﻿Berteroancc. N. O. Filices. 



TAB. XCVII. 



Blechnum pubescens. 



Undique pubescens, frondibus pinnatis, pinnis cordato-oblongis 

 subfulcatis inferioribus (sterilibus) cordatis, soris submargina- 



libus angustis, 



Hab. Rocks on the more elevated mountains of Juan Fernan- 

 dez. Bertero. 1830. 



CfEspitosum. Frondes una cum stipitem pubescentem subpalea- 

 ceum vix spithameae, pinnatae, pinnis remotiusculis, cordato- 

 oblonrris, sessilibus, inferioribus (sterilibus) cordatis, omnibus 



teneris, submembranaceis, utrinque pubescentibus, suramis 

 parvis confluentibus. Sort prope mai-ginem siti, a costa re- 

 moti, angusti. . , 



The lamented Bertero, from whom alone I have received 

 specimens of this plant, had marked it doubtfully as a variety ot 

 B. hastatum, Kaulf. or of i?. ciUatum, Presl : but it is very dit- 

 ferent from both, and one of the most distinct species ot a ver^ 

 difficult genus. 



Fig. I. Upper side of a sterile pinna. / 2- Under side of a 

 fertile one : — magnified. 



