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from Dr. Blume, satisfies mc that it iis a mere variety of Jil. orientule, with the 

 l)iiina; singularly transversely undulated. 



16. '&[.Finlaysonianum,'V^Q\\.i caudex scarcely any (^a//.), 

 stipes rather short, frond ample 2-4 feet ovato-lanccolate 

 subcoriaceous pinnated, pinnte erecto-patcnt rather distant 

 G- 12-14 inches long 1 inch to Ij wide olilong ox elongato- 

 oblong (the width for tlie greater part of the length through- 

 out the same and the sides parallel) sessile obliquely cuneate 

 at the base entire upper ones much decurrent but (except 

 the two supreme ones) not coadunate, the apex suddenly and 

 sharply acuminated, several of the lowest pairs abortive re- 

 duced to small hard scales, the surface glossy, veins obscure 

 compact parallel, sori close to the costa continuous narrow- 

 linear, involucres also very narrow and indistinct. — Wall. 

 Cat. n. 2172. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 225. Blechnopsis 

 Finlaysoniana, Pr. E])iin. Bot. p. 116. 



Ilab. Penang, Finlat/son, Thomas Lobb ; Singapore, Cuming, n. 370 ; Labuan, 

 Borneo, Motley. — At the time Dr. Greville and myself figured and described this 

 fine species, we had seen only one specimen. Others since received from Mr. 

 Cuming, Mr. Thomas Lobb, and copious specimens from Borneo (Mr. Motley), 

 have fully confirmed the validity of the species. Its nearest affinity is assuredly 

 with Bl. orientale, than which it has much larger and broader, and more oblong 

 and more distant pinna;, suddenly forming an acuminated point, the base in the 

 upper pinna? much more decurrent, but rarely coadunate. 



17. Bl. pecfinattmi, Br.; "fronds elliptical pinnate, pinnoe 

 alternate sessile linear attenuated approximate coriaceous 

 rigid cordate at the base, lowest ones small rotundato-reni- 

 form, rachis glaucous trisulcate above angled beneath." Pr. 

 Reliq. Hcank. p. 5\ [not Hook.). — Blechnopsis pectinata, Pr. 

 Epim. Bot. p. lis. Blechnum lomarioides. Gaud, in Freyc. 

 Voy. Bot. p. 396 (fidePresl), not Met ten. 



Hab. Marianne Islands, Ilcenke, Qaudichaud. — Notwithstanding that Presl 

 retains this as a species, Gaudichaud seems to consider it a mere variety of BL 

 orientale, Svv. 



18. Bl. Javanicum, Bl. ; "fronds pinnate coriaceous gla- 

 brous, pinnae alternate sessile linear acuminate subcordate at 

 the base subdenticulate at the apex, upper ones confluent, 

 rachis paleaceo-hirsute." Bl. En. Fil. Jav. p. 197- Blech- 

 nopsis? Javanica, Pr. Epim. Bot. p. 1 18. 



Hab. Mountains of Java, Blume. — The author compares this with Bl. occiden- 

 tale, which diflfers from it in the subsessile, wider, rather acute pinnse, and gla- 

 brous rachis. He places it however next to Bl. orientale, and seems to consider 

 it as belonging to the same group with that, viz. Blechnopsis, Pr. 



19. Bl. elongatum, Pr. ; " frond oblong pinnate, pinna; scs- 



