Richardiane. N. O. Filices. 
DCCCCLXXVIL. 
ASPLENIUM ADIANTOIDES, Raoul; 
var. Richardi. 
dentatis lobatis obtusis, soris margine approximatis, rachi 
nuda y. basi stipiteque sparse paleacea. ves Nostr. 977. 
Has. (var. Richardi). New River in the Southern Island 
of New Zealand, Hb. beati A. Richard. 
of a French Whaler. Although we have se@n no other 
Specimens we have no hesitation in pronouncing it a state of 
the variable _A, adiantoides, from the var. Colensoi of whic 
New Zealand Ferns display. We have selected A. adiantoides 
as an example of a species, all the states of which are rare in 
herbaria, though most abundant in the cold damp woods of 
Fig. 1. Portion of a pinna and pinnules :—magnified. 
ee Wena 
