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Description of some 
inches; colour dark brown. Fertile frond , pinnate, 
much caudate : pinnules , alternate, sessile, linear, obtuse, 
tomentose on upper surface; 1 — 1J inches long, £ inch 
broad ; terminal pinnule 2£—3 inches long : midrib , 
tomentose, fimbriate; 3—4 inches long: stipe, cylin¬ 
drical, hairy, fibrous, scaly at lower end ; 3—4 inches ; 
colour, as that of barren frond. 
Hab. Humid places in the dense forest between 
Tauranga and Rotorua , on the east coast of the North 
Island. January, 1842. 
2. L. linearis. Fronds , linear-lanceolate : root , creep¬ 
ing, scaly and downy. Sterile frond , pinnatifid, often 
deflexed: lobes, semi-oblong, obtuse, revolute, smooth, 
entire, and veined; g—J inch long; yellowish green, 
sometimes reddish : midrib , smooth ; 4—6 inches long ; 
scaly, scales long and scattered: stipe, smooth, obtusely 
angled, scaly at base ; 3—4 inches long; brownish red. 
Fertile frond, pinnate, very erect: pinnules, lowermost 
opposite, upper alternate, obovate, entire and smooth; 
£— l inch long; brown-black: midrib , smooth; 4 — 8 
inches long: stipe , smooth, obtusely angled, channelled, 
brittle, and very closely covered with large scales at the 
base; 7—10 inches long; colour as that of sterile frond. 
Hab . Margins of woods, near Tc Waiiti , a village in 
the interior of the North Island, two days journey south 
east from Rotorua . January, 1842. 
Obs . A variety was also found, growing plentifully on 
dry heaths, near Wakapunake, two days’ journey from 
Poverty Bay on the east coast, in December, 1841. The 
fronds, however, only measuring from 2 to 4 inches in 
length. 
3. L. deltoides. Fronds , erect, drooping, solitary, 
oblong-triangular, and caudate.. Barren frond, pinnate, 
upper lobes pinnatifid : pinnules, sessile, close, ligulate- 
lanceolate, somewhat falcate, obtuse, broadest at base, 
