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Colenso's Species.

In addition to those species of Colenso's already mentioned, Stephani reduced 3 more as follows:—

F. minutissima Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 1886, p. 298

F. delicatula Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 1886, p. 297}

= F. falciloba juvenile form

F. minutissima Col. (another specimen) = F. rostrata

Others not mentioned by Stephani are:

F. scabriseta Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 1886, p. 298

F. amplexicaulis Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 18, 1886, p. 299

F. tongariroense Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 21, 1888, p. 73

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F. intermixta Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 21, 1888, p. 74

F. platyphylla Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 21, 1888, p. 74

F. curvirostris Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 21, 1888, p. 76

F. polyclada Col., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 21, 1888, p. 76

Without the types it is difficult to say with certainty what these species really are.