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ACROSTlCHUftl. Linné. 



Acrostichum aiireuni. f>.. Spec, II, 1069; Chryso- 

 dium aureum, Mett., Fil. Lips., 21 ; Christ, Farnkr. cl. Erde, 47. 



Var. atténuai uni: Fertile pinnae contractée!, narrow- 

 linear. Both barren and fertile segments resembling those of 

 Leptochilus Raapii, v. A. v. R. (tins Bulletin, 1908, XVIII, 27, 

 tab. VIII) but longer, and narrowed gradually towards both 

 ends.— Karimon Djawa Islands (Koorclers). 



oa>im»4,l o**m M Linné. 



i >!>hioii lossmii inconsp iciiiim. v. I. r. H.; 0. mo- 



luccanum, SchL, forma inconspicua, Rac, in Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., 

 LIX, 237, tab. II, fig. 5. 



Rhizome + cylindrical. Froncis 1—2, sometimes more, 

 7 — 10 cm. high, the barren segment sessile, elongate-lanceolate, 

 + l 1 ^ - 3 cm. long, 2 — S 1 / 2 m. m. broad, acute at both ends, 

 placed mostly below the micldle. Texture ± fleshy, often thin 

 when dry; areolae longitudinally elongated. Fertile spike + 1—2 

 cm. long, the peduncle + l 1 ^ — 2 X as l° n g as the barren 

 segment.— Java, New Guinea (Versteegh No. 1464). 



Var. lliajlis: Like the type but ail the dimensions ± 2X 

 as large, and the fronds more numerous, even to 12 — 15, tufted.— 

 New Guinea (Versteegh No. 1942). 



