Pinna of barren Frond— under side. 



BLECHNUM SEEEULATUM. 



Richard. Schkuhr. Smith. Moore and Houlston. 

 KuNZE. Presl. {Not of MiCHAux.) Fee. 



PLATE XLIII. TOL. IV. 



Blechnum angustifolium, 

 " calophyllum, 



" striatum, 



" stagninum, 



WlLLDENOW. 



Langsdoeff and Fischeb. 



Link. 



K. Beown. 



E-ADDI. 



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

 Serrulaium — Saw-edged. 



An evergreen stove species, well worthy of cultivation. 



Native of Brazil and Guiana. 



E-eceived into the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, from Mr. 

 D. Cameron. 



The fronds, which are handsome, are glabrous and pinnate; 

 the pinnae lanceolate and petiolate; base obliquely-truncate, 

 having a cartilaginous serrated edge, somewhat membranous, 

 and articulate with the rachis. Slightly scaly on the costa. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent to an elongated creeping 

 rhizoma. 



Veins forked. 



Sori linear. 



