Jamesoniatice, ^ N. O. Filices. 



TAB. CCXV. 



ACROSTICHUM CAUDATUM 



Fronde longe stipitata oblongo-ovata subcoriacea margine squa- 



mulosa apice longe angusteque attenuata caudiformi, sterili 



supra nudiusculasubtus resinoso-punctata, fertili minore supra 



stipiteque squamulosa subtus dense capsulifera. 



Hab. On Pillzhum, at an elevation of 12,000 feet above the 

 level of the sea, Andes of Columbia. Prof. TV. Jameson. 



Caudex brevis, crassusjradicatus, ramosus, paleis subulatis intense 

 atro-fuscis nitidis imbricatis obsitus. Stipites erecti, digitales 

 fere ad palmarem, graciles, hinc sulcatae, pallide fuscasj parce 

 squatnulosae. i^row^65 2-3 uncias longae, oblongo-ovatse, sub- 

 coriacese, nitidiusculae, integerrimae, apice in caudam longam 

 gracilera desinentes, costat^e, venosae, venis horizontalibus 

 parallelis, margine squamuloso : — Sterilis supra nudiuscula, 

 subtus resinoso-punctata:— ^r/27/5 sterili subduplo minora 

 supra subdense squamosa, subtus ubique capsulifera. 

 This very distinct Acrostichum came in the last parcel I had 

 the pleasure to receive from my invaluable correspondent, Prof. 

 W. Jameson, now resident at PilJzhura, in Columbia, where he 

 still prosecutes his botanical researches, and with increased suc- 

 cess. 



