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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Blechirn.ni continued. 



2ft. to 4ft. long, 6in. to 16in. broad, narrowing downwards ?ery 

 gradually ; pinnae close, linear, 4in. to Sin. lone, *in. to fin. broad, 

 narrowed gradually towards the point, finely toothed or un- 

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



Bleohnnm continued. 



pinnee numerous, linear, 4in. to 6in. long, about iin 



" anely 



broad, 



narrowed gradually towards the point, margin finely toothed, 

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

 the midrib. Temperate Australia, 1820. Greenhouse species. 



FIG. 255. BLA.NDFORDIA FLAMMEA PRINCEPS. 



. . . . . , . 



with in gardens under the name 



re is a very pretty variety met 

 of Corcovadense crispum, which 



, 



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

 edges. They will all thrive in the cool of a stove fernery 



(cartilaginous), can. oblique, densely scaly 

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



ges. They will al 

 B. cartilaginoum 



at top. sti. strong, , . . , , e n e 



lower part. /rond*ovate-oblong, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 6in. to 12in. broad 



B. hastatum (halbert-shaped).* rhiz. short, stout, scaly, tti. 4in. 

 to 6in. long, nearly naked, fronds from 9in. to 18in. long, and 2in. 

 to 4in. broad, lanceolate, with twenty to forty pinnae on each side 

 the ban-en ones Iin. to liin. long, lanceolate, falcate, narrowed 

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

 " e upper cordate, with a large hastate auricle ; fertile 



lobed, the 

 pinnae narrower. 



aori midway between the midrib and margin ; 



