of some New Zealand Ferns. 
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Ilab . In shaded damp woods, in Te Waiiti district; Jan., 
1842. 
Obs. A variety of this graceful Fern, possessing a much 
smaller frond, was gathered by the discoverer in the woods 
between the E. Cape and Poverty Bay, in November, 1811. 
Only two or three plants were observed in both those locali¬ 
ties, and, as it has not been noticed growing in any other 
parts, it is concluded to be a scarce species. 
Order —GLEICHENIACEiE. 
§ IIymenophylle^:, Bory . 
Hy m e n op hy l la m , S m. 
Sporangia circa venam ultra frondis marginem in coin- 
mellam subclavatam productam sessilia, indusio frondi con- 
tinuo bivalvi cincta. Endl. 
2(5. II. FranKLINIANUM, n. sp. Plant, climbing, fronds 
numerous, pendulous, regular, pellucid, silky, epiphytical. 
Frond, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, bipinnate, margined, 
3—5 inches long, 1—inches broad ; colour, reddish-green. 
Pinnules; primaries, oblong-falcate, obtuse and bifid, pe- 
tiolate, sub-opposite, margined : secondaries, cuneate, 2, 3, 
and 4-lobed ; lobes, linear, forked and obtuse. Involucre, 
small, sub-globose, shallow, supra-axillary and terminal, 
solitary and in pairs, densely bearded and ciliated ; orange- 
coloured. Rachis, downy. Stipe, cylindrical, filiform, 
tomentose, brittle, 1—2 inches long; brown. Hairs, arti¬ 
culated, coloured, branched into 3, 4, and 5 rays; rays 
acute. Caudex , brittle, creeping, and villous, 
Ilymenophyllum Frankl niae. IF. Colensoin Tasm. Jour. 
Vol. 1. p . 378. 
Ilab. On living trees in shaded forests, on the banks of 
Waikare Lake ; December, 1841. 
Obs. This truly elegant and new species of IlymenophyU 
him, literally clothes the trunks of the trees on which it lives 
in its native woods, with the excessive profusion of its fronds. 
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