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fertile fronds 5-8-10 inclies long \-\ of an incli wide linear- 

 oblong. — Hook, and Grcv. t. 164. Mart. Crypt. Bras. p. 83. 

 ^ 2 1 ( sniall speciincns) . Fee^ Acrost. p. 57. Elaplioglossum, 

 Moore. Olfersia, Pr. 



Hal). Brazil, Lamjsilorff, Martins, Sellow, Gardner, n. 94 and 5929.— Fee 

 observes, "cettc graiule et belie espuce est fort distincte; elle est abondainment 

 couverte des squaiiies blanchdtres :" wbereas the scales of our specimens are 

 aureo-ferruginoiis, and in bis own specific character he says, " sqiianiis ferrugi- 

 neis." This colour is one of the distinguishing marks between this species and 

 A. heterolepis, and, as I suspect is the case in that species, the scales are in age 

 very deciduous. 



81. A. (Elaphoglossum) laminarioides, Bory ; "sterile fronds 

 vittate (elongato-linear) acuminate, acumen very long and 

 narrow flexuose partially clothed (subtectis) with lacerated 

 acuminate rufo-ferruginous scales on both sides especially at 

 the costa, stipites ferruginous ; /tv^i/e fronds linear acute, 

 the margin" (probably in drying?) "'revolute, beneath clothed 

 with appressed irregularly rounded scales ciliated at the 

 margin, caude.K creeping." Fee. — Bory, in Fee, Acrost. p. 57' 

 Elaphoglossum, Moore. 



Hab. French Guiana, Leprieur. — Fee's figure represents an Acrosiichum, of 

 which the aterile plant has a stipes 8-9 inches long, fronds H-2 feet long 1-H 

 inch wide ol)tusely or long and finely acuminated ; fertile with a stipes only 3 

 inches long, with a frond 7 inches long by \ au inch wide. The species exhibits 

 no very striking characters. 



82. A. (Elaphoglossum) cu.'ipidatuin, Willd. ; '^sterile 

 fronds linear-lanceolate elongate terminating abruptly in a 

 narrow acumen sometimes gradually acuminated attenuated 

 at the base squamose beneath, scales fulvous lanceolate more 

 copious on the rufescent costa, above the scales are appressed 

 albescent translucent ciliated channelled, the margins repand, 

 veins parallel standing out nearly at a right angle ; fertile 

 fronds linear densely squamose, scales rounded ciliated, sti- 

 pites in both elongated sulcata squamose, caude.K repent 

 thick, the scales rufous lanceolate subentire ending in a long 

 cuspidate point." Fee. — IVUld. Sp. PL v. p. 106. K^e. in 

 JAnnceu, ix. /;. 29. Fee, Acrost. p. 57- ^. 14. /". 2. Elapho- 

 glossum, Moore. Olfersia, Pr. 



Uah. Caraccas, {n'illdenotv). Vem, Paeppig. Tarapota, o/;)-Kce, w. 4638. Ve- 

 nezuela, Fendler, n. 271. Ocana, Schlim, n. t)21. Ecuador, Bafios, Spruce, n. 

 5232. (Fee quotes Brazil, Gardner, n. 5929, Imt that is clearly A. Lanyadorffii.) 

 — This i.s probably, like too many of the /;7'jyj//oir/o6AM'« group, a very variable 

 plant. Fee's figure represents a narrow form of it with unusually cuspidate 

 points of the sterile fronds, and their under side as quite shaggy with palea- 



