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FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



1. H. peltata, Scliott. Acrostichum peltatum, Sclik. Fil. t. 12 

 (Plum. Fil. t. 50, /. A). Acrostichum foeniculaceurn, 

 Hook, et Grcv. Ic. Fil. t. 119. West Indies and 

 Tropical America. 



34. MICROSTAPHYLA, Presl. 



Vernation decumbent, subfasciculate ; sarmentum sliort, 

 squamose. Fronds numerous, contiguous, 3-8 inches high, the 

 sterile linear-lanceolate, sub-entire, unequally crenate or laci- 

 niately pinnatind, glandulose, segments and laciniae cuneiform, 



Genus 34. Portion of fertile and barren fronds, natural size. No. l. 



entire or bi-trilobed. Veins simple or forked. Fertile fronds 

 contracted, shorter and less divided than the sterile, sporan- 

 giferous on the under side. 



1. M. bifurcata, Presl. Hpim, Acrostichum bifurcatum, Sw. ; 

 Hook. 2nd Cent, of Ferns, t. 91; Sclilt. Fil. t. 2. St. 

 Helena. 



