﻿49. BLECHNUM. § 1. EUBLECHNUM. 387 



and both surfaces naked; veins fine. Sori in broad lines close to the 

 midribs. 



Philippines; J^ishmee, Australia, 



* (4) H. Finlaysoniaiium, Wall., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 187; Hk. 

 k Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. CCXXV; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CCIL. 



Rhizome short. Stipes erect, brown, polished, 30 c.M. long or longer. 

 Fronds 90 — 120 c.M. long or longer, with a large terminal pinna and nu- 

 merous erecto-patent lateral ones on each side. Lai'gest pinnae 20 — 30 c.M. long, 

 2^2 c.M. broad or broader, narrowed at both ends, the apex acuminate, the 

 base ± obliquely cuneate, the margin entire; upper pinnae decurrent at the 

 base, lower reduced to mere auricles. Texture coriaceous; both surfaces 

 naked. Sori in a continuous line on each side close to the midrib. 



Malacca, Borneo, New Guinea. 



(5) B. Itlumei) Moore, Ind., 193; Lomaria auriculata, Bl. {not Desv.), 

 Enum., 202. 



Stipes subpaleaceous. Fronds pinnate. Pinnae sessile, approximate, naked. 

 Sterile pinnae linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; upper base truncate, auriculate, 

 lower subcordate; fertile pinnae linear, truncate, auriculate. 



Java. 



» (6) B. orientale, i., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 163; Hk., Fil. Exot., 

 tab. LXXVII; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. XXIX; — var. undulatum, Hk., Spec. 

 Fil., HI, 52. 



Caudex stout, erect, densely clothed with linear, acuminate, glossy, brown 

 scales. Stipes 10 — 40 c.M. long, erect, scaly at te base. Fronds 25 — 200 

 c.M. long, 10 — 40 c.M. broad, linear-lanceolate or ovate, with very numerous, 

 nearly contiguous pinnae on each side. Pinnae sessile, the apex acuminate, 

 the upper ones decurrent at the base, the lower ones with the base truncate, 

 rounded or cordate, 5 — 20 c.M. long, %—^ c.M. broad, the lowest ones 

 reduced to mere auricles or glands. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both 

 surfaces naked; veins fine and close. Sori in a long continuous lines close 

 to the costae. 



Var. undulatum: Pinnae transversally undulate, the apex finely 

 acuminate. 



Trap, Asia, Australia ^ Polynesia, 



