FILICES. 683 
5. Hemionitis pinnatifida, Bak. in Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 8399; Kuhn in 
Bot. Zeit. 1869, p. 144. 
GuaTEMALA (Bernoulli, 32); Costa Rica (Wendland, 438). Sketch only in Herb. Kew. 
Tribe XIII. ACROSTICHE A. 
This tribe is limited to the genera Acrostichum and Platycerium; the latter consists 
of about half a dozen species widely spread in the tropics of the Old World; and one 
apparently unpublished species has been found in Peru and Bolivia. 
40. ACROSTICHUM. 
Acrostichum, Linn. ; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 399, et ed. 2, p. 518, tt. 7 et 8. fig. 60. 
About 170 species, generally dispersed in warm regions, but by far most numerous in 
Tropical America. Quite rare in temperate regions. 
The species in the following enumeration without an intercalated sectional name, all, 
or nearly all, belong to Elaphoglossum. 
1. Acrostichum (Gymnopteris) alienum, Swartz; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. p. 272; 
Hook. et Bak. Syn. p. 419; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 85, sub Gymnopteride. 
Gymopteris aliena, Presl; G. portoricensis, Fée; G. irregularis, Fourn., et G. hastata, Fourn. Mex. 
Pl. Enum. pp. 69 et 70 (species propriz). 
Acrostichum umbrosum, Liebm., A. irregulare, Liebm., et A. hastatum, Liebm. Mexicos Bregner, 
pp: 20-22. 
Chrysodium umbrosum, Mett. ex Hook. . 
Anapausia aliena, Presi, Epimel. Bot. p. 187 ; Thos. Moore, Ind. Fil. 
Souty Mexico, Mirador (Liebmann: portoricensis, ex Fourn.), Chiapas &c. (Ghies- 
breght, 407, 409), Hacienda de Jovo (Liebmann : hastata, ex Fourn.), Chiquihite (Bour- 
geau, 2147: irregularis, ex Fourn.), Chiapas &c. (Ghiesbreght, 370: hastata, ex Fourn.), 
Oaxaca 2000 feet (Galeotti, 6572); Guaremaza (Skinner); Satvapor, Sonsonati (Skinner); 
NicaRaGua, near Granada (Lévy, 301 : irregularis, ex Fourn.), Chontales (Seemann, 224) ; 
Panama. Veraguas (Seemann).—Cupa to Peru and the Vauury of the Amazons. Hb. 
Kew. 
2. Acrostichum (Chrysodium) aureum, Linn.; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. p. 266; 
_ Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 423 ; Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 605; Eaton, Ferns N. Am. 
li. p. 93, t. 58; Liebm. Mexicos Bregner, p. 20. 
Chrysodium vulgare, Fée, Acrost. p. 97; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. i. p. 69. 
Acrostichum obliquum, A. rigens, A. cayennense, A. durvillei, A. sculpturatum, A, daneefolium, 
A. formosum, A.marginatum, A. inequale, A. speciosum, A. fraxinifolium, et A. crassifolium, 
Presl, Epimel. Bot. pp. 179-183. 
Chrysodium hirsutum, C. inequale, C. cayennense, C. durvillei, C. sculpturatum, C. speciosum, 
C. fraxinifolium, et C. daneefolium, Fée, Acrost. pp. 97-101, tt. 59-62. 
Fioripa.—Soutn Mexico, Los Bafios (Heller), Chiquihite (Bouwrgeau), Tecoluta 
(Schiede); GuaTEMALA, without locality (Skinner); Nicaragua, near Granada (Lévy, 15); 
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