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LOMARIE.E, 

 BLECHNUM. (See " Ferns of Southern India," p. 10.) 



BlECHNUM NITIDUM (Pr.) Caudex 1 fronds ample 1J-3 feet oblong-ovate in circumscription truncate at the 



base firm-coriaceous pinnatifid almost to the rachis, segments very numerous approximate linear-lanceolate acuminate more or less falcate 

 sharply serrated, lower ones almost equal in length to those above them and free (so that the fronds are pinnated below,) veins very close 

 simple patent, sori close to the costa continuous from the base to near the apex, stipes elongated nearly free from scales, rachis 2-f unwed 

 beneath. — Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 44, 



The figure is taken from Sir W. Hooker's " Species Filicum." 



Hab, Mishmee, Assam, Luson ; Isle of Sorzogon, South Brazil, Guam, Marianne Islands. 



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