PLATE 1653. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM BALANSA, Baker. 
Fiuices, Sub-order Potypopraces, Tribe ScOLOPENDRIES. 
runneis linearibus vel feetolisis acuminatis coat Noadiius 
— oblongo-lanceolatis integris membranaceis glabris basi 
t is vel deltoideis e medio ad a cem, sensim attenuatis, venis 
pean bus erecto-patentibus extrorsum in areolis hexagonis anastomo- 
santibus, venulis inclusis nullis, soris siediatibes valde ‘jneequalibus. 
Has. Paraguay; granitic rocks of the Cerro San Tomar, near 
Paraguari, Balansa, 2885. 
Stipites 1-5 poll. longi. Lamina 6-10-pollicaris, infra medium 
2 poll. lata. 
Nearly allied to the well-known Brazilian Scolopendrium brasiliense, 
unze. 
Fig. 1. Tuft of fronds: /ife size. 2, Portion of frond, with sorus: enlarged. 
