﻿T. 
  KmK.-^Oii 
  Plants 
  collected 
  at 
  Ohcirlto, 
  443 
  

  

  receptacle 
  tGrmhiating 
  tlio 
  racliis, 
  aucT 
  by 
  its 
  pale 
  green 
  colour. 
  In 
  tlio 
  

   North 
  Island 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  coufiaecl 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Cook 
  Strait. 
  

   IJtjmenopJnjUam 
  clipesemanni, 
  Baker. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  discoverer 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Island. 
  

   Eeoently 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  collected 
  near 
  Hokitika 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Tipler. 
  

   Hijmenophijllum 
  armstrongii, 
  Kirk. 
  

  

  This 
  shows 
  a 
  considerable 
  extension 
  of 
  its 
  southern 
  range. 
  Mr. 
  Hamil- 
  

   ton's 
  specimens 
  suggest 
  the 
  great 
  probability 
  of 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  species, 
  as 
  many 
  fronds 
  are 
  entirely 
  destitute 
  of 
  the 
  stout 
  marginal 
  

   nerve 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  only 
  prominent 
  distinction 
  between 
  the 
  two. 
  The 
  

   same 
  rhizome 
  sometimes 
  exhibits 
  fronds 
  with 
  the 
  marginal 
  nerve, 
  arrested 
  

   at 
  different 
  stages 
  of 
  development, 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  condition 
  of 
  H. 
  arm- 
  

   atrongii, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  marginal 
  nerve 
  is 
  fully 
  developed, 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  H. 
  cheese- 
  

   manni, 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  entirely 
  wanting. 
  The 
  marginal 
  nerve 
  may 
  even 
  be 
  

   developed 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  segment, 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  arinstrongii, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  

   side 
  exhibits 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  it, 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  cheesemanni. 
  Not 
  unfrequently 
  it 
  is 
  

   reduced 
  to 
  a 
  slight 
  thickening 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  tooth. 
  At 
  present 
  I 
  am 
  

   unable 
  to 
  satisfy 
  myself 
  whether 
  its 
  absence 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  due 
  to 
  

   simple 
  non- 
  development 
  or 
  to 
  absorption. 
  

   Tlymennphyllwn 
  villosum, 
  Coleuso. 
  

  

  This 
  habitat 
  is 
  at 
  a 
  lower 
  altitude 
  than 
  is 
  usually 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  species, 
  

   although 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  certain 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  lowest 
  yet 
  observed, 
  

   Hymenophyllum 
  pulcherrimum, 
  Col. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hamilton's 
  specimens 
  are 
  the 
  finest 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   being 
  twenty-seven 
  inches 
  long, 
  but 
  remarkably 
  narrow 
  in 
  proportion. 
  

   Hymenophyllum 
  rtifescens, 
  n.s. 
  

  

  At 
  present 
  only 
  known 
  from 
  this 
  locality 
  and 
  from 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  

   Island. 
  See 
  Art. 
  LXXIV. 
  

   Davallia 
  novcE-zealandice, 
  Col. 
  

  

  The 
  fronds 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  also 
  are 
  of 
  unusual 
  luxuriance, 
  a 
  solitary 
  pair 
  

   of 
  pinnae 
  in 
  the 
  collection, 
  measuring 
  nineteen 
  inches 
  from 
  tip 
  to 
  tip. 
  

   Lomaria, 
  sp. 
  

  

  Two 
  fragments 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  Lomaria 
  attenuata, 
  Willd., 
  are 
  

   comprised 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  They 
  are 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  

   one 
  specimen 
  is 
  the 
  acute 
  apex 
  of 
  a 
  barren 
  frond, 
  the 
  lowest 
  segments 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  apparently 
  pinnate, 
  with 
  an 
  acute 
  narrow 
  sinus, 
  and 
  attached 
  

   by 
  very 
  broad 
  bases 
  ; 
  segments 
  acute, 
  margins 
  uneven. 
  The 
  other 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  is 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  fertile 
  frond, 
  pinnules 
  sessile, 
  1^ 
  inch 
  long, 
  

   with 
  broad 
  bases, 
  acuminate, 
  the 
  two 
  lowest 
  deflexed. 
  The 
  specimens 
  aro 
  

   too 
  imperfect 
  to 
  admit 
  of 
  positive 
  identification, 
  but 
  the 
  plant 
  certainly 
  differs 
  

   from 
  all 
  described 
  New 
  Zealand 
  forms, 
  

  

  