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' of some New Zealand Ferns . 
red-brown. Fertile frond, pinnate, very erect, 4 — 8 inches : 
pmnules, oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse, entire, smooth ; 
lowermost, sub-petiolate, opposite, distant and small ; upper, 
sessile, alternate, and crowded, 2—3 lines in length ; colour, 
brown-black : Rachis , smooth : Stipe, smooth, obtusely 
angled, channelled, brittle, very closely covered at base with 
large, light-coloured, half-clasping, obtuse, and membrana- 
ceous scales; 7 — 10 inches. Root, creeping, ramentaceous 
and downy. 
Hah . Plentifully in alluvial soil, on margins of woods near 
Te Waiiti, a village in the interior, two days journey S. E* 
from Rotorua ; January, 1842.. 
Ohs. A smaller variety was also found growing in great 
abundance among grass, on dry heaths near Wakapunake, 
two days’ journey from Poverty Bay, E. Coast ; December, 
1841. The fronds of which, including Stipe, only measured 
from two to four inches in length. 
20. L. deltoides, D. sp. Plant, solitary, erect, terres- 
trial. Fronds, somewhat deltoid or oblong-triangular, sub- 
caudate, pinnate. Barren frond, 8 — 10 inches : pinnules , 
ligulate-oblong, somewhat falcate, obtuse, broadest at base, 
margined, entire, undulate, veined, puckered, sessile, alter- 
nate, and close ; slightly hairy on the veins of under surface, 
15 — 21 lines long, 4—8 lines broad ; lowermost pair oppo- 
site, auricled, and deflexed ; uppermost pi nine confluent ; 
colour, pale green : Rachis , upper surface smooth, under 
thinly haired : Stipe, channelled, smooth, roughish towards 
base ; base densely clothed with long acuminate brown 
scales ; 10—12 inches ; straw-coloured. Fertile frond , 
much caudate, 6- — 8 inches : pinnules, linear, obtuse, smooth, 
entire, slightly decurrent, ciliate at margin, sessile, alternate, 
distant, 1 \ inches long, 3 lines broad ; lowermost opposite ; 
upper surface, dull green ; midrib of pinnse prominent and 
yellow-coloured : Rachis and Stipe, channelled, smooth ; 
lower part of Stipe rough, and thickly set with long hairs 
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