Epimeliat ВоІапісае. 



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occupantes, tenues, continui, rostac convexae exacte contigui, lineares, paralel lil Iiidusitim 

 fuscuiu, integrum, patens, angUSlOTK). — Affinior B. Finlaysonianae quam 1$. orienlali, quacuttl 

 posteriore J. Smith commutavit ; differt a priore consistentia frondis tenuiore, basi apiecque 

 pinnarum, soris, fasciculis vasorum in štípíte undeeim nee septemilecim, quemadmodum 

 in 15. Finlaysoniana. — Cummingii n. 166 est varietas anguslifolia, quae quodammodo ad 

 B. stenophyllam accedit. 



9. B. OKIENTAUS* — Blechnum orientale Lin. spec. 1535. Swartz syn. 114 (excl. 

 syn. Cav.). Schk. fil. 101. t. 109 (excl. syn. Cav.). Wiild. spec. V. 414 (excl. syn. Cav.). 

 Desv. in ann. soc. lin. par. VI. 284. Spreng, syst. IV. 93. Blume enum. 197. Bory in 

 Duper, voy. 272. Vriese in nederl. kruidk. archief, I (1846). 11. — Blechnum agrosli- 

 folium Goldmann in nov. act. ac. nat. cur. XIX. suppl. 459. 



Habitat in India orientali (ex Linné), in Nepalia, Silbet et insula Singapore (Wallich 

 cat. n. 57, 1. 2. 4), in Singapore (Hügel), in Ceylon (Macrac), in Sumatra (Junghuhn), 

 in Java (Zollinger herb, jav, n. 1034 specimen minus), in Java et in Moluccis (Blume), in 

 China (Osbeck, Lay et Collie), in Hong - Kong (Hinds), in insulis Societatis (Lay et 

 Collie), in Tahiti (Banks), in insulis Tahiti, Ualan et Buru (Durville et Lesson). 



In speeimine Wallichiano, Hügeliano, Banksiano et caet. pinnae supremae laterales 

 basi adnatae quidem, sed non coadunatae, quemadmodum Blume affirmât, nee pinna ter- 

 minalis petiolata basi acuta et a proximis sessilibus soluta, quemadmodum Schkuhr depin- 

 xit. — Frons tri-quinquepedalis, rigida. Pinnae, exceptis supremis, basi cordatae, infimae 

 (minutae auriculiformes) usque fere ad basim stipitis provenientes. Fasciculi vasorum in 

 stipite quindeeim teretes tenues subaequales. Stipes circiter pollicaris, digitum auricularem 

 fere crassus, rachidisque inferiore parte paleis fuscis linearibus acutissimis densis usque tri- 

 linealibus vestitus, rachidis superiore parte in canaliculo paleis raris angustis adspersa cae- 

 terum glaberrima. 



10. B. PYROPHiLA. — Blechnum pyropbyllum Blume enum. 197. Kunze in bot. Zeit. 

 VI (1848). 144. — Blechnum orientale Goldmann in nov. act. ac. nat. cur. XIX. suppl- 

 459 (excl. syn.). 



Habitat proxime ad cratères montium ignivomorum Javae (Blume, Zollinger pl. jav. 

 n. 3094), ad Manilám in Luzon (Meyen). 



Bi-tripedalis, pinnis usque decempollicaribus quatuor - quinque lineas latis. Valde 

 alfinis B. orientali, differt fronde herbacea. Nondum vidi, nee in herbario Meyeniano observavi. 



11. B. elo.ngata; fronde oblonga pinnata, pinnis sessilibus elongato-linearibus acutis 

 integerrimis basi cordatis, subtus| planis, venis crassiusculis, soris sub apice pinnarum desi- 

 nentibus, indusio reflexo. — Blechnum elongatum Presl tent. pterid. 103. 



Habitat ad Manilám in Luzon (Meyen). 

 Stipes ignotus. Glaberrima. Frons (e fragmentis) quadri-sexpedalis, coriacea. Pinnae 

 pédales, septem lineas circiter latae, acutac vel acutissimae, basi regulariter cordatae, lobis 

 rotundatis. Bachis supra canaliculata, subtus convexa, continens undeeim fasciculos vasorum 

 teretes strato nigro obtectos , novem tenuissimis, duobus anterionbus crassioribus. Costa 



