Plantfe Japonenses novae vel minus cognitse. 



(Continued from p. 73.) 

 By 



T. Makino, 



Assistant of Botany in the Science College, 

 Imperial University, Tokyo- 



Blechnum Spicant Roth. ( = Lomaria Spirant Desv.) 



The common species in Europe, has hitherto been unknown to 

 Japanese Flora, but it is interesting that it belongs really to one of rare 

 subalpine ferns in Japan, and is not yet met with in the southern part 

 of the country. The following descriptions made from my specimens may 

 serve to distinguish this species from an allied one, Blechnum 

 nipponicum mihi (=Lomaria nipponica Kunze; L. Spicant p. 

 japonica Hook.), a common Japanese fern, frequently called by some 

 authors under the name of Lomaria Spicant. 



Caudex rather stout, ascending, laid with the basal portions of old 

 stipes. Sterile fronds about 8-13 in number, with short stipes l|-6cin 

 in length, which bear linear, acuminate, darkish-brown scales towards the 

 base, pectinato-pinnatipartite deeply near to the costa. lanceolate, 18-25 cm 



