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reticulated bullate scales beset the lower ; yet in other respects appa- 

 rently they do not differ from what we consider the type of the 

 species. 



78. TKICHOMANES, Linn. 



* RMzoma gracilis, rejpens; frondibus sparsis. 



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1. Trichomanes reniforme, Forst. 



Trichomanes reniforme, Forst. ex Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 141 & 369 ; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, 

 p. 498; Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 31; A. Rich. Bot. Voy. Astrol. p. 95; A. Cunn. 

 in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2, p. 368 ; Hook. Spec. Fil. 1, p. 115. 



Hab. In the vicinity of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand: on 

 trunks of trees and moist rocks ; frequent. 



The reniform fronds of this species, with the dichotomous veins 

 radiating from the base, are truly beautiful when held up between 

 the eye and the light. Among a great number of specimens in the 

 collection, we have observed none of the veins to anastomose, as, in 

 Hooker's Species Filicum, they are said occasionally to do. 



2. Trichomanes muscoides, Sw. 



Trichomanes muscoides, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 141; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 500; Hook. & 

 Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 179 ; Hook. Spec. Fil. 1, p. 117. 



Hab. Feejee Islands : in humid mountain forests, on rocks and 

 the trunks of trees. 



A very humble species, not much over an inch in height, with 

 membranaceous and obovate or oblong fronds, cuneate at the base, 

 and slightly sinuate, furnished with an evident intramarginal vein. 

 The partially two-lipped indusium is immersed in the apex of the 

 lobes, and about equal with them. Stipe very short, and with the 

 slender creeping rootstock slightly tomentose. 



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