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BLECHNUM. 
BLECHNUM FINDLAYSONIAN UM. (Wall) Caudex very small, stipes short, frond ample 2-4 feet ovato-lanceolate 
subcoriaceous pinnated, pinnæ erecto-patent rather distant 6-12-14 inches long 1 inch to 1? wide oblong or elongato-oblong sessile obli- 
quely cuneate at the base entire, upper ones much decurrent, but (except the two upper ones) not coadvnate, the apex suddenly and 
sharply acuminated, several of the lowest pairs abortive reduced to small hard scales, the surface glossy, veins obscure compact parallel, 
sori close to the costa continuous narrow-linear, involucres also very narrow and indistinct. Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 53. Wall. Cat. n. 2172, 
Hook. et. Grev, Ic, Fil. t, 225. Blechnopsis Findlaysoniana. Pr. Epim. Bot. p. 116. 
۱ The specimen figured is from Singapore. 
Hab. Singapore, Penang, Labuan, Borneo. 
PLATE No. CCXLIX. 
