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TEENS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



1. B. peltata, Scliott. Acrostichmn peltatum, Sclik.Fil.t. 12 

 (Plum. Fil. t. 50, f.'A). Acrostichmn fceniculaceum, 

 Hook, et Ch-ev. Ic. FIL t. 119. West Indies and 

 Tropical America. 



34. MICBOSTAPHYLA, Presl. 



Vernation decumbent, sub fasciculate ; sarmentum short, 

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

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

 niately pinnatifid, glandulose, segments and lacinias cuneiform, 



Genus 34. Portion of fertile and barren fronds, natural size. No. 1. 



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. Epim, Acrostichum bifurcatum, 8w. ; 

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

 Helena. 



