Cumingiane. N. O. Filices. 
- DCCOCXX XIII. 
ACROSTICHUM (Neurocallis) AUREO-NITENS, Hook. 
Czspitosum, frondibus carnoso-crassis subcoriaceis biformibus 
’ subtus (junioribusque supra) squamis imbricatis copiosis 
aureo-nitentibus tectis interne reticulatim venosis, sterilibus 
spathulatis integris integerrimisque costatis in stipitem 
brevem attenuatis, fertilibus longe stipitatis pinnatis, pinnis 
oblongis obtusis costatis, stipitibus aureo-squamosis. 
- Galapagos, Cuming, n. 109. Chatham Island, Gala- 
pagos, Capt. Wood, R. N. 
veins, which form oblong, hexagonal areoles: so that this 
would be a true Acrostichum of Presl, probably a Neurocallis 
or Cheilolepton of M. Fée (if the two genera are in any 
way really distinct): yet having a habit very different from 
any known species of them. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a sterile frond, showing the anastomosing 
of the veins. f. 2. Portion of a fertile pinna, seen from above. 
J. 3. Portion of the same, seen from beneath, with the scales in 
oh and the capsule in part, removed to show the reticu- 
ations. f. 4. A scale from the frond :—magnified. 
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