Gen. XVII, Sr. 9. Gen. XIX, Sr. 2. 
billing green, sori marginal. Dr. Hooker gives the following 
meties which, he says, “are connected by innumerable inter- 
lediate ones ; indeed the most opposite characters are some- 
mes presented by different parts of the same frond.” 
Var. A. Fronds pendulous, sparingly divided into distant, 
*bed, thongs. 
Var. B. Fronds pendulous, pinnate ;pinnse stalked, distant, very 
>ng. 
Var. C. Fronds erect or pendulous ; pinnae more numerous, 
irved like a scythe, long, narrow, stalked, deeply lobed. 
Var. D. Fronds erect, bi-pinnate ; pinnules close, shortly 
alked, deeply lobed. 
§ Allantodia. 
10. A. (Allantodia.) * Australis. One of the most delicate and 
dutiful ferns in New Zealand ; frond very membranous, quite 
100 th, 1 — 3 feet high, bi-pinnate ; pinnules stalked, deeply pin- 
-tifid ; many, short, oblong, or oval sori on each lobe. Northern 
land, in damp places in woods ; also in a small bush on the 
inks of the Waimea, Nelson. Bather rare. 
A small scented fern belonging to a genus nearly allied to 
is? — ( Woodwardia ,) is to be found in the Wairar.ipa, about 50 
iles from Wellington. It has not yet been found by collectors 
it the natives have brought in plants for sale. They attach a 
gh value to it on account of the perfume and are said to be 
xious to conceal its habitat from Europeans. 
Gen. XVIII. — Doodia. 
1. D. caudata . Fronds very harsh, 3 — 18 inches long, 
nnate ; upper part, pinnatifid, and elongated ; pinnae narrow, 
arply toothed. 
Gen. XIX. — Polystichum. 
1. P. coriaceum. Fronds 6 — 24 inches high, thick in tex- 
re, bi-pinnate, sometimes pinnate, scattered, on a creeping rhizome; 
ri large, brown, or black ; rachis generally with spreading scale- 
:e hairs. Throughout the Island. 
2. P. armtaium. Frond pinnate, or bi-pinnate, very stiff, 
fted ; rachis and stipes hairy ; lobes of pinnae terminating in a 
*A. Brownii in Dr. Hooker’s FI. N. Zeland. “ 
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