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46. A, (Elaphoglossum) dissimile, Kze. ; " sterile frond 

 obloiigo-linear, towards the l)ase very long-attenuate, acumi- 

 nate at the apex above and at the margin very minutely all^o- 

 squamulose, the scales ciliate, glabrous beneath, stipes short 

 sparingly paleaceous ; fertile frond sublinear above densely 

 scaly, scales cihated, stipes elongated marginate squamoso- 

 ])aleaceous." — Kze, in Linnceo, ix. p. 28, Fee, Acrost. p. 44. 

 Elaphoglossum, Moore. Olfersia, Pr. 



Ilal). Cassapi, Peru, Poeppig, in Herb, nostr., from Kunze. — Sterile fronds 

 14-15 inches long, 1^- inch w'xdt ; fertile ones 9 inches long, 7-8 lines wide. 

 Kunze says, "insigniter species, quod aupra squamulosa et subtus glahra." Fee 

 remarks, " elle n'a pas de caracteres bien tranches." My original si)ecinien from 

 Kunze, perhaps through age, has no trace of small scales, and placed side by side 

 of an equally authentic specimen of A. alismafolia, not the shadow of a difference 

 can be seen. 



47. A. (Elaphoglossum) affine, Mart, and Gal. ; " fronds 

 elongato-linear acuminate at both extremities, the margin 

 entire narrowly revolute long decurrent coriaceous opaque 

 quite glabrous (probably from the scales being deciduous), 

 stipites elongated depressed smooth ; fertile ones conform 

 brownish above, caudex thick as a sparrow's quill creeping 

 clothed with lanceolate scales. Fee. — Mart, and Gal. Fit. 

 Mex. p. 24. t. .3. /. 1. Metten. Fil. Lechl. p. .S. Liebm. Fil. 

 Me.r. p. 13. Elaphoglossum, Moore. Acrost. unitum, Bo7'i/, 

 in Fee, Acrost. p. 44. 



Hab. Mexico, Galeotti, alt. 5000 feet, n. 6548, Liebmann. alt. 10,000 feet. 

 ?ern, Lec/ilir, n. 17 i4. Ecuador, /a?«e60)i. Cuba, C. Wri(//it, n. [)G8. Santa 

 Martha, Purdie. — Moore has given other localities, which I am not able to verify. 

 My specimens from the stations above quoted are probably one and the same 

 plant, of which Galeotti's is perhaps the type. Eut I agree with Foe in the 

 remark, "que cette espuce n'a pas de caractt-res bien tranches." They are all 

 small, rarely exceeding a span in length, including the stipes ; and there is, to 

 my mind, a great affinity with some dwarf forms of A. conforme. 



48. A. (Elaphoglossum) falcatum, Fee ; '• fronds linear 

 acuminate falcate rigid opaque attenuated at the base be- 

 neath having sparse ovato-lanceolate scales especially near 

 the costa, glabrous above ; fertile fronds acute at both extre- 

 mities scarcely falcate longer than the stipites depressed cana- 

 liculate, costa slightly channelled, caudex creeping thick as 

 a goose-quill clothed with ovate scales." — Fee, Acrost. p. 44. 

 /. 21./ 1. 



Ilab. IJourbon, l.ppervanche and Ricliard. — " Cette espece, bien distincte, a Ic 

 port de 1'-^. salicifoliiim." The figure represents the sterile stipites .3-4 inches 

 long, their fronds 8-9 inches long, J-1 inch wide, very acuminate ; fertile fron<l 

 9 inches long, oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse ; scales of the caudex ovate, very 

 obtuse. 



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