BLECHNUM BRASÌLIENSE.
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Blechnum hrasiliense,
“ fluminense,
cor covadense,
” campestre,
“ nitiduni.
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Blechmtm-—^Frora Blechnon, th e Greek name for a F e rn .
Brasiliense—Brazilian.
A H A N D SOM E , lai'ge-growing, evergreen stove Fern .
Na tiv e of Brazil.
Raised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1834.
T h e fronds, which are lanceolate in form, are p innate, the
pinnæ being adnate, d e cu rren t, rig id , rep an d , linear-lanceolate,
u n dulated, and with a spinulose-serrate edge, oblique, and about
eight inches in length.
Stipes scaly, and two or th re e inches in length.
Sori continuous.
Veins forked.
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