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# * # Frondes bipinnatce. 



12. Blechnum Fontanesianum, Gaud. 



Blechnum Fontanesianum, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p, 397, t. 15. 

 Sadleria cyatheoides, Kaulf. Enurn. Fil. p. 162 ; Hook. & Arn. Bot, Beech. Voy, 

 p. 107. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands : frequent. 



Plant arborescent in form, having a very stout trunk, attaining 

 sometimes to the height of 2 feet; the petioles of the old fronds 

 remaining attached to its sides. The soft portion of its interior is 

 sometimes roasted and eaten by the natives "as food. 



For a correct miniature outline of the whole plant, see Narrative of 

 the Expedition, Vol. IY. p. 231. 



13. Blechnum pallidum. 



B. stipite angulato scabrido paleaceo ; frondibus bipinnatis; pinnis 

 sessilibus altemis adsoendentibus lineari-lanceolatis apice acuminato 

 prof wide serratis bad subauriculatis ; pinnulis approximates coriaceis 

 oblongo-linearibtcs hoiter falcatis obtusls nervosis margine revolutis 

 dentatis; rJiachi paleacea ; indusio coriaceo fusco integerrimo. 



Sadleria pallida, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 75 & 107. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. 



Kootstock short, erect. Stipe li to 2 feet in length, about the 

 thickness of the little finger, angular, with a shallow groove in front, 

 paleaceous, rougliish to the touch ; palese of a light straw colour, long- 

 linear, attenuate. Fronds bipinnate, about the same length as the 

 stipe, lance-oblong, with slightly incurved linear-lanceolate ascending 

 pinnce, from 6 to 8 inches in length, pinnate at the base, and terminated 

 by a deep and coarsely serrate point. Pinnules approximate, coriaceous, 



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