. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Kirk.—Oa Hymenophyllum villosum. 395 Art, LVII.—On Hymenopliyllum villosum, Coleyiso. By T. Kiek, [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 12th January, 1878.]This small species has long been a source of perplexity to fern collectorsin this colony, by the majority of whom it has been mistaken for Hyineno-phijllum ciliatum, Swartz, a species of wide distribution, but only knownin New Zealand from specimens collected in the Nelson district by H. villosum was originally discovered by Mr. Colenso in 1842,and
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Kirk.—Oa Hymenophyllum villosum. 395 Art, LVII.—On Hymenopliyllum villosum, Coleyiso. By T. Kiek, [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 12th January, 1878.]This small species has long been a source of perplexity to fern collectorsin this colony, by the majority of whom it has been mistaken for Hyineno-phijllum ciliatum, Swartz, a species of wide distribution, but only knownin New Zealand from specimens collected in the Nelson district by H. villosum was originally discovered by Mr. Colenso in 1842,and described by him in the London Journal of Botany for 1844. SirWilliam J, Hooker, in Species Filicum, referred it to H. 2^olyanthos, , a view which has been adopted by Sir Joseph D. Hooker inhis Flora Nov^e-Zelandise and Handbook of the New Zealand must, however, be regarded as a distinct species, having a wide subalpineand alpine range in New Zealand, although I am not aware of its occur-rence elsewhere. I am glad to say that
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