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(b) Lower pinnz not reduced to mere 
auricles, 
(t) Greater portion of the frond pin- 
nate. 
2. B. occidentale. 
(#2) Frond pinnate only at the very 
base. . 
3. B. cartilagineum. . 
1. Blechnum orientale L. 
Caudex stout, erect, scaly. Stipes 4-8 inches 
long, scaly below; fronds 1-3 feet long, 6-12 
inches broad, lance-shaped, ovate in outline, 
pinnate ; the pinne 4-8 inches long, 3-3} 
inch broad, alternate, adherent, entire, linear, 
sessile, tapering from a broad unequal base to 
a fine point ; the upper pinnz decurrent ; some 
of the lowest reduced to mere “auricles. Sur- 
faces naked. Texture leathery. Veins fine 
and close, nearly parallel. [Fig. 36.] 
We have grown this fern ina fernery and 
found that it thrives well when the pot i is 
saturated with water. 
Distribution: Bombay Sega cited 
Kanara, very common—Tinai Ghat, Devi- 
munni Ghat, 1,300 feet, Katgal, Castle Rock ; 
Mahableshwar ; Konkan, Amboli Hills (foot of 
