it 
The V. ensiformis and V. plantaginea ha 
att teantoleah bide hood alseosly teorteth 
(3.) Blechnum. (Lin. Smith, Swartz, and Willd. Sp. 
1972.) 
oz 
ing inwards. 
nig 
nuows capsules, 
the'rib ow each side. Of the twenty species 
by Willdenow, 
pics, 
The Blthews conde 
linear, longitudinal, continuous, parallel to 
on both sidés of the mitlile rib of the frond. 
with, and close to 
described 
part are natives of the tro- 
ntale is common in every 
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collection, as it thrives better in the stove than many _ Filices 
other foreign genera. It has been for several years kept ““—"" 
te Acree d the botanic garden at Edinburgh. 
The boreale is the only species hitherto known 
to be.a native of Europe, and, what is singular, it is al- 
so found in the Canary islands, but of course only in al~ 
pine situations. The linear narrow fertile pinne, no 
doubt contracted and exhausted by nourishing the fruit, 
caused it formerly to be confounded with Osmunda, un- 
der the ridiculous term Spicant. 
(4) Stegania, (Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. p. 152.) 
G linear, continuous, the capsules at length co- 
verin back of the contracted frond, or of the pinne. 
The involucrum scarious, opening inwards. 
: SE Oa cat eee negecingl my ree 
Prodr. Nov. Holl. without being reminded of the learn- 
pe Poor ud it of the author, These notes, like those 
‘Nistiba, (Gen, PL) generally in a few words convey 
t, a degree of information that could only be obtained by 
1 a patient and diligent enquiry into nature. The. Ste- 
both gania; he ¢ 
nearly the habit of Blech- 
num, to which it is next in affinity; although in 
it approaches to certain Pterides, at least 
des, (Pteris crispa, Willd. Sp. 895.) must be added as 
VII. ONOCLEACEZ. (Puate CCLIV. Fig. 182 
Willdenow having, in the last edition of the Species 
GENERA 
(1.) Onoclea. , 
We per densely covering the under part of the 
Involucrum consisting of the reflex margin of 
the frond; and opening inw: ; 
The definition of this genus 4 Swartz is to be pre- 
sie edged ing at Pa tne SR 
 indusia non dehiscentia” be réally analogous 
with the involucra heretofore supposed to be character- 
istic of Onoclea, as figured in our Plate, and expressed 
in the generic definition. 
1, O, sensibilis. This oe Eee cies is a native’ of 
America, and was introduced into this country in the 
year 1699, by Bobart. It endures the climate of Bri- 
tain in the south. The’ sterild fronds are pinnate, 
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