﻿Matkewsiancc. N. O. Filices. 



TAB. XCVI 



ACROSTICHUM FLABELLATUM. 



I repente, frondibus sterilibus bipartitis laciniis 

 bi- aut trifidis apice inciso-crenatis, fertilibus 



Caudice filiform 



cuneiformibus bi- aut trifidis ap 



reniformibus crenatis. 

 Acrostichum flabellatum. fVilld. Sp. PL v. 5. p. 110. Humb. et 



Kunth. Nov. Gen, v. I. p. 2. et v. 7. t. 162. 

 &\ frondibus sterilibus plerumque integris. — (Tab. Nostk. 



XCVI). 



Hab. a. Kocky places, Venezuela. /S. Casapi, Cordillera of Peru, 



Mathews {n. 1 801). 



I was at first disposed to look upon this as a distnict species 

 from the Acrostichum flabellatum : but a more careful comparison 

 with the figure and description above quoted, has satisfied me 

 that it can only be considered a variety, with the sterile fronds, 

 in most instances, undivided, and with no disposition to have 

 the segments bi- or trificL 



Fig. 1. Underside of a fertile frond :-maffni/ied. 



