TAB. CCXXV. 
BLECHNUM FINLAYSONIANUM. 
FILICES.—Gvnarz. Br. PorvropraCEm. Kaulf. Fririczs vere. Willd., Spreng. 
Gzx. Cuag. BLECHNUAM, Linn. ori lineares, continui, gemini, utrinque ad costam.  Za- 
dusia membranacea, plana, versus costam dehiscentia. 
BrEcuwuM F'nlaysonianum ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis lineari-oblongis integerrimis apice breviter 
et tenuiter attenuatis, basi superne oblique cuneatis inferne decurrentibus. 
Blechnum Finlaysonianum. — /Zall. Cat. of Pl. in Mus. of E. I. C. No. 2172. 
Has. In Insula Penang? (* Herb. Finlayson.") IN. JZallich, M. D. 
Caudez stipesque nobis ignoti. 
Frons bi-tripedalis et ultra, pinnata; pinnis alternis, remotis, coriaceis, subpedalibus, rectis, lineari-oblongis, fere 
ligulatis, diametro uncialibus vel sesquiuncialibus, integerrimis, submarginatis, superne paululum dilatatis, 
apicibus brevi- et tenui-attenuatis, basi superne oblique cuneatis, inferne insigniter decurrentibus; nervis | 
. numerosis, parallelis, simplicibus, oblique horizontalibus. 
Sori lineares, a basi fere ad apicem continui, costze approximati. 
Jn'volucrum membranaceum, continuum, margine integerrimum, intus dehiscens. 
Capsule numerosissimse, subglobossze, annulo fere completo cinctz, longe pedicellatae. 
Semina ovali-subglobosa, angulata, sublimbata, obscure reticulata. 
Fig. 1. Portio pinnze fertilis. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. 
We have seen only one specimen of this very fine species of DBlechnum, and that was destitute 
of stipes and caudex; but what remains of the frond is amply sufficient for us to determine that 
it belongs to no described species of the genus. It will, however, rank near to the B. orientale ; 
but there the pinnz are vastly more numerous and crowded, scarcely any of them decurrent at the 
base, and their form is linear-lanceolate, gradually and almost from the base attenuated into a long 
point. 
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