Colensoane. N. O. Filices. 
DCCCCLXXXIII. 
AsPLENIUM ADIANTOIDES, Raoul. 
var. minus. Hook. fil. 
Flaccidum parvulum, frondibus ovatis ovato-lanceolatisve laxe 
bipinnatis rarius pinnatis, pinn paucis distantibus 
inferioribus sepius longe stipitatis rhombeis basi eer 
cuneatis crenatis varie lobatisve glaberrimis, soris e 
remotis, rhachibus gracilibus parce paleaceis labeutiens 
stipite basi squamoso. 
A. Hoskest um, Colenso in Tasm. Phil. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands of New Jenlai, Kerikeri 
River, Cunningham. Banks Peninsula, Raoul, Dr. Lyall. 
Bay of ares East Coast and Interior; Rev. W. Colenso, 
n. 78. 295. 
A very sclaasnee but like all its congeners, an extremely 
variable fern, allied to the elegant A. Magellanicum of Fuegia. 
: very much larger state, a foot long, of this ae is figured 
ul’s fine work, “Choix de Plantes de la Nouvelle 
Zelande,” TaB. 1. We have ‘akea the opportanity of figuring 
two other states of this interesting plant in the present work, 
(Plate 984 and 977), pee." that we have little doubt but 
that they will be raised to specific rank by some Pteridologists, 
and would have been by ourselves, had we not ample proof 
amongst our extensive suites of specimens from many parts 
of the Island of their all being fronds of one species, which is 
ost as protean as the ne known Asplenium flaccidum, 
hone Mr. to nningham’s imens are much area a 
se figured here, simpl digs, with stalked, 3-lo 
or ae, very Pa ees 3-3 inch across.—J.D.H. 
Fig. 1. Pinnule of pinnate variety, and f. 2. Pinnule of 
bipinnate state of 4. adiantoides var. minus :——both m magni, 
