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7. Acrostichum Lingua. Fronds oblong, obtuse, entire, 

 petiolate ; shoot creeping ; stipe three-cornered, villous, 

 erect. A native of Japan. 



8. Acrostichum Hastatum. Frond simple, hastate. Also 

 a native of Japan. 



** Frond simple, divided. 



9. Acrostichum Septentrionale. Fronds naked, linear-laci- 

 niate. This species grows in tufts, at first sight resembling 

 rushy grass, on clefts of rocks and old walls, in Yorkshire, 

 Westmoreland, Wales, and Scotland. 



10. Acrostichum Australe. Stipes naked, quite smooth, 

 dichotomous at top, with five or six subulate rays, and flow- 

 ering from the sides. This much resembles the preceding 

 species, but is silvery and more regularly divided. Found 

 in the isles of France and Bourbon. 



11. Acrostichum Pectinatmn. Naked, perfectly simple : 

 spike crescent-shaped on one side, ascending, compressed. 

 A native of the Cape. 



12. Acrostichum Dichotomum. Naked dichotomous spikes 

 on one side, ascending, reflex, compressed. It is a native of 

 China and the Society Islands. 



13. Acrostichum Digitatum. Stipes naked, three-sided; 

 frond digitate, linear, quite entire, equal. The stipe is linear, 

 a foot high, smooth, contracted at top. Native of Ceylon. 



14. Acrostichum Ferrugineum. Fronds pinnatifid ; pinnas 

 linear, acute, spreading, quite entire, connate; stipe smooth. 

 This strongly resembles the following species. 



15. Acrostichum Polypodioides. Fronds pinnatifid ; pin- 

 nas linear, obtuse, quite entire, spreading, crowned ; stipe 

 scaly. This species has the appearance of Common Poly- 

 pody. Native of Jamaica and Virginia. 



*** Frond pinnate. 



16. Acrostichum Aureum. Pinnas alternate, tongue-shaped, 

 quite entire, smooth. The stipes of this plant grow in bundles 

 of a very dark rufous colour, smooth, about the thickness 

 of the little finger, and nine feet in height. It is a native of 

 Jamaica, Dominica, and the Society Isles. 



17- Acrostichum Rufum. Pinnas oblong, ovate, quite 

 entire, pubescent. It is eighteen or twenty inches high, 

 leafy almost from the root. A native of Jamaica. 



18. Acrostichum Punctatum. Leaflets alternate, lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, the lowest eared, the upper ones decur- 

 rent, the upper surface dotted, smooth. It is a native of tlje 

 island of Bourbon, and strongly resembles the preceding 

 species. 



19. Acrostichum Sorbifolium. Pinnas oblong-ovate, entire 

 serrate, acute ; stipes scaly. It is found in Jamaica and St. 

 Domingo. 



20. Acrostichum Areolatum. Pinnas alternate, linear, ser- 

 rate at top. The little floriferous buds in this species are 

 divided with two phalanxes by the longitudinal nerves of 

 the leaf ; and are disposed in several parts transversely on 

 each side. A native of Virginia and Maryland. 



81. Acrostichum Marginatum. Pinnas oblong, quite en- 

 tire, waved, acuminate ; stipes naked. This is said to be 

 only a barren frond of Pteris Grandifolia. 



22. Acrostichum Sanctum. Fronds lanceolate ; pinnas 

 linear-lanceolate, gash-serrate, the lower serratures largest. 

 This species is a Polypodium. 



23. Acrostichum Platyneuron. Pinnas alternate-ovate, 

 crenate, sessile, bowed, upwards about a palm in height. 

 This species, which is a native of Virginia, has the appear- 

 ance of Common Polypody. 



24. Acrostichum Trifoliatum. Leaflets ternate-lanceolate. 

 This species is about a foot high, and is^ a native of 

 Jamaica. 



**** Frond subpinnait. 



25. Acrostichum Siliquosum. Pinnas alternate, pinnulate 

 upwards, linear, the lower ones two-parted. A native of 

 Ceyiou. 



26. Acrostichum Thalictroides. Pinnas alternate, on each 

 side pinnatifid, the barren ones broader. Supposed to be the 

 same with the preceding species; and is a native of Ceylon. 



27- Acrostichum Marantae. Fronds subbipinnate; pinnas 

 oppositely coadunate, very hirsute underneath, a little toothed 

 at the base. Its stipes are about seven inches in height, 

 sometimes they reach a foot ; they are hairy, and of a blood- 

 red colour. Its fronds are like those of Common Spleen- 

 wort. Native of the southern countries of Europe. 



28. Acrostichum Ilvense. Fronds subbipinnate ; pinnas 

 oppositely coadunate, obtuse, hirsute underneath, quite entire 

 at the base. This has a great resemblance to the foregoing, 

 but it is scarcely longer than the finger, and never so high as 

 seven inches. The stipe is green and not red. It is allied 

 to the Polypodies, by having the fructifications in dots, but 

 they are closely crowded. It is found growing upon rooks 

 in the northern counties of England, in Scotland, and in 

 Wales ; and is said to be found also in Jamaica. 



29. Acrostichum Ebeneum. Pinnas sessile, oblong, sinu- 

 ate, the uppermost shortest and quite entire. This is only a 

 young plant of the Acrostichum Calomelanos. See the 

 thirty-fourth species. Native of Jamaica. 



30. Acrostichum Furcatum. Dichotomous : leaflets pin- 

 nate ; pinnas parallel-lanceolate, approximating, quite en- 

 tire. This species is a Polypodium, and is seldom found in 

 flower. Native of Jamaica. 



***** Frond bipinnate. 



31. Acrostichum Aculeatum. Fronds super-decompound; 

 pinnas bifid ; stipes prickly. This is a species of Tricho- 

 nianes ; and a native of Jamaica. 



32. Acrostichum Cruciatum. Leaflets opposite, lanceo- 

 late, the lowest appendaged, crosswise. A native of Do- 

 minica. 



33. Acrostichum Barbarum. Leaflets opposite ; pinnas 

 lanceolate, obtuse, serrate, sessile, alternate ; stipes smooth, 

 upright, and two or three feet high. Native of Africa. 



34. Acrostichum Calomelanos. Pinnas alternate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, pinnatifid. The stipe is black, but the leaves 

 silvery white underneath. It is a native of South America 

 and Jamaica. 



35. Acrostichum Viviparum. Fronds viviparous; pinnas 

 in pairs, one-sided ; pinnules pinnatifid, forked, subulate, 

 bearing the fructifications on the inner margin. This spe- 

 cies is a native of the isles of France and Bourbon. 



36. Acrostichum Velleum; Woolly Acrostichum. Fronds 

 bipinnate ; all the pinnas ovate, cordate, gashed on the side, 

 and very hirsute underneath. A native of Madeira. 



37. Acrostichum Simplex. Fronds entire, smooth, peti- 

 olatcd ; the barren ones lanceolate acuminate, the fertile 

 ones linear lanceolate. This species is a native of Jamaica. 



38. Acrostichum Petiolatum. Fronds entire, smooth, peti- 

 olated ; the barren ones linear-lanceolate, the fertile ones 

 linear' Also a native of Jamaica. 



39. Acrostichum Latifolium. Fronds petioled, broad lan- 

 ceolate, very smooth, entire, margined ; the fruit-bearing ones 

 ovate lanceolate; shoots creeping. Native of Jamaica. 



40. Acrostichum Villosum. Fronds broad-lanceolate, some- 

 what crenulate, villous on both sides. Native of Jam; 



41. Acrostichum Muscosum. Fronds petioled, entire, 

 scaly ; the barren ones oblong-lanceolate, blunt ; the fertile 

 ones linear-lanceolate. This species is also a native of 

 Jamaica. 



