Piniia of fertile Fi'ond--under side. 



BLECHNUM OCCIDENTALE. 



LiNN^us. Plumier. Jacquin. Hooker. 



J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. Cavanilles. 



LiEBMANN. Martens and Galleotti. Kunze. Presl. 



Fee. Lamarck. Sprengel. Raddi. 



Schott. Link. 



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BlecJinnm loncMtis, 

 " Jilix-minoi\ 

 " caudatum. 



'' suhurhicum, 



Plumiee. 



Sloan. 



Cavanilles. Kunze. 



Maetens and Galleotti. 



Aeeabida. 



Bleclmum — From Blechion, the Greek name for a Pern. 

 Occidentale — Western. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Mexico, Jalapa, and Tropical America. 



A common species, easily cultivated, and propagating readily 

 from spores. 



Fronds pinnate, lanceolate in form, the pinnae being sub- 

 sessile, falcate, and sub-cordate-lanceolate. Lower pinnse remote, 

 the terminal one entire and caudate, acute, margin dentate. 



The rachis glanduloso-pubescent. 



Stipes near the base scaly. 

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