tis adpressis obsita; sterilium petiolus 4*/," longus, lamina 
9° Jonga, lanceolata, marginata; nervi suhdensi sub angulo 
750 decurrentes; fertilium petiolus 7” longus, Jamina 8 longa, 
lanceolata, infra sporangiis onusta, foliis sterilibus conformis. 
Acrostichum sporadolepis Kze. Eat. Fil. Wright. Fendl. 
p. 194. — Her. Latifolium Hook. spec. fil. v. p. 20%. 
partim, 
Venezuela (Funk et Schlim 832. Moritz 123. et 440. 
partim. Fendler 294. 296.). 
Acrostichum Lessoni Meit. 
Rhizoma crassum, paleis membranaceis, rufo -ferrugineis, 
oblonge-lanceolatis, parce ciliatis dense squamosum; folia 
approximata, coriacea, alutacea; phyllopodia 3 — 4” longa, 
folia supra glaberrima, infra vix paleaceo - punctata mox de- 
nudata; sterilimn petiolns 3-— 6“ longus, compressus, lamina 
ad i1” longa, 1'%” lata, spathulato-linearis, obtnsa, basi 
fere ad phyllopodia sensim attenuata; nervi immersi, teneri, 
origine 1'2’“ distantes, repetito-furcati, sub angulo 509 de- 
enrrentes; fertilium petiolus %“ longus; lamina lineari-lau- 
ceolata, 8° longa, ',” lata, utringue sensim attenuata, costa 
verisimiliter crassa proöminente, infra sporangiis dense onusia, 
(Mett, msc. diagn. a me emend, K.) 
Acrostichum Richardi Bory. herb. ex parte. 
Vanicoro (Lessen. D’Urville). 
Sumatra (Herb. Lugd. Bat. n. 163.), 
Acrostichum Tovarense Mett. 
Rbizoma repens, subelongatum, subdense foliosum, paleis 
4--- 6° longis, membranaceis, ferrugineo -fuscis, evato -lan- 
ceolatis, aruminatis dense synamosum; folia coriacen, infra 
paleis minutis, ferrugineis, dilaceratis adspersa, supra deni- 
