590 Underwood : The genus Alcicornium 



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Willemet but cited Plukenet's figure ; he apparently mixed two spe- 

 cies In his account in his expressions *' laciniis * * * versus apices 

 friictiferis'' and '' foliis primordialibiis reniforniibus lobatis vcnosis. 



In 1804 Schkuhr (Crypt. Gewachs. I. //. 2) reproduced 

 Plukenet's figure in color, adding Willemet's citation with a ?, 

 using the name AcrosticJmm alcicorne without adding to the knowl- 

 edge of the subject. 



In 1806 Pah'sot de Beauvois (Fl. d'Oware et de Benin. 2. //. 

 2) described and figured Acrostichtim Steniaria in color, collected 

 by Conimerson in Madagascar. 



In 1806 Swartz (Syn. Fil. 12 and 196) jumbled most that had 

 been previously published under the name AcrosticJmm alcicorne^ 

 citing Plukenet, Cavanilles, and Schkuhr. Among his '* Inqui- 

 rendac'' (page 17) he placed the citation of Acrostichum alcicorne 

 Willemet, 



In 1 8 10 Willdenow, with a modified description of his own, 

 continued the same jumble of references (Sp. PL 5 : 1 1 1 



In 1827 Desvaux (Mem. Linn. Soc. 6: 213) established the 

 genus Platycerium with the following species : 



P. ALCicORXE = Acrostichum alcicorne Sw. in part, 

 P. Stemmaria = Acrostichum Stemaria Beauv. {A, bifurcatum 

 Cav.?). 



P, ANGUSTATUM = A. alcicomc R. Br. Prod. FL Nov. HolL 

 145, not Sw. 



P. coKONARiUM = Osmuuda coronaria Miill. {Acrostichum 

 biforme Sw.). 



Prcsl 1836 (Tent. Pterid. 239-240) took up Platycerium \\\\h 

 three species : 



P. alcicorne Gaud. (P. angustatum Desv.). 



P. biforme (P. coronarium Desv., Acrostichum biforme Sw.). 



P, Stemaria {Acrostichum Stemaria Beauv.). 



In 1841 John Smith added a fourth species (Jour. Bot. 3 : 



402) from the Philippines as Platycerium grande (*' Acrostichum 



gramie A. Cunn."), which remained a ?iomen nudum until it was 



described in 1845 as Nevroplatyceros grandis Fee, Mem. Foug. 2 : 



103, and in 1852 * as Platycerium grande Presl, Epim. Bot. 154. 



* [According to J. Muller (Muell.-Arg.) in De Candolle's Prodromus (15^ : 258. 

 1862), PresKs Epimeliae Boianicae, although bearing the title-page date 1849, was 

 not published until 1852 ; and as negative evidence, ia favor of Muller*s assertion, may 



