126 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



specimen, I suspect it has happened from one side of the 

 fructification having dropped off. 



Blechnum, Schreb. 1627. 



Smith, p. 237. " Fructification in longitudinal uninter- 

 rupted lines, close to the nerve. 



" Involacrum originating from the surface, continued, 

 separating towards the nerve." 



1. Blechnum petiolatum, H. 



Fronds : pinnated, pinnae lance linear, blunt petioled. 

 Stipe: erect, smooth; behind convex, infront furrowed. 

 Frond : pinnated ; pinnae nearly opposite ; five pairs with an 

 odd one, lance linear, blunt, most entire, smooth, petioled. 

 Petioles : short, slender, round below, furrowed above. 

 Fructifications : in two lines, nearly parallel one on each 

 side of the nerve, but remote from it. 



2. Blechnum orientals? Gmel. 2, 1300. Eeich. 4, 398. 



Osbeck voyage. 



Agrees with Osbeck's description, except that the pinnae 

 are often much longer than he mentions, being seven or eight 

 inches in length. 



3. Blechnum longifolium, H. 



Frond pinnated ; pinnae alternate, remote, broad linear, 

 most entire, smooth. 



Stipe ; slender, erect, furrowed on both sides. Frond : 

 pinnated, pinnae alternate, remote, sessile, sub-decurrent, 

 broad linear, most entire, smooth, spreading, about a foot in 

 length. Fructifications : close to the nerve on both sides. 



DAVALLIA, Smith p. 245. 



" Fructifications in roundish separate spots near the. 

 margin. Involucra like scales, from the surface distinct separ- 

 ating outwards." 



Jour. Straits Branch 



