34. BLECirsrii, § eublech-S fir. 183 



38. L. (Plag.) jyaifjiph/Ua, Knnze; caud. stout, erect, woody; «/. stont, 

 erect, naked, 6-9 in. 1. ; fr. ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br. ; pimuB reiy 

 nnmerons, linear, spreading, 4^6 in. L, ^ in. br., cont^rious, narrowed on both 

 sides at the base, the point narrowed very gradaalljr and finely toothed ; texture 

 coriaceous ; teins inconspicnons ; fertile fr. similar, but the pinns distant and 

 narrowly linear ; ratMs strong, erect, naked. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 21. t. 148. 



HaK Java, Malayan Peninsiila, and X. Hindostan, ascending to 10,000 ft. — ^Tfae 

 pinns of boUi tbe barren and feitile fronds are <^ten bnt not always fnrnished with a 

 large gland at tiie base. 

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39. L. (Plag.) eupWdna, Knnze ; caud. stent, woody, elongated ; si. 1 ft. or 

 more 1., naked, erect, triquetrous below ; fr. oyate-lanceolate, 1-2 ft. 1., 6-12 in. 

 br. ; ptntuB 1 in. or more apart at the base, erecto-patent, linear, 4-6 in. L, 

 y^ in. br., narrowed at the base on both sides and narrowed very gradnally and 

 toothed towards the point ; texture snbcoriaceons ; veins prominent ; fertile fr. 

 similar, bnt the pinns more distant and narrowly linear ; rachis erect, naked. — 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 20. 2nd Ceni. t. 89. L. articulata, I'. MueB. Frag. 5. p. X'i. 



Hab. Japan and Tsns Sima ; gaihered lately by Messrs. Oldham and Wilford, by 

 Dallachy at the source of the Mackay Hiver, AostraUa, and X. jSindostan, ascending to 

 6,000 &. — FinnEe mnch less nnmerons and more distant than in L. pycuopihytta, and 

 venation not so fine. 



TbIBE 7. BLECHSEiB. 



Sori Unear or obUmg, dorsal, parallel with the midrib and edge of the segment?, 

 not close to the latter. Invol. the same shape as the swus, superior, opening towards 

 the midrib. Gex. 31-37. 



Ges. 34. Blechsum, L. (See page 482.) 



Sori linear, continnons, or nearly so, parallel with and usually contignons to 

 the midrib. Invol. membranaceous, distinct from the edge of the frond. Fronds 

 uniform or slightly dimorphous, general^ pinnate or pinnatifid, in one spedes 

 simple and in one b^nnate. Veins usualfy free. A not large genus of closely 

 resembling species, diffused vndeh/ throi^Tiout Tropical aad South Temperate 

 regions. Tab. IV. £ 34. 



§ Eublechnum. Stemstraight,frondnot more than simply pinnate. Sp. 1-17. 



* Frond usually simple. Sp. 1. 



1. B. Lanceola, Swartz ; rhizome slender, creeping, stoloniferous ; st. slender, 

 erect, 2-4 in. J. ; fr. lanceolate, undivided, 4-6 in. ]., |-J in. br., narrowed 

 gradually from the centre in both directions, especially upwards ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; «or» in a contiunons line close to the midrib. — ^^, £. trifolitUum, 

 Kaulf. ; fi: famished with 1 or 2 pairs of small oblong obtuse lateral pinnse at 

 the base of the large terminal one. — Hi. i^. 3. p. 4". le. p. 970. 



Hab. Tropical America from Panama southward to Brazil and Fern. — ^The little- 

 known B, plantaginewm, Preal, is said to be like the ^pe, bat with a space between the 

 line of frnclification and midrib. 



** Frond pinnatifid. Sp. 2-6. 



2. B. asplemoides, Swartz ; caud. ultimately elongated, clothed at the crown 

 with small linear scales ; gt. none or short ; fr. linear-lanceolate, narrowed at 

 both ends, 6-8 in. L, i-f in. br. ; pinnae numerous, the central ones spreading, 

 lanceolate-deltoid, J-f in. 1., \ in. br., the point acute or blunt, all connected at 

 the base^ the lower ones dwindling in size very gradually ; texture sabcoriaceo;is , 



