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of some New Zealand Ferns. 
the trunk, giving the plant a peculiar bushy -appearance. Its 
foliage, when living, is much softer than that of D. squar- 
rosa , which is very harsh and spiny, and much more deeply 
veined.. The natives call this species, Wekiponga ; a word 
worth noticing, as showing the acuteness of their observation 
of natural productions ; it being evidently derived from Wehi, 
the name given by them to D. squarrosa , and Ponga , their 
name for Cyathea dealbata , $w. } the common arborescent 
Fern of New Zealand. D. fibrosa, being, according to their 
idea, intermediate' between those two species : or, possessing 
characters common to both. Which, undoubtedly, it has in 
general appearance, uniting the softness of the foliage of the 
one, with the rough caudex and deciduous fronds of the 
other. It has been named from the very dense fibrousness of 
its corfcice, combined with the admirable uses to which that 
substance is so efficiently applied by the New Zealanders. 
24. D. lanata, n. sp. Plant , sub-erect, somewhat 
drooping, coriaceous, terrestrial. Frond , ovate, bi-tripinnate, 
densely woolly on veins, ribs, and rachis, 12—30 inches ; 
colour, yellowish green. Pinnules ; primaries, ovate-lance- 
olate, acuminate, sub- acute, petiolate, alternate, crowded ; 
uppermost, pinnatifid ; lowermost, bipinnate : secondaries , 
lanceolate, somewhat falcate, sub-acute, broadest at base, 
petiolate, alternate ; uppermost, confluent : segments , ovate- 
oblong, sub-acute, serrate, sessile, decurrent ; crenate, when 
fruited ; lowermost, sub-petiolate. Sori, sub-marginal, bi- 
fariously disposed on segments of frond, numerous ; base of 
frond most thickly fruited, seldom any on apex. Involucre , 
sub-globose, inflated, converging, somewhat retuse. Stipe , 
deeply channelled and furrowed on upper surface, succulent, 
very woolly, thickly matted with shaggy hair at base ; 9—16 
inches long. Hairs , regularly articulated, deciduous ; yellow- 
brown. Root s fibrous. 
Hah, Declivities, cleared woods, on the high shores of the 
E. side of Waikare Lake ; December, 1841* 
