of some New Zealand Ferns . 
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between Tauranga and Rotorua, R. Coast ; Jan., 1842. 
Ohs. A truly elegant species, evidently possessing near 
affinity with L. triehomanoides , Willd. ; from which, how- 
ever, it is very distinct. 
§ Blechne^s, Freyc. et Kaulf 
Lomaria , Willd. 
Sort lineares contioui dorsum frondis contractae tegentes. 
Indusia marginalia conniventia. Spreng . 
16. L. latieqlia, ii. sp. plant , few fronded, erect, 
somewhat furfuraceous ; terrestrial. Fronds , pinnate. 
Barren frond: pinnules , 5 — -16, linear-oblong, somewhat 
falcate, sub-acuminate, obtuse, sessile, alternate, remote, 
serrate, margined, somewhat undulate, slightly villous, length 
2 inches, breadth 8 — 9 lines ; lowermost petiolate and sub- 
opposite ; terminal pinnule, acuminate, abrupt, mucronate ; 
colour, dull brown-green : Rachis , 4 inches ; Stipe , 5 inches, 
channelled and scaly ; sooty-coloured. Fertile frond : pin- 
nules, 9—41, linear-lanceolate, caudate, alternate, distant, 
villous, length 8, 4, inches ; lowermost sub-opposite and 
petiolate : Rachis , 3—5 inches ; Stipe , 7—9 inches, striated 
and slightly villous on upper surface. Root, fibrous. 
Hah. Dense humid woods, mountains, near Waikare Lake, 
and in rich vegetable mould, near dry woods, Ruatahuna ; 
Jan., 1842. 
Ohs. In affinity this Fern is very near L. procera , Spreng ., 
from which every-where-common species, however, it differs, 
in its pinnae being much broader, more deeply serrated, fewer 
in number, and not decreasing in size downwards, as well as 
from its much longer stipe, and solitary habit. 
17. L. heterophylla, n. sp. Plant, solitary, coriace- 
ous, sub-furfuraceous, dependent, drooping, terrestrial. 
Barren frond, 9 — 26 inches, pinnatifid, irregularly lobed or 
laciniated, margin thickened and entire : lohes, linear-oblong, 
acuminate, pointletted, decurrent and alternate, 3 — 6 inches ; 
lowermost lobes very small and semi-orbicular ; terminal lobe 
