Gen. XXXII, Species 1. Gen. XXXVII, Species 1. 
Gen. XXXII. — Leptopteris. 
1 . L. hymenophylloides. Fronds 4 inches to 2 \ feet high 
springing from a stout, erect rhizome ; bright green and translu 
cent ; pinnae flat, finely cut, scarcely diminishing in size toward; 
the base. As far south as Banks’ Peninsula. 
2. L. superba. To be distinguished from the former by it; 
greater size and the gradually diminishing pinnae, the frond bein* 
thus tapering at both ends ; pinnae thick and moss-like from tin 
numerous fine, erect pinnules. Both this and the last fern los« 
their bright, fresh colour in drying. Mountainous parts of the 
Northern and throughout the Middle and Southern Islands. 
Gen. XXXIV.— Todea. 
1. T. Africand. A very large, handsome, bi-pinnate fern 
pinnules, joined to the rachis by a broad base, long, narrow 
sharply notched ; sori, masses of globose capsules, almost covering 
the pinnules ; rachis smooth, light brown. Mount Camel 
Hokianga. 
Gen. XXXV. — Marattia. 
1. M. Salicina. Rhizome a round, hard, fleshy mass (roastei 
and eaten by the natives), from which many tall fronds arise 
fronds thick in texture, dark green, bi-tri-pinnate, 10-18 fee- 
high ; pinnules generally shortly-stalked, long and narrow, wit] 
notched margins ; rachis stout, smooth, but in the young shoots 
both this and the stipes are scaly. Northern and Eastern part; 
of the Northern Island. Taranaki. 
Gen. XXXVI. — Ophioglossum. 
1. 0. vulgatum. Root of long, fleshy, fibres, sometimes de 
scending from a tuberous rhizome ; frond simple, erect, 1 inch t 
a foot long, bearing one simple, thick leaf, (rarely two) ; spike o 
fructification longer than the leaf. 
Var. B. costatum. Frond oval and pointed above, or taper 
ing at each end. 
Var. C. gramineum . Frond oval or sharply pointed at botl 
ends, costa and veins hidden. 
Var. D. lusitanicum. Frond very narrow, and pointed a; 
each end. 
Var. .E minimum. Very small, 1-2 inches high. 
Common in grassy places throughout the Islands. 
Gen. XXXVII. — Botrychium. 
1. B. Virginicum. Frond solitary, 3 inches to 2 feet high 
consisting of one succulent, tri-pinnate, leaf, and a long, erect, stalk 
bearing a many-branched spike of capsules. Northern and Middh 
Islands, as far south as Canterbury, in open land. 
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