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occupantcs, tcnucs, continui, costae convexae exacte contigui, lincarcs, paralclli. Indusium 

 fuscum, integrum, patcns, angustum. — Aflmior B. Finlaysonianae quam B. oricntali, quacum 

 posteriore J. Smilh commutavit ; diflert a priore consistentia frondis tenuiore, basi apiceque 

 pinnarum, soris, fasciculis vasorutn in stipitc undecim nec septemdccim, quemadmodum 

 in B. Finlaysoniana. — Cummingii n. 1GG est varietas angustifolia, quae quodammodo ad 

 B. stenophyllam accedit. 



9. B. ORientalis. — Blechnum orientale Lin. spec. 1535. Swartz syn. 114 (cxcl. 

 syn. Cav.). Schk. fil. 101. t. 409 (cxcl. syn. Cav.). Willd. spee. V. 414 (cxcl. syn. Cav.). 

 Desv. in ann. soc. lin. par. VI. 284. Spreng. syst. IV 7 . 93. Blume cnum. 197. Bory in 

 Duper. voy. 272. Vricse in nedcrl. kruidk. archief, I (1846). 11. — Blcchnum agrosti- 

 folium Goldmann in nov. act. ac. nat. cur. XIX. suppl. 459. 



Ilabitat in India orientali (cx Linne), in Nepalia, Silhet ct insula Singaporc (Wallich 

 cat. n. 57, 1. 2. 4), in Singapore (Hiigel), in Ceylon (Macrae), in Sumatra (Junghuhn), 

 in Java (Zollingcr hcrb. jav, n. 1034 specimen minus), in Java ct in Moluccis (Blume), m 

 China (Osbeck, Lay et Collie) , in Hong - Kong (Hinds), in insulis Socictatis (Lay et 

 Collie), in Tahiti (Banks), in insulis Tahiti, Ualan et Buru (Durvillc et Lesson). 



In spccimine Wallichiano, Hiigeliano, Banksiano et caet. pinnae supremae laterales 

 basi adnatae quidem, scd non coadunatae, quemadmodum Blume afilrmat, nec pinna ter- 

 minalis petiolata basi acuta et a proximis sessilibus soluta , quemadmodum Schkufrr depin- 

 xit. — Frons tri-quinquepcdalis, rigida. Pinnae, exceptis supremis, basi cordatae, infimae 

 (minutae auriculiformes) usque fere ad basim slipitis provenientes. Fasciculi vasorum in 

 stipite quindecim teretes tenues subaequalcs. Stipes circiler pollicaris, digitum auricularem 

 fere crassus, rachidisque inferiore parte paleis fuscis lincaribus acutissimis dcnsis usque tri- 

 lincalibus vestitus, rachidis supcriore parte in canaliculo palcis raris angustis adspersa cae- 

 terum glaberrima. 



10. B. pykophu.a. — Blechnum pyrophyllum Blume enum. 197. Kunze in bot. Zeit. 

 VI (1848). 144. — Blechnum orientale Goldmann in nov. act. ac. nat. cur. XIX. suppl' 

 459 (excl. syn.). 



Habitat proxime ad cratcres montium ignivomorum Javae (Blume, Zollinger pl. jav. 

 n. 309 i), ad Manilam in Luzon (Meyen). 



Bi-tripedalis, pinnis usque deccmpollicaribus quatuor - quinque lineas latis. Valdc 

 affinis B. orientali, difiert fronde herbacea. Nondum vidi, ncc in hcrbario iMcyeniano observavi. 



11. B. elongata; fronde oblonga pinnata, pinnis sessilibus clongato-lincaribus acutis 

 integerrimis basi cordatis, subtus planis, vcnis crassiusculis, soris sub apice pinnarum desi- 

 nentibus, indusio reflexo. — Blechnum elongatum Presl tent. pterid. 103. 



Habitat ad Manilam in Luzon (Meyen). 



Stipcs ignotus. Glaberrima. Frons (e fragmentis) quadri-scxpedalis, coriacea. Pinnae 



pedales, septcm lincas circiter latac, acutac vcl acutissimae, basi regulariter cordatae, lobis 



rotundatis. Bachis supra canaliculata, subtus convexa, continens undecim fasciculos vasorum 



teretes strato nigro obtectos , novem tenuissimis, duobus anterionbus crassiunbus. Costa 



