of some New Zealand Ferns. 
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Scales, large, ovate-acuminate, glossy, striated longitudinally, 
revolute and sub-imbricated on Stipe and Rachis. Root , 
fibrous. 
Ilab. In forests near Waikare Lake, with preceding ; Dec., 
1841. 
Nephrodium, Midi. 
Sporangia receptaculoe medio venae intumescenti imposita, 
soros sul>rotundos, seriatos formantia. Indusium reniforme, 
bine sinu aflixum. Endl. 
8. N. pentangularum, i). sp. Plant , few fronded, 
erect, pilose, terrestrial. Frond, five 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's., MSS., ined.; 1837. 
§ AspleniEjE, Frey et Kaulf. 
Asplcnium, L. 
Sporangia venis transversalibus imposita, in soros lineares 
collecta. Indusia membranacea, e vena lateraliter orta, ver¬ 
sus costain libera. Endl. 
9. A. HookeriANUM, n. sp. Plant, small, flaccid, ter¬ 
restrial. Frond, oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate, 4—5 inches. 
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