228 ACROSTICHUMj >$> ELAPHOGLOSS UM. 



Hook. Fil. Exot. sub t. 29. A. obtusatum, Carm. in Fl. Trisi. 

 d'Aam. Linn. Trans, xii. /?. 510. Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 

 22. A. ciliare, P. Thouars, Fl. Trist. d'Acun. p. 32. A. 

 Jamesoni, yS, obtusatum, Fee, I. c. p. 52. — Var. 7, horridu- 

 lum ; sterile fronds longer lanceolate. Hook. Fil. Exot. I. c. 

 A. horridulura, Klfs. in Fee, Acrost. p. 52. t. 14. /. 4. Ela- 

 phoglossum, /. Sm. Acrost. spathulinum, Raddi, Fl. Bras, 

 p. 3. t. 15. /. 2. A. Raddianum, Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 

 4. — Var. 8, spathulatum ; fertile frond retuse at the apex. 

 Hook. Fil. Exot. I. c. A. spathulatum, Bory, Voy. i. p. 263. 

 t. 20. /. 1. Sio. Syn. Fil. p. 10. Willd. Sp. PL p. 106. 

 FJe, Acrost. p. 51. Olfersia, Pr. 



Ilab. Tropical America, from Mexico and the "West Indies, and on the main- 

 land of continental South America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Hourbon, 

 Madagascar, Natal (Ingoma, rare on rocks, W. T. Gerrard), Tristan d'Acunha, 

 and Ceylon. — In my ' Filices Exoticre ' I took great pains to settle the synonymy of 

 this pretty but variable species (whose general aspect is much like that of a Sun- 

 dew, Droserd), and I have no reason to alter the views I there expressed. But 

 it is impossible to define the individuals of any of the groups, which pass so insen- 

 sibly from one form to another. 



68. A. (Elaphoglossum) ovatum. Hook. ; caudex long fili- 

 form very much branched, the branches divaricating clothed 

 with ferruginous lanceolato-subulate crisped and laciniato- 

 fimbriated scales, stipites distant very slender h to rarely 1 

 inch long except of the sterile ones which are often 2 inches 

 long fimbriato-squamulose; sterile fronds subcarnoso-coria- 

 ceous opaque \ to rarely 1 inch long ovate or rarely oval- 

 oblong on both sides fusco-ferrugineo-paleaceous with soft 

 laciniato-fimbriated scales ; fertile fronds generally larger of 

 the same form and overtopping the sterile ones by the greater 

 length of the stipes. Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 140. Fee, 

 Acrost. p. 52. t. 14./'. 7- Elaphoglossum, Moore. Acrost. 

 rhabdolepis, Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 42. t. l.f. 3. Elaphoglossum, 

 Moore. Acrost. ramosissimum, Ft'e, ^c?'05/. ^. 53. t. 22./. 3. 

 Elaphoglossum, Moore. Acrost. crispatulum, Fee, 6me Mem. 

 Fovg. Nouv. p. 2. /. 1. /. 2. 



Ilab. Ecuador, Cayambe, alt. 14,000 feet, and Cordillera of Pillaro,alt. 15,000 

 feet, Jameson, n. 89 and 95. Ad flumen Magdalenam "Acrost. reptans?, Cav." 

 {Brongniart, ex Herb. Par.). Ocaiia, alt. 10,000-11,000 feet, 5c/<?2?w, n. 1814. 

 Columbia, Hartweg, n. 1488 {Moore), Brazil, summit of the Organ Mountains, 

 n. 5923. Mexico (Moore). — .A. beautiful and well-marked species. 



69. A. (Elaphoglossum) squamipes. Hook. ; caudex thick 

 as a sparrow's quill very much elongated and much branched 

 with divaricating branches which are clothed with copious 



