Colensoane. N. O. Filices. 
TAB. CDXXIII. 
ASPLENIUM BULBIFERUM. Forst. 
Frondibus lato-lanceolatis bipinnatis, pinnis alternis lanceolatis 
glabris, pinnulis ovato-oblongis obtusis inciso-pinnatifidis 
basi attenuatis in rachi lata decurrentibus, axillis superne pro- ~ 
liferis, laciniis integris v. bidentatis, soris in singula lacinia 
(pinnis inferioribus exceptis) medium versus, stipite ra- 
chique alata inferne squamulosis. 
Asplenium bulbiferum. Forst. Prodr. n. 433. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
v.5, p. 345. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 84, 278. Schkuhr, Fil. v. 79. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.4, p.89. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 75. 
(excl. syn. A. laxi, Br.) All. Cunn. Bot. N. Zeal. in Hook. 
Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2, p. 364. 
Han. New Zealand. Forster. Middle Island, Astrolabe Har- 
bour. D’Urville. Northern Island; in humid woods, on the 
banks of the Kaua-Kaua, Bay of Islands. All. Cunningham, 
Wm. Colenso, Esq. 
Our specimens are about 2 feet long. Several of the superior 
pinne, especially in the axils of the segments, bear little bulbs 
which exhibit themselves on the upper surface and produce 
young fronds while still attached to the parent. 
Fig. 1. Fertile pinnule :—magnified. 
