a point, the lower side truncate and slightly auricled, the upper side cordate with
a large hastate auricle, the lower ones broader and shorter ■ t e x tm e conaceoiis
r a c h i s and both surfaces naked or slightly pubescent ; fine, the la te iri ones
often twice forked ; f e r t i l e p i n n æ narrower ; so n midway between the midiib
and edge, in a continuous or interrupted line.—« / . k>p. 3. p . b l -
Hab. Temperate S. Amerioa.-M. r c m l u m , Presl, is a small pubescent
Tm itis sagittifera, Bory, a form with pinnatifid pmnæ. Very near B. australe, but the
sori more interrupted and not so near the midrib.
12. B. a u s t r a l e , Linn. ; c a u d . stout, creeping, scaly ; St. erect, 4-6 in. 1. ; f r .
9 18 in 1 2-3 in. br., lanceolate, narrowed towards both ends \ p i n n oe numerous,
s p r e a d / / the sterile ones I j in. 1., J - f .'j"®“ ’ narrowed to a sharp
point, hastate-cordate or auricled a t the base, especially on the upper side, quite
distinct, the lower ones passing down into mere auricles ; t e x t u r e x \ g iA a n d
coriaceous; m i n s h id d en ; r a c h i s and both surfaces_ naked ; f e r U l e p m n æ
narrower ; s o r i in a continuous or slightly interrupted line not quite contiguous
to the midrib, sometimes reaching the edge.—« / . S p . 3. p . 57.
Hab S Africa, northward to Bourbon, Madagascar, and Natal,—This and the pre-
ceding’may be known from all the others by having a space between the son ana
midrib, which characterizes Presl’s genus Mesothema.
13. B. læ m g a t u m , C a v .; c a u d . stout, ascending, clothed a,t the crown with
large lanceolate pale-brown scales ; s t . erect, 6-9 in. 1., pale, naked or scaly
below ; b a r r e n f r . oblong-deltoid, 9-16 in. 1., 6-9 in. br with a large lanceolate
terminal pinna, and numerous spreadmg oblong-lanceolate lateral ones on each
side, th e largest of whicii are 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. hr., narrowed suddenly to an
acuminate point, the margin slightly serrated quite distmct and cordate a t the
base ; t e x t u r e coriaceous ; r a c h i s and both surfaces naked, or the former slightly
scalv ; 'o e in s inconspicuous and nearly 1 lin. \ f e r t i l e f r . smaller and tiie
pinnæ narrower and more distant, the line of s o r i contiguous to the midrib,
1^-2 lin. hr., with a large brown membranous invol.— S p . 3. p . 56.
Hab. N. S. Wales.
14. B. s e r r u l a t u m , Rich. ; c a u d . elongated, stout, ascending ; rf. 6-12 in.l., strong,
erect, smooth, nearly naked ; f r . oblong-acuminate, 1-2 it. 1., 6-9 in.
12-24 pairs of quite distinct articulated Imear-oblong p m n æ on each side, the
largest of which are 4-5 in. h, | - j in. hr., narrowed gradually towards the point
and downwards to a narrow base, the margin finely incised ; icætMreconaceous ,
r a c h i s rigid, naked ; v e i n s very fine and close, not co n spicuo^ ; f e r t t l e
narrower : s o r i in a continuous line close to the midrm.—- H k . SApn.. .31. p . 64.
B. striatum, B r . H k . Sp. 3. p . 55. t . 159.
Hab. Florida, W. Indies, Guiana, and Brazil; Australia, New Caledonia, Borneo,
Malacca, and Mishmee.
15. B. o r i e n t a l e , Linn. ; c a u d . stout, erect, clothed a t the crown with
dark-hrown scales ; S t. 4-8 in. !., strong, erect, scaly below ; f r . 1-3 it. 1., i"-
b r., ovate, with very numerous nearly contiguous linear B*«»« on each pde,
wliich are 4-8 in .l., 'f - l in . br., narrowed to a long point, the bases quite distinct,
the upper ones decurrent, a few of the lowest mere auricles ; t e x t u r e subcoriaceous
; r a c h i s and both surfaces naked ; v e i n s fine and close ; son in a long
continuous line close to the midrib.—« / . Sp. 3. p. o2. A. F x . t . 77.
Hab. Australia and Polynesian Islands northward to S. Chma and the Himalayas.--
Presl places this with species 4, 6, 6, 14, and 17, in his genus Blechnopsw, characterized
by having a cartilaginous border to tbe pinnæ which unites the tips ot tbe veins.
16. B. f, H k . ; S t. erect, 6 in. 1., naked, dark chesnut-brown ; f r .
ovate-lanceolate, 8-9 I” ^ ¿ - f ¿¿rowed
pinnoe on each side which “ ft -¿ T T e r ’o/es® a d n a t e And dilated at the base,
». 64. t. 161. Blechnidium, Moore.
Hk. Sp. 3. p. 63. Hk. & Gr. Ic. t. 22o.
t h f i n u K e - b f i i “f ®®” ®
near it. , . . a i «
§§ Salpicblæna, X 8'»«. S t e m twining, fro n d hptnnate. bp. 18.
«=■ L--
t. 15. S. scandens, Presl. „ .
Hab. Tropical America from the West Indies and Columbia southward to Brazil and
Peru.
Gen. 36. Sadleria, Kaulf.
Sori in a continuous s ? T è F i a è K r a t '’firet wrApped over the
• “ t S S V * » / - » ' "to -
3-4 feet high, arborescent. T ab. 4. t. do.
U « to 111* Into . . .T
hr. ; -pinnoe 8-12 in. 1., -g-f ^ \ , b lu n tish ; texture coriaceous ,
^ — - ® . » t t A . . .
B. Kaulfussianum, xKtos, B- ro- , . -i r
H to S ..a™ h . . d
small Cyathea with the t a plant thus named by Mettenius, gathered by is a mere f o r m w i t h a paler rachis , but P „ broader, and b l u n t e r pinnules, and
h i : ~ A A i . . / » ,
Gaudiohaud’s figure of B. Souleytianum.
2. S. squarrosa. Gaud. ; st. 6-8 m. I'’ ® !K a ir o o K M h T d e ," Unear-lanceolate,
to into quiie distinct oblong
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