262 FERNS: BEITISH AND FOREIGN. 



2. S. elegans, Sw. Lophidium elegans, Presl. Schizsea 

 elegans ; a latifolia, Hook. Gard. Ferns, t. 34. 

 Tropical America. 



Portion of barren and fertile frond, natural size, 

 fertile spikelet enlarged. No. 2. 



3. S. rupestris, R. Br. ; Hook, et Grvo. Ic. Fit. t. 48 ; Hook. 

 Gard. Ferns, t. 42. Australia. 



147. ACTINOSTACHYS, Wall. 



Vernation uniserial, contiguous ; sarmentum short. Fronds 

 linear, simple, stipitiform, compressed, triquetrous at the base, 

 9 -18 inches high. Costa prominent, continuous. Fertile appen- 

 dices terminal, digitato-flabellate, cristaeform ; segments indu- 



