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eW a te d , tho whole plant 1» much larger, the fronds thenrselves a foot -note “ l e o ^ ’ P“ " ” '» “S "
and narrower : yot we possess speeimens. from other sonreos, wh.eh seem to nmto the two.
1. Blechnum orientale. L in n .
2. Blechnum occidentale. Lin n .
This is identical with the West Indian oB. and probably the same as the S . ot Caa.
from the Philippine islands.
1 SacUeriaj5a¿¿¿rf«; p i n n u l i s approximatis nervosis, rachi paleacea.
This is a true SmOeriu of Kaulfrris, a genus, hewever, which “ d T Th'eonl’)
the hardened nature of the involucres, the compound fronds, and somewhat ^ b o e •
IZ .ÌO . hitherto described is a native of the Sandwich Islands, which differs from the present in its naked
also among specimens undoubtedly from these islauds. ^
1. Lomaría procera? Des».—Blechnum fro c e rum.— WUld.— Sw.— LabtU. F il. Nov. Ho .
v . 2 . t . 2 i 7 .
We have seen only the fertile state of this plant which agrees wath the figure of LahiUardiere.
1. T m a ü a rig id a ; frondibus linearibus subfalcatis rigidis ecostatis,sonsmargmahbus—
Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p . 193. Borg in Duperrey Voy. ». 1. p . 2 7 i.
1. Pteris nemoralis. Willd. .
1. Cheilanthes diseecta; frondibus 8 -t-p in n a tis , foliolis liueari-oblougis obtusmscuhs
subpinnatifidis superioribus coadunatis subtus pubescentibus, sons solitariis, rachibus stipiteque
glabris. ,
This is a plant of a rather rigid habit, 3 or 4 times pinnated, wdth narrow, elongated, more or less pmnatihd
or lohed p i l e s , whoso undemide is doivny, whho the rest of the plant is glahrons. The raehis and stipes
are quite destitute of scales. It appears to be most nearly allied to tho (Milanttxe arboreseem, (Lonch
1. Adiantum jawèeseens. Willd.—Schkuhr, Fil. t. 116.
2. Adiantum pulverulentum. Lin n .
We cannot distinguish this fi'om tlie species in the New World known by that name.
1. DavalUa p c c iis a to ; fronde ovato-lanceolata coriacea profunde pinnatifida, segmenUs
lanceolatis crenatis obtusis inferioribus semipinnatifidis, involucris reniformibus m a r^ n a lj-
bus. Hook, et Grev.— Sm. Act. Taur. ». 3. p . 414. Hook, et Grev. Ic. F,l. t. 139. Nephrodium
Gaimardianum. Gaud, in Freyc. Very. p . 335. t. 12. f . \ .
2. Davallia solitia ; fronde stipiteque glabris, p in n a infima bipinnata, foliolis oblongis
obtusis inciso-crenatis basi cuneatis, indusiis truncatis. Spr.— Sui. Syn. Fil. p . 132 et 34o.
Sckkuhr, Fil. t. 126.— Trichomanes solidum. “ For.;t. Prodr. n. 475.”
3. DavalUa gibberosa; fronde supradecomposita glabra subtus glaucescente, foliolis pinnatifidis,
laciniis liiiearibus integerrimis, fertilibus apice bifidis tumidis. Spr.— Sw. Syn. Fil. p.
134 et 361. Schkuhr, Fil. t. 128.— Trichomanes gibberosum. “ Forst. Prodr. n. 470.”
Forster says of the ultimate segments ot the frond, “ segmentis margine interiore infra apicem fructiiican-
tibns,” which wcU expresses tho character of this species ; indeed, the sori being not terminal on tho lacimie,
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