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Classification and Description 
Pinnules ; primaries , rhombic-ovate, obtuse, petioiate ; pe- 
tioles long; alternate, very remote ; uppermost pinnatifid : 
secondaries , fan-shaped or obovate, cuneate at base deeply 
crenate or slightly lobed, petioiate, alternate, distant ; lobes , 
2, 3, 4, in a segment, emarginate obtuse or slightly acute ; 
glaucescent Sort, oval, very thick ; lowermost 2—3, up- 
permost 1 , on each segment. Involucre , membranaceous. 
Rachis , Stipe, and Petioles , dry and somewhat chaffy. 
Stipe , 1J— 2J inches long, fimbriated at base; whitish, 
fibrous. 
Hah, Under volcanic conglomerate rocks, valley of 
Hinuera, between Tauranga (Bay of Plenty) and the River 
Waikato ; January, 1842. 
Ohs, I have done myself the very great pleasure of naming 
this graceful Fern in commemoration of J. D. Hooker, Esq., 
M. D., &c,, &c., who, as assistant-surgeon and botanist, 
visited this island in H, M. S. Erebus , in the winter of 1841 : 
and with whom I had the unalloyed gratification of botanizing 
in the woods of New Zealand. 
10. A. CoLEMSii, n. sp. Plant , small, sub-erect, caespi- 
tose, terrestrial. Frond, lanceolate or (when old) oblong- 
lanceolate, bi- or sub-tripinnate, floccosely-villous, especially 
underneath, 3—5 inches. Pinnules; primaries, oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, petioiate, alternate or sub-opposite, some- 
what remote ; lowermost bipinnate ; secondaries , pinnatifid, 
acute, bifid, entire, alternate, rather distant ; lowermost pin- 
nate, 14 — 4 on a petiole ; uppermost confluent, decurrent ; 
sub-divisions, oblong-ovate, bi-tri- and quadrifid, 5— 9 lobed ; 
lobes, ovate or linear-lanceolate ; light green. Sori, oblong- 
lanceolate, lowermost 3-— 4, uppermost 1 — 2, on a sub-divi- 
sion. Involucre, membranaceous. Rachis,. Stipe, and 
Petioles, very villous. Stipe, 1—2 inches long ; whitish. 
Root, fibrous. 
Hah, In clefts and on shaded rocks, dry places, on the 
borders of Waikare Lake ; Dec., 1841. 
