OF HORTICULTURE. 
p o> rhiz. slender, wide scandent. barren 
long, about lin. broad, simple, the t 
bluntish, the edge entire, the lower half uper ey, ually 
tothe base or short stem. fertile fronds bin. to 12in. long, one to 
! three lines broad, flexuose, on a stem lin. to 6in. long. Hima- 
: _ layas. Greenhouse species. SYN. Chrysodium axillare. 
_ A. barbatum (bearded). Synonymous with A. scolopendrifolium. 
A. bifurcatum (twice-forked), sti, densely tufted, 2in. to 4in. 
long, slender, stramineous, naked. fronds 3in. to 4in. long, about 
sin: broad, pinnate ; lower pinne of fertile fronds two or three cleft, 
with linear divisions ; those of the barren pinnæ b er, and not 
so deep. St. Helena. Greenhouse species. Syn. Polybotrya 
bifurcata. 
A. Blumeanum (Blume's).* rhiz. woody, wide dinde sti. of 
barren fronds 6in. long, scaly. barren fronds 1ft. to 3ft. long, 1ft. 
or more broad, with numerous sessile pinnæ on each side, which are 
4in. to 6in. long, lin. broad; apex acuminate, the edge slightly 
toothed; base rounded. fertile fronds with distant pinnae 4in. 
to 8in.long, tin. to jin. broad, Assam. Greenhouse SYN. 
Chrysodium Blumeanum. 
A. callæfolium (calla-leaved). A form of A. latifolium. 
A. canaliculatum (channelled).* rhiz. woody, wide guo 
th out. i 
tri te; lower 
road ; | acuan lan- 
A. caudatum (tailed). A synonym of A. petiolosum. 
A. cervinum (stag-horned).* rhiz. woody, _—— scaly. sti, 1ft. 
or more long, scaly. barren fronds 2it. to 4ft. long, pinnate; 
pinnæ 4in. to Qin. long, lin. to 2in. broad, entire or nearly so, 
unequal at the base; fertile pinnw distant, linear, lanceolate, 
bipinnate, with short spreading sub-cylindrical pinnules, Brazil, 
1840. Stove species. SYN. Olfersia cervina. 
A. conforme (conformed). rhiz. wide creeping, scaly. sti, lin, to 
12in. long, firm, erect, stramineous, naked or slightly scaly. 
fronds 2in. to Yin. long, żin. to 2in, broad, acute or bluntish, the 
base cuneate or spathulate, the edge entire. barren fronds 
narrower than the fertile one. <A. laurifolium, A. obtusilobum, 
and several others, are identical with the foregoing. Tropical 
America, also in the Old World. Stove species, SYN. Hlapho- 
glossum conforme, 
and rooting 
it, ti Gin. long, lin. to Zin. broad ; 
ertile pinne 2in. to 3in. long, about jin. broad. India, &c., 1828. 
Stove species. SYN. Gymnopteris flagellifera, 
A. foeniculaceum (fennel-leaved).* rhiz. slender, sti. 
distant, slender, 2in. to 8in. long, scaly. barren to Zin, 
broad, usually dichotomously, forked, with divisions, 
fertile fronds iin. broad, two-lobed, Andes of Ecuador, Stove 
species. (For culture, see A. peltatum). SYN. Rhipidopteris 
Jeniculaceum. 
A. Herminieri (Herminier’s).* rhiz. stout, creeping. sió. ue 
short, or none. barren fronds 1}ft. to 3ft. long, lin. to 14in. b 
simple, acuminate, the lower part narrowed very gradually. fer- 
tile fronds 2 Page = to 4in. long, Pwo "o tia — 
Tropical America, 1871. Stove species, SYN. phoglossum 
RMarminieri 
rhiz. slender, wide 
Acrostichum—continued. 
A, longifolium (long-leaved). A form of A, latifolium. 
vm Meyerianum (Meyer's). Synonymous with A, tenuifolium, 
muscosum (mossy).* rhiz. woody, densely scaly. sti. 4in, to 
pl ry. Sna aged ‘with large y brow scales, barren 
M long, lin. to 14in. simple, narrowed at 
; r slightly scaly ; lower quite hidden by 
barren fronds much smaller than the 
house species, SYN, 
indies 
nt little fern requires 
is best grown in a well d 
