (Lepidozia papillata, and several species of Hooke^ .-Stipes several ^^2 ' 

 from a short horizontal woody rhizome, with strong root-fibres, rigid, stent, erect, 3-6 mches long shghtly hany 

 at the base. Frond 4 inches to a span long, ovate or deltoid, bipinuate. 2W crowded rmbneae, oblong- 

 cuneate, inciso-pinnatifid ; segments stout, broad, nerved, cut, the apices rather acute notched. ^ZTZ 

 numerous, above the axils of the pinnules, cylindrical, with short lip.. Receptacles long, ngul protruded on the 

 under side of the frond. 



Obs. Mr. Colenso has sent young and barren specimens of a small, simple, oblong-fronded Tnckomanes from 

 caves, Manukan Bay, which I am not able to identify with any of the above. 



Gen. VII. LOXSOMA, Br. 

 Sori marginales. Involucrum coriaceum, urceolatum; ore truncate, integro. CapmU clavatce re- 

 ceptaculo colnmnari exserto oonfarto, breviter stipitata, pilis articulatis immkte, annulo obkquo complete 

 cincte, longitudinaliter rupte.-Frons valde coriacea, opaca, U-tripinnaUfida. Pmnuhe lanceolate 

 subacute, crenato-lolatx. Involucra sinuhus pinnnlarum inserta. Rachis el strpes glaiemma, mtida, 

 sulcata. Rhizoma repens, crassum, dense crinitum,. 



This genus contains but one species, a very remarkable and handsome Fern, confined to the northern parts of 

 N TlTmLe stout woody, tortuous, clothed with long, curving, matted, red-brown bans. Stipes erect ; 

 tl't^T^lJ^. ,uite glabrous, polished, pale red-brown. iW broadly tnangu ar, 

 it ee \ Z very coriaceous, glaucous below, tripinnate. Finn, rather distant, ascendmg the lower opposrt . 

 Mlltolate again pinnate or pinnatifid; segments linear- oblong, sub-acute, notched. Involucres promm n, 

 "ted n the n tches pointing backwards from the frond, shortly ureeolate or cup-shaped. Receptacle stout 

 ZTts I^JTZIL, Covered with Jointed hairs, amongst which are stalked capsules that are surrounded 

 ^complete oblique ring. Spores with a triangular mark. (Name from Xofo S , oU n ue, and ^a, a Udy , from 

 the oblique capsules.) 



1. Loxsoma Cunninghamii, Br. MSS. A. Cunn. Prodr. IIooJ, Comp. Bot. Mag. v. l.p. 366. 1. 31, 32. 

 Rn Fil v 1. v. 86. Gen. Fil. t. 15. , 



lL: Northern Island, very scarce: Keri Keri River, Bay of Islands, CunmngMm, etc. Wangam 



River, Sinclair. 



Tribe IV Pol.pobie,,-^ ,^n% dorsal, punctiform, rounded or linear Capsules not placed 

 nan elevated receptacle, stalked, parti, girt «M , vertical nng, UrsUng transversely on tie ,de 

 where the ring is wanting. Gen. VIII. to XXVIII. _ 



Snb-tribe A.-&r« — Z •** - — (***»1' " *** * ""* " *" ^ "^ * 



the frond. Gen. VIII. to XVIII. 



Gen. VIII. DAVALLIA, Sm. 

 Son subrotundi, marginales v. intra-nrarginale, Involucrum superfickrium, e apice venee ortum, 

 basi v. basi et lateribus frondis dorso adnatum, extus liberum. CapsuU strpitate 



