8 Glassification 'and Description 
most confluent and decurrent ; slightly striated on upper 
surface. Sari, small, ranged alternately in two rows, one 
row on either side of mid-rib of segment, 5— 7 'on each seg- 
ment, not crowded. Divelucreyorbiml&te, peltate, delicately 
wrinkled. Raehis , channelled, densely covered with hair, 
and large and beautiful scales. Stipe, thickly scaled, 9 — 15 
inches long. Scales, ovate, acuminate, bordered, those at 
base laterally plaited ; 4— 2J inches in length. Root , 
fibrous. 
Hah. In decomposed sandstone soil, dense shaded forests, 
on the mountainous range near Waikare Lake ; Dec., 1841. 
Ohs . This beautiful Fern grows to a large size in its native 
forests, some fronds measuring (including stipe) near four 
feet in length. The outer fronds of the plant spread out- 
wards, depressed in a most graceful manner, while the inner 
young and very flaccid fronds retain an elegant sub-erect po- 
sition. One of the most enchanting woodland scenes I ever 
witnessed was on those mountains where this beautiful Fern, 
with its elegant congeners, Todea superha, (n. sp., vide n. 
33, seq.,) and Lomaria rotundifolia, (n. -sp. vide n. 22, 
seq.,) heightened with their lovely foliage the surpassing 
beauty of the scene. 
7. A. Waikarense, m sp. Plant, few fronded, erect, 
coriaceous, terrestrial. Frond, lanceolate, acute, bipinnate, 
7— -16 inches. Pinnules ; primaries, oblong lanceolate, 
acute, broadest at base, petiolate, alternate ; lowermost sub- 
opposite : secondaries, sub-rhombic-ovate, falcate, euneate 
and slightly aurieled at base, mucronate, unequal, petiolate, 
pitted, bi-serrate; serratures acute and obtuse; glabrous, or 
very slightly villous, above ; slightly villous underneath ; low- 
ermost piimatifid, flat and sub-imbricated on raehis. Sori, 
large, crowded, ranged alternately in two rows, mostly five on 
a segment, sometimes 6—2. Involucre, peltate, orbicular, 
and wrinkled. Stipe, Raehis, and Petioles, channelled, 
villous, and densely scaled to apex. Stipe , 2—4 inches. 
