AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FERNS. 



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3. Aorosticlice. Vernation fasciculate. Fronds pinnate, 

 4_g feet high ; pinnae, adherent. Veins uniform, reticulated ; 

 areoles small subquadr angular, or large hexagonoid. 



44. NEUROCALLIS, Fee. 



Vernation fasciculate, decumbent. Fronds pinnate, 3-4 feet 

 high, smooth ; sterile pinnae elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, 8-10 inches long, 2 inches wide, sessile, adherent with 



Genus 44. Portions of fertile and barren fronds. No. 1. 



the rachis. Veins uniform, reticulated ; areoles oblong, hexa- 

 gonoid. Fertile fronds contracted ; pinnae linear, acuminate, 

 plane, wholly sporangiferous on the under side ; sporangia 

 destitute of indusoid scales. 



1. N. prsestantissima, Fee, Acrost. t. 52 ; Fee, Gen. Fil. 

 t. 4 A. Acrostichum praestantissimum, Bory, Hb. ; 

 Hook. Garcl. Ferns, t. 58. Dominica and Guadeloupe. 



45. AGHOSTICHUM, Linn, (in part) ; J. 8m. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect, caudiciform. Fronds pinnate, 

 smooth, 2-8 feet high ; pinnae entire, broad, the upper densely 

 sporangiferous on their under side. Veins uniform, reticu- 



