242 ACROSTICHUM, § LOMARIOPSIS. 



fuscous scales, stipites varying in length 3-4 inches to a foot 

 long more sparingly paleaceous, fronds subcoriaceous l-H-2 

 feet long lanceolate or oblong pinnated, pinnae articulated 

 6-7-20-30; sterile pinnse from 4-7 inches long and from 

 |-2 inches wide lanceolate or oblong acuminate sometimes 

 broader upwards or sometimes caudato-apiculate subpetio- 

 late entire or more or less serrated or dentate at the margin, 

 rachis winged towards the apex and even for its whole length 

 in the young specimens, veins manifest more or less ele- 

 vated ; fertile pinnae smaller and narrower but not otherwise 

 different.— LwTz. Sj]. PL jj. 1526. Willd. Sp. PI. v. p. 115. 

 Lomariopsis, Fee, Acrost. j). 69. Onoclea, Siv. Syn. Fil. p. 

 112. O Ifersia, Pr. Lomaria longifolia f«i^ sorbifolia, if//^. 

 Stenochlsena longifolia, J. Sin. Brack. Fil. U. S. Expl. Exp. 

 p. 75. Plum. Fil. t. 117- Acrost. lomarioides, Bory, in 

 Belang. Voy. p. 21. t. 2 {pinnules obtuse). Olfersia, Pr. 

 Lomariopsis Boryana, Fee, Acrost. p. 68. Lomaria integri- 

 folia, Klfs. in Sieb. Syn. Fil. n. 23. Lomariopsis cuspidata, 

 Fee, Acrost. p. GS. t. 27. L. variabilis, Fee, Acrost. p. 70. t. 

 31 and 32 {abnormal form). Lomaria, TVilld. Olfersia, Pr. 

 Lomaria fraxinea, tVilld. Lomariopsis ludens {abnormal 

 form), Fee, Acrost. p. 70. t. 30. L. recurvata, Fee, Acrost. 

 p. 68. t. 28. L. leptocarpa, Fee, Acrost. p. 69. t. 29 {pinfia 

 much elongated, and fertile ones very long and narrow). 

 Stenochlcena oleandrifoHa, Brack. Fil. U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 

 75. Lomariopsis Cochinchinensis, Fee, Acrost. p. 66. t. 26. 

 Lomariopsis Smithii, Fee, Acrost. p. 74. t. 33. /. 2 {fertile), 

 t. 53 [sterile frond) . L. Wrightii, Metten. in Fil. Wright, et 

 Fendl. Acrost. Yapurense, Mart. Ic. PL Crypt. Bras. p. 36. 

 i. 24 {a larger form, excellent). Hook. Gard. Ferns, t. 57. 

 Acrostichum phkbodcs, K.::e. in Linnaea, ix. p. 33. Loma- 

 riopsis, Fee, Acrost. p. 66. L. Prieuriana, Fee, Acrost. p. 

 66. t. 25. f. 1. L. erythrodes? and L. elongata. Fee, Acrost. 

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Hah. Tropical America, frequent : "West Indian Islands, Cuba, C. Wright, n. 

 787 {Lomariopsis Wrightii, ^&t.) ; Columbia, Guiana, Peru, etc. Tropical Africa : 

 River Nun and Prince's Island, Fernando Po, Barter, Gustav Maim. — I ex- 

 pressed my doubts as to the distinction between^, sorhifolium and A. Yapurense 

 in m)' volume of ' Garden Ferns.' A further investigation has satisfied me that 

 there are no valid differences between them : and I have every reason to believe 

 that the following localities from the Old World are correct : Philippine Islands, 

 Cuming, n. 132 {Lomariop. leptocarpa, Fee) ; and the same form, Fiji Islands, See- 

 mann, n.7\\, and Brackenridge. Samoa, Powell {Stenochl. oleandrifoHa, Brack.). 

 Luzon, Cuming (Lomariop. Smithii, Fee, Stenochl. elotigata, J. Sm.) and Brack- 



