TAB. XCIX. 





ACROSTICHUM APODUM. 



FILICES.— GYRATiE. 



r. 



Polypodiace^. Kaulf Filices verse. Willd. 9 Spreng. 



Gen. Char. ACROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsula per lotam paginam infe- 



riorem frondis (interdum diversae) vel ad ejus partem sparsse. Involucrum nullum (nisi squa- 

 mulae, vel setae in quibusdam capsulis interstinctae) . Br. 



Acrostichum apodurn; frondibus simplicibus oblongo-lanceolatis teneris sessilibus, basi longe 



attenuatis apice acuminatis, utrinque margineque (praecipue) squamuloso-pilosis, fertilibus 



multo minoribus. 

 Acrostichum apodum. Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 60. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 34. 



Hab. In Insula Montserrat. " Ryan in Herb. Vahl? Insula Sancti Vincentii. Rev. L. Guilding. 



Caudex brevis, crassus, horizontalis, supeme squamis numerosissimis, fulvis, lineari-lanceolatis, serratis obsitus, 





inferne radiculis filiformibus ramosis pilosis obtectus. 



Stipes nullus. 



Frondes plurimae fere ex eodem puncto caudicis, subpedales 



oblong 



membranaceae 



atque furcatim parallelo-nervosae, apice breviter acuminatae, basi longe attenuatae, utrinque sed mar 





gine costaque praecipue squamuloso-pilosae, squamulis subulatis fuscis. Color laete viridis. Frons fertilis 



duplo triplove minor. 

 Capsulce numerosissimae, dorsum frondis totum tegentes ; fuscae, sphaericae, pedicellatae. 



Semina pallida, fusca, pellucido-reticulata, ovali-oblonga, vel subreniformia. 



Fi<y. 1. Squamula e caudice. f. 2. Squamula e fronde. f. 3. Capsulae. f. 4. Semina :— magn. auct. 



This very beautiful and distinct species of Acrostichum seem 

 Kaulfuss from specimens gathered at Montserrat. 



have been described only by 



We are indebted for 



plants to 



most 



well as other 



liberal friend the Rev. L. Guilding, who has so sedulously collected the Ferns as 



plants of St. Vincent. 



One of our specimens has the upper half contracted, and clothed on the underside with capsules 



whilst the lower half is of the usual breadth, and sterile. 



