Acrostichum.] FILICES. 549 
2, A. conforme, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 10, tab. 1. — Rhizome woody, of the 
size of a crow’s quill, wide creeping, its few scales lanceolate, about 2“ 
long, , darker along the middle, subentire or fringed with a few 
bes sents nd globose glands. Stip. 2—4” distant, rigid, 3—6 
stramineous, with blackish base, paleaceous below with scattering deci- 
duous scales. Barren fronds coriaceous, pale, naked, oblong or narrow-lan- 
ceolate, 4—8‘ X 1/2—3/4‘, acute or somewhat obtuse, gradually or suddenly 
narrowing below, with thickened or revolute margins, the rib furrowed. 
Veins obscure, eifaced 3 in old fronds, close, parallel, simple or once or twice 
forked, free. Fertile fronds on longer stalks (7—8‘) and usually shorter, 
3—4’ X 1/2—8/4', suddenly or gradually narrowing below. Three fibro -vasal 
fascicles, — Deraatonally two branchlets of the same vein unite near the 
margin. In some fertile fronds the sporangia only cover the upper half. 
— Hook. Sp. Fil. V, 198. — Synops. Fil. 401. — A. aemulum, Kaulf. — 
Elaphoglossum aemulum, Brack. 
Rather rare. Oahu! oe 1W.& i! Kauai! from 3000—6000 ft. 
mane as a wide range over trope Africa, India, Malaysia, tropical America 
and Australia, the Viti ok Samoa Isl 
3. A. Wawrae, Luerssen, Flora, 1875, p. 420. — Scales ciliate and the 
blade of the fertile frond equal to that of the barren n ones, lanceolate, 
narrowing at both ends and larger, often 10‘ long and 3/4‘ broad; other- 
Wise a onforme 
Kauai, Ww aiawa, at an altitude of 4000 ft. (Wawra 2125). 
4. squamosum, Sw. /. c. p. 10. — Rhizome short and thick, woody, 
creeping, studded with the bases “at fallen petioles, its few scales, like 
those of the stipes below the joint, lanceolate, running out into a long 
acuminate black and opaque point. Stip. crow t 
rhizome, 2—8‘ long, ioniten densely clothed, as are both faces of the 
frond, with patent ovate-lanceolate scales which are 2—3“ long, A a 
rown, diaphanous, fringed with long ciliae and _ beari ne or 
subsessile glands at or near the subtruncate apex, those my be frond with 
sinuous cells. Barren fronds dark green, thick, flaccid, lanceolate, broadest 
X 3/4—1'/2', acuminate or somewhat 
obtuse, gradually narrowing at the base, their scales largest along rib and 
margins, those of the upper face often paler. Veins hidden, simple or once 
forked, subhorizontal, close, free. Fertile fronds smaller and narrower, with 
“rounded or cuneate base, 3—5‘ X< 1/2—%/4‘, generally but not always on 
longer stalks, the upper face covered throughout a short eee the 
lower one along rib and margin. Four or five fib. vas. on 
Fil. V, 239. — Synops. Fil. p. 411. — Elaphoglossum on, Brick. 
A. splendens, Bory, in Bot. Beech. p. 103, and Bot. Fre 03 | 
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