of some New Zealand Ferns . 
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Scales . large, ovate-acuminate, glossy, striated longitudinally, 
revolute and sub-imbricated on Stipe amd Rachis. Moot, 
fibrous. 
Hah. In forests near Waikare Lake, with preceding ; Deg., 
1841. 
Nepkr odium, Mich. 
Sporangia receptaculoe medio venae intumescenti imposita, 
soros subrotundas, seriates formantia. Indusium reniforme. 
Line sinu affixum. Endl. 
8. N. pentangularum, n. sp. plant-, few fronded, 
erect, pilose, terrestrial. Frond, live-angled, acuminate, 
sub-acute, bipinnate, 7- — 10 inches ; nearly as broad across 
at lateral angles as long. Pinnules; primaries , oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, acute, broadest at base, petiolate, al- 
ternate, unequal, decurrent near the top ; uppermost con- 
fluent; upper half of uppermost pinnae largest, lower half of 
lowermost pair largest ; secondaries , oblong-lanceolate, bifid 
and acute, petiolate, alternate, decurrent, pinnatifid and 
deeply lobed ; lower secondaries of lowest pair of pinnules 
sub-pinnate and very long : lobes, opposite, serrate, bi-trifid, 
obtuse and acute. Sori, thick, sub-marginal, bifariously dis- 
posed on lobes, one being at each sinus. Stipe, 8 — 13 
inches, channelled and villous, thinly squamose towards base. 
Root, creeping and fibrous, scaly. 
Hah . Low wet grounds, margins of shaded woods, East 
Coast; 1841. And, in similar situations, near the Bay of 
Islands, where it was originally discovered in 1837. 
N. pentangularum ; W . C r s., MSS', ined. ; 1837. 
§ Asplenie'je, Frey et Kaulf. 
Asplenium, L. 
Sporangia venis transversalibus imposita, in soros lineares 
collecta. Indusia membranacea, e vena lateraliter orta, ver- 
sus costam libera. Endl. 
9. A. Hookerianum, n. sp. Plant, small, flaccid, ter- 
restrial, Frond , oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate, 4—5 inches. 
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