Colensoane. N. O. Filices 
TAB. DCCI. 
TRICHOMANES ELONGATUM. A. Cunn. 
Cespitosum erectum rigidum atro-viride, frondibus ovatis 
bi-pinnatis, pinnulis arcte approximatis imbricatis oblongo- 
Cuneatis inciso-pinnatifidis, segmentis brevibus acutis = 
bifidis, involucris copiosissimis supra-axillaribus in pinnu- 
larum sinubus cylindraceis liberis basi attenuatis, ore integro 
vix patente subbilabiato, receptaculis exsertis longissimis 
curvatis, stipite rachique teretibus ubique glabris. 
Trichomanes elongatum. 4. Cunn, Nov. Zel. in Hook. Comp. 
Bot. Mag. 2, p. 368 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. 1, p- 134. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. A. Cunningham, Colenso, 
J. D. Hooker, and others, : 
Perhaps it is not correct to speak of this as an erect-growing 
Fern. The frond seems to be decurved, probably pendent, 
from the face of rocks, thus presenting to view the under-side, 
which is most copiously studded with fructifications, and the 
Fig. 1. Stipites, to show their aggregate or tufted mode of 
growth. Ff, 2, Frond. /f, 3, Portion of a fertile pinda :— 
magnified, 
