gg FILICES. 



Hab. Vicinity of Sydney and Hunter's River, New South Wales. 



So closely allied is this to the A. cuneatum of Langsdorff and 

 Fischer, that it is only to be distinguished by its somewhat more erect 

 and slender fronds, with pinnules not so evidently lobed. Its affinity 

 is also very close to the A. JEthiopicum of Linnaeus. 



10. Adiantum affine, Willd. 



Adiantum affine, Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 448 j A. Rich. Bot. Voy. Astrol. p. 87 ; A. 

 Cunn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2, p. 366 j Hook. Spec. Fil. 2, p. 32. 



Hab. New Zealand ; in the vicinity of the Bay of Islands. 



11. Adiantum hispidulum, 8w. 



A. stipite angulato scabro paleaceo-hirsuto ; frondibus oblongis acumi- 

 natis bi—tripinnatis ; pinnis alternis patentibm; pinnulis trapezoideis 

 obtusis striatis hispidis, margine superiore profunde dentato, inferiwe 

 integerrimo; rhacJd communi et partialibus scabrls hirsutis; indusio 

 rem'formi hispidulo. 



Adiantum hispididum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 124, ex Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 444 j A. Rich. 

 Bot. Voy. Astrol. p. 88. 



Hab. Vicinity of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 



Stipe angular and slender, about 10 inches long, of a purplish-black 

 colour, rougli to the touch, and, with the creeping rootstock and 

 rhachis, paleaceous-hirsute. Fronds tripinnate at base, bi pinnate to- 

 wards the point. Pinna? alternate, spreading, the terminal one longest. 

 Pinnules on a short petiole, subtrapeziform, occasionally rhomboid- 

 ovate, obtuse, and slightly falcate, hispid with dark brown hairs under- 

 neath; the superior margin and rounded point obtusely and deeply 

 dentate, the inferior one entire. Sori situated on a slight notch near 

 the centre of a tooth, 4 to 6 on the superior margin and 2 to 3 on the 

 obtuse point. Indusiwn reniform, a little hispid. 



