New Zealand Ferns. 
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margined, repand, veined and puckered, and slightly 
liairy on the veins of under surface ; lowermost opposite 
and auricled ; 1 £—1J inches long, §—g inch broad ; light 
green: midrib , upper surface smooth and light brown, 
under thinly haired and yellowish white; 8—10 inches 
long: stipe , smooth, channelled; light yellow; 10—12 
inches long; rough towards base, base clothed with long 
brown scales. Fertile frond , pinnate, very caudate : 
pinnules, sessile, distant, alternate, linear-lanceolate, ob¬ 
tuse, smooth, entire, slightly decurrent, ciliate at margin ; 
lowermost ones opposite ; 1 1 inches long, £ inch broad ; 
upper surface, dull green ; middle vein of pinnules promi¬ 
nent and yellow-coloured : midrib, smooth, channelled, 
yellow; G—8 inches long: stipe, smooth, channelled, 
lower part rough and thickly set with long hairs and 
scales; straw-coloured; 11—14 inches long. 
Hob. In woods in Te Waiiti District, nearly same 
locality as preceding. January, 1842. 
4. L. rotundifolia. Fronds , lanceolate. Barren 
frond , spreading, deflexed, pinnate, uppermost lobes 
pinnatifid: pinnules, sub-rotund, sessile, membrana¬ 
ceous, slightly crenulate; uppermost ones ovate, lower 
ones opposite ; £—J inch long ; colour light green : mid¬ 
rib, 6—20 inches long; densely covered with long scales : 
stipe, cylindrical; 1—4 inches long; brown. Fertile, 
frond , very erect, pinnate : pinnules, alternate, sub-sessile, 
linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, distant; lower ones 
petiolate; £—1 inch long, J —\ inch broad; brownish 
red: midrib , 4—14 inches long: stipe (and midrib), 
channelled and thickly covered with scales; 2—9 inches 
long; light brown. 
Hab . Dense woods near Waikare Lake, in the moun¬ 
tainous district in the interior of the North Island ; five 
days’journey from Poverty Bav, on the east coast. 
December, 1841. 
