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1 also procured specimens of a Coprosma, a graceful 
shrub, 3-6 feet in height, with oblong-lanceolate leaves; 
a Senecio; a Solidago, which, from habit and general 
appearance, being only from 1 to 3 feet in height, ap¬ 
peared to be distinct from S. arborescens, Forst.; and a 
fine shrubby leptosperrmm: these plants were all cpiite 
new to me. Here, also, I was so fortunate as to detect 
several new species ,of the beautiful genus Hymeno- 
phyllutn. II. Franklinianum, a lovely climbing species, 
pendulous on living trees, whose trunks it completely 
clothes with the exuberance of its fronds— II. pulclier- 
rimum, an elegant and noble species, also epiphytical 
on trees in the darker recesses of the forest; this is one 
of the largest species yet found in New Zealand, some 
fronds measuring 15 inches in length— II. spathulatum, 
also a fine species, epiphytical on living trees over¬ 
hanging the lake; this fern possesses a peculiar appear¬ 
ance, from having a number of black botryoidal masses 
on the edges of the segments of its frond, evidently 
caused by the punctures of some insect— II. atrovirens, 
a small dirty looking species, found on wet stones in 
low shady humid spots—and II. revolution, a small fili¬ 
form species, epiphytical on reclining trees in damp 
places. A handsome species of Polypodium, apparently 
a variety of P. Grammitidis, 11. Brown, but having its 
lobes deeply incised and sub-pinnatifid; and an elegant 
and new species of Grammitis ( G. ciliata, n. sp., W. C.). 
I also discovered in this locality. Several beautiful 
mosses, too, I gained during my short stay here; among 
which I was much pleased to find in fruit the very 
elegant species whose fronds I had before detected in a 
wood near Poverty Bay. 
The next morning 1 resumed my journey: expe- 
