-.on FILICES. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope : abundant at the base of Table Moun- 



tain. 



In this the fertile pinnae are considerably contracted, with the lines 

 of sori very close to the margin ; so that it might be taken for a species 

 of Lomaria. 



6. Blechnum hastatum, Kaulf. 



Blechnum hastatum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 161 J Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 52. 



Hab. Vicinity of Valparaiso, Chili. 



Stipes (in a dry state) angular, from 8 to 10 inches long, with 

 numerous slender brown scales at the base. Fronds erect, from 12 to 

 20 inches in length, pinnate. Pinnae oblong-lanceolate, cordate and 

 hastate at the base ; the fertile linear-lanceolate and auriculate ; inferior 

 ones short and distant, with a few scattered and weak brown hairs on 

 the under surface. Line of sori distant from the costa, and interrupted 

 in the inferior pinnae. 



7. Blechnum cartilagineum, Sw. 



Blechnum cartilagineum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 114 & 312; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 411 ; 

 R. Br. Prodr. FI. Nov. Holl. p. 152; Presl, Tent. Pterid. p. 103. 



Hab. Lower Hunter's River, and in the vicinity of Port Jackson, 

 New South Wales. 



A very handsome and well-marked species. Fronds rigid, from 12 

 to 18 inches long, elongated-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, pinnate at 

 the base, towards the point deeply pinnatifid. Pinnae alternate, sub- 

 falcate, linear-lanceolate, attenuate, spinulose-serrate, with the base 

 adnate and dilated ; inferior ones remote, while towards the point they 

 become confluent, giving to the winged costa there a zigzag appear- 

 ance. Stipe 10 to 12 inches in length, angular; the lower half 

 squamose and scabrous ; the raised points and scales black. Lines of 



