H Y M E N O P H Y L L U M N I T L N S .
F ILICES.— G y r a t j e . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u lf. F i l i c e s v e n e . Willd.
G e n . C h a r . H Y M E N O P H Y L L U M , Sm. S o ri marginales. Capsula sessiles, receptáculo
communi cylindraceo insertæ, intra Involucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius
liberis. B r .
H y m e n o p h y l l u m n iten s; frondibus tripinnatifidis lanceolatis glabris, laciniis linearibus obtusis
subemargiiiatis integris, involucris terminalibus, valvis oblate orbicularibus. B r .
Hymenophylliun uitens. B row n , P ro d r . F l. A^ov. H o l l .p . 159. S p ren g . S y s l. V eg e t. v .A . p . lZ l .
H a d . In insula Diemen. B row n . In N o v a Zealaudia. D om . Menzies.
Caudex repens, gracilis, flexuosus, inferne radicosus.
Stipes subdigitalis, filiformis, fuscus, nudus, glaber.
Frons late ovato-lanceolata, superne attenuata, tripinnatifida (infeme pinnata, pinnis bipinnatifidis); pinnis vel s
mentis primariis remotiusculis, circumscriptione late ovatis acutis, secundariis approximatis, etiam imbricatis,
ultimis seu laciniis linearibus obtusis, glabris, nitidis, costatis, compacte reticulatis, integerrimis, costatis, costa
infra apices obliterata.
Color totius plantoe, siccitate, fuscus.
In volucra terminalia, solitaria, obovata, basi cuneata immersa, bilabiata; labiis rotundatis, integerrimis.
Receptaculum inclusum, infra apicem capsuliferum.
Capsuloe ut in plerisque hujusce generis.
Semin a trigona, pellucida.
F ig . 1. Po rtio frondis fructífera, f. 2. Involucrum ad apicem laciniæ. f. 3. Receptaculum cum capsulis.
f. 4 . Semina :—magn. auct.
The specimens here figured are communicated by our liberal friend A . Men zies, Esq ., under the
name now given, and were gathered hy him in N ew Zealand.