Colensoane. N. O. Filices. 
TABS. CDXXVII. CDXXVIII. 
LOMARIA PROCERA. (Spreng.) var. (. 
Frondibus pinnatis oblongo-ellipticis, pinnis sterilibus lanceo- 
lato-ensiformibus acuminatis serratis basi subcordatis, fertili- 
bus (ejusdem y. diverse frondis) linearibus costa subtus 
paleacea, indusiis subintramarginalibus. Br. 
Lomaria procera. Spreng. Syst. Feget. v. 4, p. 65. A. Cunn. Bot. 
of N. Zeal. in Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2, p. 363. (excl. syn. Rich.) 
Stegania procera. Br. Prodr. p. 153. (non Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel.) 
Blechnum procerum., Sw. Syn. Fil. p.115. Labill, Nov. Holl. 
2, p. 97, t. 247. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5, p. 415. 
Asplenium procerum. Bernh. Act. Erf. 1802, p. 4, f. 1. 
Osmunda procera. Forst. Prod. n. 414, 
8; pinnis sterilibus valde acuminatis, fertilibus omnibus ad 
basin soriferis. (Tas. Nosrr. CDXXVII. CDXXVIII.) 
Has. New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land. Brown. New 
Zealand. Forster. Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &c. A. and R. 
Cunningham, W. Colenso, Esq. 
This appears liable to considerable variation, both in the 
sterile and fertile pinna. In Labillardiére’s plant, the former 
are very obtuse. In a var. mentionéd by Mr. A. Cunningham, 
__ the base of the fertile pinne is much dilated and sterile, similar 
_ to what is figured as Steg. procera in Rich. Fl, Nov. Zel. t. 13. 
but the sterile frond being there pinnatified, not pinnate, proves 
that that portion of the plant, at least, cannot be the same as 
