119 



Swartz et Willdenow ad Blechnum orientale, Sprengel ad Blechnum petinatum 

 •"etulerunt, differt ab ambobus pinnis lineari-lanceolatis. — Anne potius ad B. saUcifoliam 

 pertinet ? 



n. B? ADNATA. — Blechnum adnatum Reinw. in Kaulf. herb. Vriese in Nederl. 

 Kruidk. arch. I. 1. 10. — Blechnum orientale Moritzi verz. 112, 



Habitat in insula Java (Reinwardtj ZoUinger n. 1004 ^ n. 1034 specimen niajus ?) 



Frondes tripedales et majores, pinnatae. Pinnae tredecimpollicares, falcaiae, acu- 

 minatae, subrepandulae, utroque baseos latere adnatae, inferiores basi inferiore, superiores 

 basi superiore excisae. Rachis paleis denium caducis lanuginosa. Proxima B. orientali. 



§ II. DIAFNIA. Pinnae cum rachi articulalae et inde deciduae. 



18. B. SEKRULATA. — Blcchnum serrulatum Rich. act. soc. nat. par. I. 114. Michx. 

 fl. amer. II. 264. Swartz syn. 113. Schk. fil. 100. t. 108. Willd. spec. V. 411. Sprcng. syst. 

 IV. 93. Desv. in ann. soc. lin. par. VI. 284. Dict. de scienc. nat. ed. Levrault , t. 88 

 (bona). Klotzsch in Linnaea XX. 350. J. Sm. in Hook. lond. jour. bot, I 198. — Blechnum. 

 calophyllum Langsd. et Fisch. ic, fil. t. 23. Willd. spec, V. 415, Desv. in ann. soc. lin par. 

 VI. 284. — Biechnum angustifolium Willd. spec, V. 414. Presl rel. haenk. I. 50. Spreng. 

 syst. IV. 93, Meyer fl, esseq. 290, Splitgerb. in Hoev. et Vriese tjidschrift, VII, 419. Miquel 

 ann. inst. bat. 1843. p. 6. — Blechnum stagninum Raddi fil. bras. ic. 54. t. 62. Desv. in 

 ann, soc, lin. par. VI. 284. — Blechnum angustatum Schrad, in goett. gel. Anz. 1824, p, 

 872? — Blechnum confertifolium Pohl herb, 



Habitat in Florida juxta amnem Aisa-hatcha (Michaux), in Gujana belgica (Richard), 

 in Essequebo (Rodschied) , in Gujana anglica (Rob, S(honjburi;k pl. guj. n. 445, Bich, 

 Schomburgk n, 625 et 1467), Surinami in cultis frequens et inde pestis agrorum (Split- 

 gerber, Weigelt, Kappler n. 1770, Focke), quoque ad fossas inler Laane van Tourtonne 

 et plantationem Ma Retraite nec non in arenosis prope Mariepaston (Kegel n. 380), in Bra- 

 siliae Chapada do Serra S. IVlarco et ad Capesseiras do Ribeirao Batalha et ad Louis fur- 

 tado Capitaniae Goyaz (Pohl) , in stagnis non procul a flumine Inhumirim prope Rio de 

 Janeiro (Raddi, Martius herb, fl, bras. n. 370), in Serra do Mar (princeps Max. INeuwied), 

 ad Bahiam (Blanchet n. 72 et n. 251), in insula S. Catharinae (Langsdorf), in Guaya- 

 quil (Haenke). 



Species haec per Americam orientalem late dilfusa quoque in occidentali obveniens 

 analoga esse videtur Blechno occidentali, quod quoque in America latissime diff^usum est. 

 — Specimina sterilia ob pinnas breviores latioresque a fertilibus paululum distincta, subinde 

 tenuiter coriacea. Hocce dimorphismo et articulatione pinnarum cum rachi a congeneribus 

 recedit. 



19. B. sTRiATA. — Blechnum striatum Brown prod. 152. Desv. in ann. soc. lin. p;ir. VI. 

 284. Spreng syst. IV. 93 (excl. syn. Labil.). — Blechnum moluccanum Desv. berl. mag. V. 

 325, Spreng, syst, IV. 93, — Blechnum squamulosum Kaulf. herb, et in Sieb, fl. mixta n. 242. 



Hahitat in Nova-HoUandia ad Port Jackson (Brown, Bauer, Sieber , syn. fil. n. 125, 

 Hugel). V. s. 



