THE FERNS OF NICARAGUA. jg^ 



Reported Species. 

 P. martinicensis Fourn. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 252, from Nicaragua without locality. No other 

 reference to this species was found. 



P. nicaraguensis Fourn. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 252 ; Hems]., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 665; both 

 from Chontales. 



Family X. ACROSTICHEiE. 



Genus ACROSTICHUM Z. 



1. A. tatei Baker. PI. xix, Figs, 7, 8. 



Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 518; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. m, p. 690. 



This fern was rather common in the woods near Camp 

 Menocal, climbing on the trunks of trees by its slender, wiry 

 rootstocks. Only two fertile fronds were found however, as 

 the season was not sufficiently advanced. 



The specimens are typical, but only one sterile frond reaches 

 a length of 6 inches, the others being smaller. A rather 

 small specimen is represented in Fig. 7. The fertile fronds 

 are narrower, and each is about 5 inches long. Reported from 

 Chontales by both Baker and Hemsley. 



2. A. scolopendrifolium Raddi. PI. xix, Figs. 9, 10. 



Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. v, p. 211: Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 407; Hemsl., 

 Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 689. 

 A. nitidum Lieb., Mex. Breg., p. 16. 



Elaphoglossum scolopendrifolium Raddi, —Smith, Hist. Fil., p. 127: Smith, 

 Ferns, Br. and For., p. 106. 



Two sterile fronds of what seems to be this species were 

 collected near Camp Menocal. The species was not uncom- 

 mon on trunks of trees, but no fertile fronds were observed. 

 It is for this reason that some doubt is here expressed, though 

 the sterile fronds are sufficiently characteristic. The fronds 

 are each 13 inches long, and 2]/ A inches wide. One stipe is 

 2 inches long, the other is missing. 



It has not been reported from Nicaragua, Panama and 

 Guatemala being the nearest localities. 

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