E or merian oa 
= J. Sm., Bedd. F. Brit, Ind., 825 (Acrostichum Photinopteris 
drynarioides, Hook. Sp. Fil.) 
A native of Penang and Solomon Islands. 
Sect. 4.—ACROSTICHEA. 
Vernation fasciculate erect, or decumbent. Fronds pin- 
nate. Venation reticulated, without free veinlets. 
.. 60.—NzvnocaLuis, Fée. (1844). 
Acrostichum sp., auct. ; Hook. Sp. Fil. 
Vernation fasciculate, decumbent. Fronds pinnate, 
3 to 4 feet high, smooth. Sterile pinnæ elliptical, lanceo- 
late, acuminate, entire, 8 to 10 inches long, 2 inches 
wide, sessile adherent with the rachis, Veins uniform, 
reticulated ; areoles oblong, hexagonoid. Fertile fronds 
contracted, pinne linear, acuminate, plane, wholly sporan- 
giferous on the under side. Sporangia destitute of indusioid ` ` 
scales. SS 
Type. Acrostichum prestantissimum, Bory. 
Illust. Hook. Gard. Ferns, t. 58; Moore Ind. Fil, p. 9 
` fg. land 5; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit. and For, fig. 44. 
Oss.—This genus is founded upon a splendid pinnate- 
fronded Fern, found only in the islands of Guadaloupe and 
Dominica. In the character of its venation it agrees with 
Lomagramma, from which it differs in the pinne not being 
articulate with the rachis. 
Sp. H. prestantissima (Bory.) (v v.) 
61.—AcRosricHUM, Linn. (in part) (1737). 
Chrysodium, Fée. ; Acrostichum, Hook. Sp. Fil. 
| —. Vernation fasciculate erect. Fronds coronate, pinnate, 
smooth, 9 to 8 feet high; pinnæ entire, from 6 to 18 inches — 
Dec = 
