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Tlie fronds, wliicli are glabrous, are simple and lanceolate in
shape.
Stipes scaly ne a r the base.
F ro n d s termina l; ad h e ren t to a creeping rhizoma.
N e a rly all the fronds are fertile.
Sori linear and continuous.
L en g th of frond six inches; colour deep green.
Veins forked.
T h is F e rn cannot be confused rvith any other.
F o r a p la n t of this species I am in d eb ted to Mr. Joseph
H en d e rso n , of W en tw o rth ; and for fronds to M. Schott, Director
of the Im p e ria l Gardens of S chonbrunn, and to Mr. G. Norman,
of H u ll.
I t is in th e Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ; Veitch,
of Chelsea; E . G. H en d e rso n , of St. J o h n ’s W o d ; Rollisson, of
T o o tin g ; Booth, o f H am b u rg ; A. H en d e rso n , of Pin e -ap p le
P la c e ; K en n ed y , of Covent G a rd en ; Stansfield, of T odmorden;
and Cooling, of De rb v .
T h e illustration is from a plan t in my own collection.
Portion of biirrcn I'rond.
BLECHNUM HASTATUiM.
K a u l f u s s . J . S m i t h . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n . P r e s l .
F e e . S c h o t t . L i n k .
P L A T E X X X i n . B. VOL . IV .
Blechnum trilohum,
L oma ria hastata,
Tcenitis sagitlifcra,
P e e s l . H o o k e r a n d G b e v i l l e .
K d n z e .
B oea'.
Blechnum—P rom Bleehnon. th e Greek name for a F e rn .
lla e la tum—Halbe rt-shaped.
A x evergreen stove species.
N ative of Chili.
Re ceived into the Royal Gardens, Kew, from the Royal
Botanic Gardens of Be rlin, in th e ye a r 1841.
F ro n d s glabrous, lanceolate iu shape, and p in n a te ; the pinnæ
linear-lanceolate, acute, petiolulate, and falcate, inferior pinnæ
hastate, supe rior sessile, and auriculate at the base.
Veins forked.
Stipes at the base scaly.
F ro n d s termina l, being adhe ren t to a creeping rhizoma.
Sori linear, medial, continuous or in te rru p te d ; margin of the
indusium fringed.
L ength from twelve to eighteen inches; colour pale green.