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Pinna nf fertile Froml—linciar suliu
BLECHNUM TRIANGULATUM.
L in k . .1. Smith.
P I .A T E X X X V. VOI , . IV .
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Blechnum triangulare. L i n k . S p r e n g e l . K u n z e .
P r e s l . S c h o t t .
B M im im — Fvom Blechnon, th e Greek name for a F e rn .
Tnangtdatum.-—Thxee-m\s\eA.
An evergreen erect-growing stove species.
Native of Mexico.
Received into the Royal Gardens, Kew, from the Royal
Botanic Gardens of Be rlin, in 1841.
Fro n d s glabrous, p innate, lanceolate in form, the pinnæ
mostly alternate, sessile, oblong-acuminate, and in some degree
falcate; inferior pinnæ remote; termina l pinna entire and caudate.
F ro n d s termina l, and adhe ren t to a creeping rhizoma.
Stipes scaly.
Sori continuous. Veins forked.
L en g th from twelve to eighteen inches; colour deep green.
For" a plan t my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, Nurse ryman ,
F o o t’s Cray, K e n t; and for fronds to M, Schott, Director of
th e Im p e ria l Gardens of Schonbriinn; Mr. Josep h Henderson,
of W e n tw o rth ; and to IMr. G. Norman, of H u ll.
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