738 CXLVII. FILICES. [ Lomaria. 
L. euphlebia, Kunze; Hook. Spec. Filie. ii. 20, Syn. Filie. 
183. S nite thick and woody, slightly scaly, aaa to 1 ft. or 
more. Fronds pagato, often above 2 ft. lon Pin w distant, lanceo- 
late, 3 to 8 in. long, 4 to $ in. broad, contracted at the base and some- 
times ta apering to a fin pra the uppermost o e rarely sessile or 
slightly eme. the lowest not much smaller, the rhachis — 
Pinn e fertile fronds narrow linear, 3 to 6 in. long.—JL. ar rticu- 
lata, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 187. 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
8 
2nd Cent. Ferns, t. 89, represents an abnormal J spans per Chinese M 
with the pinnæ from the middle upwards adnate by a broad base, perceive 
the obliquity of the ring of the spore-cases which has induced imd *teridologists 
to place the species in a different genus 
27. BLECHNUM, Linn, 
Rhizome short and ri or slightly elongated and horizontal. Fronds 
deeply pinnatifid or pinn in species not Australian simple or 
bipinnate, the segments dm cubes Sori in a continuous line on each side 
of the midrib, with a mem mbranous indusium opening IS anth the 
a outwards, the two sori often at length confluent concealing the 
The g consists of but few er dispersed over the tropical and sub-tropical 
regions of the, globe. Of the four Australian species two have a wide range, o 
eflyin America but mh in aa, the other only in the Old World, ‘the 
ing two species appear to be endem 
agmina with a n adnate dmt dg ps nied a ones Bie 
vege te 1. B. cartilagineum. 
nts obliquely truncate te atthe ba ase, Barren fronds 
with much broader and shorter Pesta than the 
«. Veins not very close 2. B. levigatum. 
Segments toss and shining with very numerous fine 
serrulate, obliquely truncate at thebase . . 3. B. serrulatum. 
ig wih entire e margins, Fenty uni» at the 
x . + 4. B. orientale. 
l. B, cartilagineum, Swartz, net ec. Filic. iii. 43, Syn. 
Filic. 184.—Rhizome short thiek an T usually covered with 
Mace d black scales. Fronds 1 t 2 ft. dats the stipes usually 
seabrous. Segments numerous, 3 to 6 in. long, almost coriaceous; 
ceci distinct]: veined, dilated and adnate at the base, the ee 
smaller ones co 
