Mathewsiane. N. O. Filices. 
TAB. CXCVII. 
AcrosticuuM SQUAMIPES, 
Caudice repente ramoso, frondibus ovatis obtusis supra viridibus 
subtus pallescentibus utrinque stipitibusque squamis sparsis 
ferrugineis tectis, fertili conformi minore. 
Has. Province of Chacapoyas, Peru (1836). Mathews. 
Caudex longe repens, valde ramosus, crassitie penne corvine, 
dense squamosus, squamis rufo-fuscis. Stipites bipollicares, 
erecti, flexuosi, squamosi. Frondes unciam long, ovate, 
obtuse, coriacese, = virides, — b gicee utrinque 
etseas ubique (preter marginem) capeulia numerosissimis 
atro-fuscis obtecte. 
This species has great affinity with A, ovatum, Hook. 
and Grev. Ic. Fil. 1. 146, from the Andes of Columbia; but 
that is amuch smaller plant, more clothed with scales, and those 
scales are much finer and more delicate, giving a downy appear- 
ance to the whole surface. 
Fig. 1. Sterile, and f#. 2. fertile frond :—slightly magnified. 
