of some New Zealand Ferns. 
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1 am not aware of any one of these Ferns now described 
by me ever being seen by any botanist; they certainly are 
not mentioned any works on botany at present in my pos¬ 
session ; and considering the localities whence they were ob¬ 
tained, together with my never having noticed them in the 
many parts of New Zealand in which I have at various times 
travelled, I can but deem them new to science. 
The arrangement I have adopted is that of Sir W. J. 
Hooker and Dr. Lindley, as given in the second edition of A 
Natural System of Botany by the latter gentleman. 
The total number of New Zealand Ferns now known, ex¬ 
clusive of varieties, is about 140 species, of these 1 have very 
nearly 120 species in my herbarium. 
Order —POLYPODIACEiE. 
(T. Nudce.) 
§. Polypodies, Bory. 
Polypodium, Siv . 
Sporangia veuis imposita, in soros subrotundos sparsos 
seriatosve collecta. Indunum nullum. EndL 
1. P. sylvaticum, n. sp. Plant, few fronded, erect, 
villous, terrestrial. Frond, lanceolate, acuminate, acute, bi- 
pinnate, 16—24 inches; colour, dark green. Pinnules; 
primaries , oblong-lanceolate, acute, subacuminate, petiolate, 
alternate, remote: secondaries, trapezio-falcate, setose, cu- 
neate at base, petiolate, alternate, sub-pinnatifid, 7—9 lobed : 
lobes, oblong and somewhat falcate, mucronate, serrate, less 
serratures on lower edge than on upper, decurrent, alternate. 
Sori, rotund, Aspidium-like, thickly set, 2—3 on a lobe. 
Rachis, Stipe, and Petioles, channelled on upper surface, 
and densely scaled. Stipe, 6—8 inches long. Scales, at 
base, very long and bordered. Root, fibrous. 
Hub. In rich alluvial soil, low, shaded, and damp woods, 
near Tolaga Bay, E. Coast; Dec., 1841. 
Ohs . A smaller variety of this Fern was also obtained by 
