Classification and Description 
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most confluent and decurrent ; slightly striated on upper 
surface. Sori, small, ranged alternately in two rows, one 
row on either side of mid-rib of segment, 5—7 on each seg¬ 
ment, not crowded. Involucre , orbiculate, peltate, delicately 
wrinkled. Rachis, 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 ; 1—2£ inches in length. Moot, 
fibrous* 
llab. 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 elegaut sub-erect po¬ 
sition. One of the most enchanting woodland scenes I ever 
witnessed was on those mountains where this beautiful Fern, 
with its elegaut congeners, Todea superba, (n. sp., vide n. 
83, seq.,) and lomaria votundifblia, (u. sp. vide n. 22, 
seq.,) heightened with their lovely foliage the surpassing 
beauty of the scene. 
7. A. Waikarense, n. sp. Plant , few fronded, erect, 
coriaceous, terrestrial. Frond, lanceolate, acute, bipinnate, 
^ 16 inches. Pinnules; primaries, oblong lanceolate, 
acute, broadest at base, petiolate, alternate ; lowermost sub- 
opposite: secondaries, sub-rhombic-ovate, falcate, cuneate 
and slightly auricled at base, mucronate, unequal, petiolate, 
pitted, bi-serrate; serratures acute and obtuse ; glabrous, or 
very slightly villous, above ; slightly villous underneath; low¬ 
ermost pinnatifid, flat and sub-imbricated on rachis* Sori, 
large, ciowded, ranged alternately in two rows, mostly five on 
a segment, sometimes 6—2. Involucre , peltate, orbicular, 
and wrinkled. Stipe, Rachis , and Petioles, channelled, 
villous, and densely scaled to apex. Stipe, 2—4 inches. 
