Gen. V. Sp. 3. — Gen. V. Sp. 11. 
3. II. minimum. A veiy small plant, closely allied to the fo 
going, but smaller, and having little spines on the back of its 
volucre, as well as round its margin. Growing on roots of trees, • 
Scarce. 
4. II. multjfidum. Fronds 2-8 inches long, bi-tri-pinnati: | 
the rachis having a margin of the texture of the frond ; pinnu 
narrow, long, deeply-toothed ; involucra at the base of the pin 
and pinnules ; conspicuous, being frequently stalked, and very ■ 
viously two-lipped. Abundant throughout the islands. 
5. H. bivalve. Closely resembling H. nwltijidum, but to 
distinguished by its involucra ; which grow at the top instead of 1 
base, of the pinnae, and are partly sunk in the frond. Scarce. I 
§ B. * a. 
6. H. rarum. A beautiful, little, bright-green fern, 1-8 inch 
long ; found clothing the stems of tree-ferns, and to be readily c i 
tinguished by its hair-like stipes, very transparent fronds, and brc 
short involucra, terminating the pinnules. Common, in forests 
the stems of tree-ferns. 
7. H. pulcherrimum. An extremely handsome fern, 13- 
inches high, attaining its greatest length when pendulous fromtre 
conspicuous for its stout rachis and stipes, the latter with a f 
margin to the base ; short rhizome, clothed with dark brown brist 
and woolly root fibres. Frond bi-tri-pinnatifid ; involucra sir; 
for the size of the plant. Ranges of Mount Egmont. Mountains 
the East Coast. Comparatively abundant in the Middle Island. 
8. H. dilatatum. A very beautiful fern of a remarka 
brilliant green ; it may be distinguished from the last by its lo 
quite smooth, rhizome ; less winged stipes ; broader segments, a , 
larger involucra ; 6-18 inches high. Abundant in damp fores 
9. II. crispatum. May be known by the crisped, or frr 
margin to the stipes and rachis ; the segments also more or less p 
taking of this characteristic ; fronds 2-8 inches high, bright gree 
rhizome smooth, creeping. Bay of Islands. East Coast. Near i 
coal mines, Drury. 
10. H. polyanthos. Var B sanguinolentum. Fronds qu 
smooth, 2-8 inches high, of a reddish-brown colour, bi-tri-pinns 
fid ; stipes only winged at the top ; involucra generally numero 
The whole plant has a peculiar odour, especially when dry. Abi 
dant. 
§ B. * b. 
11. H. demissum. A very pretty, abundant fern ; frc ; 
4-9 inches high, pinnate below, pinnatifid above ; pinnae bi- 
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