CO. ACROSTICHUM, **** ft CHKYSODIUtf. V ^ ' 421 



in. ]., ^-1^ in. br., the point bluntish, tbe edge entire, the lower half tapering 

 very gradually to the base or a short stem ; texture papyraceous ; surfaces naked ; 

 no main veins ; areolce very copious, with abundant free veinlets ; fertile fr. 6-12 

 in. 1., 1-3 lin. br., flexuose, on a stem 1-6 in. 1. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 276. 



Hab. Himalayas, Neilgherries, Philippine, and Malay Mes. 



111. A. (Chrys.) aureo-nitens, Hk. ; st. tufted, that of the barren fr. very 

 short, the latter oblong-spathulate, 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. br. a short distance from the 

 blunt apex, thence narrowed gradually to the base, the edge entire ; texture 

 coriaceous ; under surface densely clothed with ovate-acuminate ferruginous 

 scales ; areolce fine, copious, hexagonal, without free veinlets ; st. of fertile fr. 

 3-5 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly ; fertile fr. pinnate, with 2-3 distant ligulate-oblong 

 pinnae on each side. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 270. Ic. t. 933. 



Hab. Galapagos. A very distinct species, remarkable for the combination of an 

 entire barren with a pinnate fertile frond. 



112. A. (Chrys.) reticulatum, Kaulf. ; caud. erect, woody, with large narrow 

 lanceolate ferruginous scales ; st. of barren fr. 1-3 in. 1., firm, erect; barren fr. 

 6-9 in. 1., 1| in. br., the point bluntish, the edge entire, the base subcuneate ; 

 texture coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; veins indistinct, fine, anastomosing copiously ; 

 fertile fr. like the other, but the st. 6-9 in. 1. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 267. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. 



113. A. (Chrys.) pacJiypliyllum, Kze. ; st. nearly 1 ft. 1., strong, erect ; barren 

 fr. 2 ft. 1., 6 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, the edge entire ; 

 texture very coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; veins fine, subparallel, anastomosing 

 in areolce several times as long as br. ; fertile fr. 9 in. 1., 2^ in. br. Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 268. 



Hab. Peru, Pceppiy. This and the preceding have quite the habit and texture of 

 Eiaphoglcssum. 



114. A. (Chrys.) crinitum, L. ; caud. woody, erect ; st. of barren fr. 4-8 in. ]., 

 densely clothed with long, slender, squarrose fibrillose purplish-brown scales ; 

 barren fr. often 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., broad-oblong, the apex blunt, the base 

 rounded, the edge entire ; texture subcoriaceous ; the edge densely fringed and 

 both sides scattered over with scales like those of the stem ; areolce large, 

 hexagonal, without free veinlets ; fertile fr. like the other but much smaller, 

 the st. longer. /fit. Sp. 5. p. 267. Hk. $ Gr. t. 1. Fil. Ex. t. 6. Hymeno- 

 dium, Fee. 



Hab. West Indies and Mexico. 



B. Barren fronds sometimes simple, but forked, or pinnatifid or pinnate at the base 

 when fully developed. Sp. 1 1 5 1 18. 



115. A. (Chrys.) bicuspe, Hk. ; rUzome woody, short-creeping, densely clothed 

 with yellowish silky hairs ; st. of barren fr. 1 ft. L, firm, naked ; barren fr. 5-6 

 in. br. in the entire portion, the base rounded, the apex consisting of two broad 

 divaricated acuminate lobes with a broad rounded sinus between, the edge 

 entire ; texture coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; main veins radiating from the apex 

 of the stem to the upper edge, with copious areolce (the larger ones distinct, the 

 smaller ones less so) between them ; fertile fr. 6-9 in. L, in. br., narrowed to 

 both ends with 2-3 prominent subparalfel rib.s from the apex to the base, the st. 

 18 in. or more 1. /3, integrifolium, Eaton ; fr. ovate-acuminate, not forked. 

 Hk. Sp. 5. p. 271. Cheiropleuria, Presl. 



J I ;il>. Java, Formosa, and Loo Choo Isles. 



