Pinna of barren Frond— under side. 



BLECHNUM CARTILAGINEUM. 



SwARTZ. Metten. Smith. Moore and Houlston. 

 KuNZE. Presl. Fee. 



PLATE XLIT. VOL. IV. 



JBlecJinum — T'rom Bleclmon, the Greek name for a Fern. 

 Cartilagineum — Cartilaginous . 



A HANDSOME large-growing Fern. 



An evergreen stove or warm greenhouse species. 



Native of New South Wales. 



The fronds are pinnate and broadly lanceolate in form; the 

 pinnse sessile, with the base dilated, linear-lanceolate in shape, 

 oblique, and undulate. Margin spinulose serrate, with a mu- 

 cronate apex. Length of pinnse eight inches. 



Stipes densely scaly, the scales dark and narrow; muricated, 

 and about six inches in length. 



Sori linear. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent to a thick creeping rhizoma. 



Length of frond from thirty-five to forty inches; colour 

 light green. 



For a plant of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. Ingram, 

 of Belvoir Castle; and for fronds to Sir W. J. Hooker, of 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Wentworth. 



