Pinna of barren Frond—under side. 



BLECHNUM BRASILIENSE. 



Desyaux. J. Smith. Kj^ulfuss. Presl. Fee. 

 ScHOTT. Link. 



PLATE XXXVIII. VOL. IV. 



Blechnum Brasiliensis, 

 " Jluminense, 

 " corcovadense, 



i* campestre, 



" nitidum. 



mooee and houlston. 



Aeeabida. 



Eaddi. 



Of Gtakdens. 



Pkesl. 



Blechnum — From BlecJinon, tlie Greek name for a Fern. 

 Brasiliense — Brazilian. 



A HANDSOME, large-giowing, evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Brazil. 



Raised from spores in the E-oyal Gardens, Kew, in 1834. 



The fronds, which are lanceolate in form, are pinnate, the 

 pinnae being adnate, decurrent, rigid, repand, linear-lanceolate, 

 undulated, and with a spinulose-serrate edge, oblique, and about 

 eight inches in length. 



Stipes scaly, and two or three inches in length. 



Sori continuous. 



Veins forked. 



