Gen. IX, Sp. 1.— Gen. XII, Sp. 2. 
Gen. IX. — Hypolepis. 
1. H. tenuifolia. A tall, handsome, spreading, fern, 2-5 feet 
l ; frond sometimes 2 feet broad, tri-quadri-pinnate ; first 
iches spreading ; secondary, and tertiary, oblong and narrow ; 
lules, without stalks, pinnatifid ; sori generally two or three on 
i side of the lobes ; rachis yellow-brown, hairy ; stipes stout, 
n sticky, hairy, and rough. Common. 
2. II. Millefolium. Fronds a span to a foot high, tri-pinnate ; 
lules deeply, finely cut ; stipes, rachis, and costa, all pale, 
ired with weak scattered hairs. Shady places near the top of 
Ruahine range. Lake Rotoiti, Nelson. Otago. 
3. H. distans. A very distinct species. Fronds bi-pinnate 
I, wiry ; the slender pinnae in pairs, at some distance from each 
;r, bright green but turning brown when dry ; pinnules stalked, 
d ; stipes red-brown and, as is the rachis, rough with minute 
kies. Rhizome creeping, hairy. Hokianga. Hutt Valley, 
lukau Heads, &c. 
Gen. X. — Cheilanthes. 
1. C. tenuifolia. The only New Zealand species, is starved and 
looking, generally found growing on rocks, or in very dry 
es. Fronds 3 inches to a foot long, tri-pinnate ; stipes stout, 
vn, channelled, with a few scattered hairs at the base, other- 
• quite smooth ; pinnae yellow-green, tending upwards, small, 
tered ; pinnules often a mass of fructification. 
Gen. XI. — Pell^ea. 
1 .P.falcata. Fronds erect, tufted, 1-3 feet high, narrow, 
)ly pinnate ; pinnae oblong, pointed, rarely having one or two 
s ; sori forming a broad band round the pinnae ; rachis stout, 
jgy with scales and hairs. 
2. P. rotundifolia. Very variable in size and often scarcely to 
istinguished from P. falcata, from which it only differs, in the 
ower frond, and broader, more rounded pinnae ; the band of 
tification is also not so continuous. Common as far south as 
ks’ Peninsula. 
Gen. XII. — Pteris. § Eupteris. 
1. P. aquilina. var : esculenta. The common fern of the coun- 
generally covering open, uncultivated, land. 
2. P. tremula. Frond from 1-5 feet high, generally mem- 
ious, light green, tri-pinnate and fading quickly when gathered ; 
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