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stipes, pinna; ])innatificl ultimate ones and segments lanceo- 

 late (sterile ones broad) pinnatifid, lobules short truncate 

 soriferous almost wholly occui)icd by the somewhat half-cup- 

 shaped or urceolato truncated involucres. (Tab. LVIIL B.) 



Hal). New Zealand, {Dr. Lindlei/).—A. small plant, not in a very perfect 

 state, the fructifiecl frond hcins; yoimg;, resembling D. solida in miniature, 

 especially in the structure of the sterile frond : but the sori are very differ- 

 ent, and more like those of D. pyxidatfi, being short and as it were 

 sunk in the truncated lobule, which has a very slight external margin or 

 wing, formed of the frond itself. Stipes of the sterile frond 5 inches high; 

 frond 3 inches : of the fertile one a span high ; its frond 4 inches. I pos- 

 sess a larger specimen, given me by the late Mr. Lambert, and marked as 

 from Jamaica, but probably by mistake. It seems to be identical with 

 this from New Zealand. 



32. D. caiidata, Cav. ; " fronds decompound, leaflets lato- 

 lanceolate subbipinnatifid attenuated at the apex, pinna) 

 acuminate somewhat eared at the base above, crenatures ob- 

 tuse." Cav. Prcel. \SOl, it. 694. Sw. Si/n. Fll. p. 132. Willd 

 Sp. PI. V. }y. 472. 



Hab. Philippine Islands {Swartz). — This I do not know ; but it may pro- 

 bably be a variety of D. solida, than which Swartz says it is " larger, with 

 the leaflets nearly opposite broadly lanceolate subfalcate pinnated, ending in 

 an elongated apex : the pinnae tiapezio-lanceolalo acuminate an inch and 

 a half long; lower ones incised subpinnatifid ; superior ones undivided, all 

 obtusely serrated at the margin. Fructifications inserted at the serratures, 

 oblong, obtuse." 



33. D. Manriliava, Hook.; caudex very stout creeping 

 densely woolly with long subulate ciliated and hairy scales, 



' fronds ample deltoid between coriaceous and membranace- 

 ous 4-pinnate, pinna; caudato- acuminate, pinnules ovate 

 acuminate deeply pinnatifid, segments lanceolate or linear 

 slightly patent laciniated or again pinnatifid, lacinise linear 

 narrow terminated by an involucre which in conjunction wdth 

 the apex of the lacinia is nearly cylindrical compressed nar- 

 rower upwards truncated and contracted at the mouth rarely 

 a little winged at the very base. (Tab, LV. B.) 



Hab. Mauritius, Carmichad, Bojer. — Most nearly allied to D. .W;V/a, 

 but much less coriaceous, with narrower more elongated and more deeply 

 divided segments, which are a little contracted where the involucres are set 

 on: and the apex of the segment which bears the involucre is slightly 

 changed in colour, and being no wider than the involucre, it assumes the 

 appearance of the free cylindrical involucre of a Trichomanes or a Lo-vsoma. 



34. D. elegans, Sw. ; caudex stout creeping scaly and 

 woolly, fronds tall subcoriaceous ovato-acuminate tri-quadri- 

 pinnate, pinnules lanceolate pinnatifid acuminate striated with 

 pseudo-veins between the true veins, ultimate pinnules lobato- 

 crenate, lobules entire or more usually one- or two-toothed, 



