Pinna of barren Frond— upper side. 



BLECHNUM LONGIFOLIUM. 



Hooker and Bonpland. J. Smith. Humboldt. Kunze. 



Presl. Fee. 



PLATE XXXVII. VOL. IV. 



Blechnum intermedium, 

 " trifoliatum. 



Link. Liebmann, Kunze. Schott. 



Kaulfuss. 



Blechnum — From Blechnon, the Greek name for a Fern. 

 Longifolium — Long-leaved . 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the Island of Trinidad, and the temperate regions 

 of Mexico. 



Raised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1833. 



Fronds glabrous, pinnate; the pinnae oblong-ovate, obtuse; 

 the terminal pinna elongate^ and much larger. Lower pinnae 

 petiolulate; the upper ones adnate. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Rachis and stipes reddish, slightly scaly near the base. 



Sori linear and continuous. 



Veins forked. 



There are only two pairs of pinnae on each frond, and a 

 terminal one, the latter being four inches in length. 



Length of frond six or eight inches; colour pale green. 



A very distinct species. 



