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New Zealand Ferns 
(151) T. hymenophylloides (filmy-like). “Heru- 
heru.” A very beautiful, dark-green, crape-like fern; 
usually growing in the deepest recesses of the forest. 
Description . — Root stout, erect, often produced into a thick 
stem. Stalks 6 to 12 inches long, slender, wiry, erect, brownish- 
green. Fronds forming a crown, 1 to 2 feet long by 6 to 12 inches 
broad, very thin and membranous, pellucid, dark-green. Seeds on 
the middle of the leaflets, usually confined to the lower half. 
Not uncommon in forest districts throughout the Dominion. 
Sea-level to 3,000 feet. 
A soft feathery fern, leaves very finely cut and nearly 
transparent. Not difficult to cultivate if transplanted 
young, provided with good shade, and protected from 
the wind. A form with the leaves closer and the lower 
ones reduced in size, is often distinguished as Var. inter- 
media by fern collectors. Found only in New Zealand. 
