longa, 3'% — 7” lata, oblonga s. ovata, hasi media ceuneatim 
Pprodueta breviter hinc inde subahruptim acuminata ; nervi 
translucentes, sub angulo 50—70® decurrentes, furcati s. tri- 
fureati; fertilium petiolus 8° longus, lamina %4 longa, 314 
lata, oblonga, utrinque attenuata. 
Bolivia (Mandon 12.) 
Habitu ex affinitate Acr. ovati, ramosissimi, a quo vere, 
paleis integerrimis s. subintegerrimis facile distinguendum ; 
inter affines statura humili singulare, 
Acrostichum leprosum Mett. 
Rhizoma scandens, elongatum , squarrose paleaceum, pa- 
leis subfuseis, lanceolatis, suhulatis, tenuiter dentato - eiliatis 
recurvo -patentibus; folia distantia, chartacea, rigida, siccitate 
opaca, supra paleis ovatis, acntis, denticnlatis laxe adspersa, 
infra paleis suhferrugineis, snhadpressis, ovatis, eiliatis 
dense squamosa; petiolus dense squamosus, paleis eiliatis, 
oblongo -lanceolatis, partim nigricantibus, patentibus, partim 
discoloribus vel ferrugineis adpressis; sterilium ad. 7° longus, 
lamina 5° longa, 1“ lata, subovato-elongato-oblonga, hasi 
breviter altenuata, cuspidato-acuminata, margine repanda ; 
nervi in Jamina humectata translucentes, 1 fere distantes, 
furcati vel bis furcati sub angulo 60 — 70° decurrentes, apice 
subincrassato supra sub foveola minnta suhmarginali desinen- 
tes; fertilia folia desunt. 
Peruvia, Tarma (Philippi.) 
Nervis apice intramarginali leviter inerassatis cum Acrost. 
notato congruit, & quo vero lamina infra dense paleacea, la- 
tiore, porro paleis rhizomatis recedit. " 
Acrostichwn Mettenii Kuhn. 
Rhizoma abbreviatum dense foliosum, paleis-rufis, subu- 
lato -setiformibus, mollibus, integris vestitum; folia subeoriacea, 
