of some New Zealand Ferns. Ir 
werally found covered with the Cypselce of Composites , small 
moths and dies, and other insects ; insomuch that it is rather 
a difficult matter to procure good specimens for an herbarium. 
In general the lower pinnules on the fertile fronds are found 
in a withered and circimiate state, whilst the upper part of 
the frond has scarcely gained maturity. 
§. Hemionitid eze , Freyc . et Kaulf 
Gymnogramma , Desv. 
Sporangia venis primariis furcatis pinnatisve imposita, in 
soros lineares oblongosve collecta. Indusium nullum. EndL 
3. G. Nov^5 Zelandi^s, n. sp. Plant , small, caespitose, 
erect, glabrous, terrestrial. Frond , ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
or deltoid-ovate, obtuse, membranaceous, bi-pinnate or pin- 
nate-pinnatifid, 6 — 20 lines long. Pinnules ; primaries , 
trapezio-ovate, obtuse or emarginate, petiolate, margined, 
alternate, remote : secondaries , flabelliform, mostly deeply 
three-cleft, alternate petiolate; petioles short: segments , 
bifid : lobes , somewhat cuneate-linear, emarginate or obtuse, 
entire ; veins , simple, forked. Sori , oblong, forked, thick 
and confluent, on furcate veins of lobes, nearly covering the 
whole under surface of segments. Sporangium, obovate, 
reticulated, sub-sessile, membranaceous, whitish ; annulus , 
incomplete, cinnamon-coloured. Sporules, sub-deltoid, tri- 
angular, obtusely angled, dotted, glossy, blackish. Rachis 
and Stipe, semi -terete, brittle, deeply channelled on upper 
surface, shining, red ; Stipe, 1 — 2 inches. Root, fibrous ; 
fibres, densely clothed with long silky hairs. 
Hah. In sheltered grassy spots among scoriae, on dry vol- 
canic hills, between Manukau Bay and Tamaki Creek, about 
ten miles from Auckland ; 1842. 
Obs . This elegant little Fern is the only species of Gymno- 
gramma yet discovered in New Zealand. It grows plentifully 
on those hills, where it is an annual, being invariably withered 
up and destroyed with the heats of summer. 
