Gen. XIII, Species 7. Gen. XXV, Species 1. 
7. L. pumila. Much resembling the preceding but smaller 
pinnae, not so numerous, or close together ; rather shorter ar 
broader, with more saw-like edges. Common. 
8. L- Alpina, Very narrow fronds 2 — 18 inches high ; 
has a creeping rhizome ; stipes long and bare ; those of the ferti 
fronds, nearly twice the length of the others, Mountainous parts 
Northern and throughout Middle and Southern Islands. 
9. L. Germainii. Small and with the pinnae closely ove 
lapping one another, otherwise much resembling L. Alpina. Late 
discovered on the mountains between Nelson and the Wairau. 
10. L. Banksii. To be distinguished by the fronds beii 
pinnatifid nearly to the base ; the fertile fronds much shorter th; 
the barren ; pinnae of barren fronds, short, rounded, thick in textu 
and with smooth edges. Bay of Islands. Manukau Harbor 
Sugar Loaf Rocks, Taranaki. Middle and Southern Islands. 
11. Z- vulcanioa , Frond 4 — 18 inches long; somewhj 
broad, running to a long tail at the tip, but not narrowing belo'w 
pinnae long, the lowest pair often bending downwards. Tarawei ■ 
Turanga. Happy Valley, Nelson. Mountain Ranges, Taranaki 
12. L, nigra. The whole plant of a blackish green coloui ■ 
barren fronds 4 — 8 inches long, ending in a large, broad, lob i 
fertile fronds with very narrow, hair-like pinnae, the terminal o i] 
much longer than the rest. Rare. East Coast and Intern 
Mountains Ranges, Taranaki. 
§C. 
13. L. Fraseri. Only found in New Zealand, its bi-pinnatb 
frond renders it unmistakeable ; fronds generally tufted at the t< 
of a short caudex ; fertile fronds, when mature, of a rich yellc 
on their undersurface. Northern Island, in woods. Northe 
part of Middle Island. 
Sub-Tribe B. 
Gen. XIV. — Davallia. 
1. D. Novce Zelandice , A very pretty fern, 1 — 2 feet hig 
tri-pinnate ; stipes and rachis, both of the frond and pinnae, brov 
and polished ; pinnules very finely cut ; sori numerous, Bay 
Islands. Wellington, Forest near Howick. 
Gen, XV, — Cystopteris, 
1, C. fragilis. Fronds delicate, bright green, tufted, 6— 
Inches high, bi-pinnate ; pinnules toothed ; sori scattered ; stipe 
and rachis light straw-coloured. Lately found south of Nelson. 
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