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Bleohnum — co7itinued. 



2ft. to 4ft. long, 6in. to 16in. liroad, narrowing downwards very 

 pradually ; pinnae dose, linear, 4in. to Bin. lone, ^in. to Jin. broacf, 

 narrowed jrrailually towards the point, finely toothed or un- 

 dulated, connected at the base. Brazil and Peru, 1820. See 



Bleohmun — continued. 



pinnffi numerous, linear, 4in. to 6in. Ions, about iin. broad, 

 narrowed eradually towards the point, marain finely toothed, 

 dilated and connected at the base, sori in a broad line close to 

 the niinrib. Temperate AiLstralLi, 1820. Greenhouse species. 



Fig. 255. Bi.andfordia flammea princeps. 



Fig. 256. (TT. S. F. 3, 157.) There is a very pretty variety met 

 with in ganlens under the name of Cm'covadeiise crispum, whicli 

 is not quite so strong-growing as the type, with wavy, crispy 

 edges. They will all thrive in the ct>ol of a stove fernery. 

 B* caxtilagineum (cartilaginous), cau. oblique, densely scaly 

 at top. sti. strong, erect, 4in. to 6in. long, scaly, muricated in the 

 lower part, /ro/itisovate-oblong, 2tt. to 3ft. long, 6in. tol2in. broad; 



B. hastatum (lialbcrt-shaped).* rhiz. short, stout, scaly, sti. 4in. 

 to 61 n. long, nearly naked. /roiu].-i from 9in. to 18in. long, and 2in. 

 to 4in. broad, lanceolate, with twenty t*» forty pinnre on each side ; 

 the barren ones lin. to l^in. Imi;;, lanceolate, falcate, narrowed 

 gratlually to a point, the lower side slightly truncate, and slightly 

 lobed, the upper cordate, with a large hastate auricle ; fertile 

 pinnre narrower, sori midway between the midrib and margin ; 



