Colensoane. N. O. Filices. 
DCCCCLXAXXIV. 
ASPLENIUM ADIANTOIDES, Raoul. 
var. Colensoi, Hook. fil. 
Parvulum suberectum flaccidum v.subcoriaceum, fronde lanceo- 
lata laxe bipinnata, pinnis subremotis erecto-patentibus, 
pinnulis approximatis obovatis inferioribus breve stipitatis 
varie inciso-lobatis, lobis furcatis integrisve subacutis, 
superioribus sessilibus inciso-dentatis, soris margine ap- 
proximatis, rachi costaque glaberrimis, v. costa stipiteque 
sparce paleacea basi squamata. 
A. Colensoi, Col. in Tasm. Phil. Journ. 
Has. Northern Island, New Zealand, Waikare Lake, and 
Tuki tuki river, Rev. W. Colenso, n. 270. 
For other states of this beautiful and variable little Fern 
we must refer to Plates 977 and 983 of this volume; the 
present is intermediate in size between the original A. 
adiantoides of Raoul (Choix de Plantes de la Nouvelle 
Zelande Tax. 1) and his A. ¢riste, (which are undoubtedly 
varieties of one plant), and in the outline and incision of the 
fronds it is intermediate between our var. minor (t. 983) and 
var. Richardi (t. 977).—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. and 2. Pinnules :—magnified. 
