PuaTe 1694. 
ACROSTICHUM THOMSONI, Baker. 
Fiuices, Sub-order Potrpopiacez, Tribe AcrosTIcHEs. 
Acrostichum (Photinopteris) Thomsoni, Baker in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. 
ol. xv. p. J11; frondibus sessilibus oblongo -lanceolatis elongatis 
vioribus latioribus, venis primariis e costa a nem productis 
parallelis, secundariis rectis transversalibus parallelis, reliquis in 
s lis inclusis liberis furcatis anastomosantibus, frondibus 
apice fertilibus pinnatis, pinnis multijugis linearibus,—Hemsley in Bot. 
Challenger Expedit. Rep. Admiral. Isles, p. 256. 
Has, Admiralty Islands, Moseley. 
ibe Cairk ree, medio 5-6 
This is one of the most curious of a, new Renin which were discovered 
by the Chatlohiees Expedition. It belongs to a well-marked subgenus, 
of which only two species were hee known. It is named after 
G. Bax 
Sir Wyville Thomson.—J. 
Fig. 1. Upper part of frond. 2, Two sterile segments: both life size, 
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