“ 
2% longis, fuseis denique ex parte infusoatis, ovatis, acumi- 
matis, eiliatis, denique erispatnlis, persistentibus dense squa- 
mosum; folia coriacea, infra ad costam una cum petiolo pa- 
leis membranaceis, ovatis, obinsis, erosis vel ciliatis laxe ad- 
spersa et in utraque pagina paleis minutis dilacerato - ciliatis 
sparse obsita, supra mox omnino denndata ; sterilium phyllo- 
podium 7° longum, petiolus 1—-6° longus, lamina 5 — 6” 
longa, 5 lata, lineari-lanceolata vel lanceolata, utrinque 
attenuata, acuminala; nervi submanifesti sub angule 70° de- 
currentes; fertilium petiolus ad 8“ longus, lamina 5 longa, 
8“ lata, lauceolata, inter sporangia vix paleacen, manifeste 
attenuato - marginata. 
Acrostichum Sellowianum Bilotzsch mse. in Herb. Be- 
rol. — Olfersia Presl Tent. pter. p. 234. — Acrostichum 
vile Moritz. msc. — 4er. falcatum Fee ınse. in Herb. Be- 
rol. — Elaphoglossum Moore Ind, p. 356. (partim,.quoad no- 
men Acer. Sellowiani, nee patriam.) — 4er. sporadolepis 
Fee mse. in hb. Boissier). 
Columbia (Moritz. 462. Fendler 295 et 295 %. Lansberge 
211.) Brasilia (Sello). 
Speeimina Brasiliensia vefustiora in rhizomate paleis fere 
omnino infuscatis obsita, partim denudata recedunt, 
Acrostichum discoler Kuhn, 
Rhizoma repens, mediocre, subabhreviatun:, paleis rufo - 
ferrugineis, 3-— 4“ longis, lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, paree 
eiliatis dense vestitum; folia coriacea, disticha, dura, snbap- 
proximata, infra paleis ferrugineis, aliis minntis dilaceratis, 
aliis lanceolatis pinnatipartito-laciniatis, adpressis vestita, 
supra glahra; phyliopodia 3-— 4” longa; sterilium petiolus 
4— 5" longus, parte tertia quartave superiore alatas, paleis 
subpatentibus suberispatulis laxe vestitus; lamina 3— 6%.” 
