ACROSTICUUM, § CHUYSOniUM. 267 



Milne, Ilnney. Aneiteum (some pinnae 1^ foot long and 3 inches broad), Milne. 

 — Variable as the outline of the pinnpc maybe in size and form, there are nn- 

 mistakahle characters about this species ; and if any of the above synonyms 

 merits to be considered as distinct, it would be only just to add still more to 

 the imaginary list of species. 



138. A. (Chrj'sodium) rciiculatum, Klfs. ; caudex very 

 thick short woody knotted or almost tuberous, about tlie 

 stipites densely clotl)ed with long lanceolato-subulate ferru- 

 ginous silky fimbriated scales, stipites 2-4 inches long, a span 

 to a foot of the fertile, fronds simple ; sterile ones very hard- 

 coriaceous G-9 inches long 1-H inch broad lanceolate obtuse 

 glabrous margined slightly attenuated at the base, costa very 

 thick elevated at the back, veins internal obscure close-placed 

 transversely dichotomous and frequently anastomosing so as 

 to form elongated and narrow areoles coming to a very acute 

 angle at each end ; fertile fronds longer than the sterile 7-12 

 inches long otherwise resembling the sterile ones. — Klfs. En. 

 Fil.p. 64. Elaphoglossum ?, Gaudich. Voy. de la Bonite, t. 79. 



/. 1-4. Hymenodium, il/oo?'e. H. crassifolium, Fee, .-icros^. 

 p. 94. t. 53. f. 1. 



Hal). Sandwich Islands, Chainisso, Gaudichauil, Brackenridc/e, Ilillebrand, 

 Nultall. 



139. A. (Chrysodium) crinitum. Linn.; caudex short thick 

 forming a woody knotted irregular creeping rhizome densely 

 clothed with long slender silky brown scales, stipites a span 

 to a foot and more long, of the sterile fronds 1 ^ foot long, 

 clothed with long spreading deflexed subulate dark-])urple 

 scales, fronds simple ; sterile ones 6-8-16 inches in length and 

 from :i-G inches wide elliptical carnoso-subcoriaceous hispid 

 with long spreading dark-purple hair-like scales dilated and 

 ventricose at the very base, costa stout, veins everywhere 

 anastomosing into uniform elongated hexagonal areoles ; fer- 

 tile fronds much smaller covered all over except on the costa 

 with a mass of dark-brown capsules. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1523. 

 Sio. Si/n. Fil.p. 1 1 . Jt'illd. Sp. PL v. p. 108. Hook, and Grev. 

 Ic. Fil. t. I. Hook. F/l. Exot. t. 6. Olfersia and Anetium, 

 Pr. Ilymenodium, /%", .4cros/. J. Sm. Moore. Chryso- 

 dium, Metten. Dictyoglossum, /. Sm. Fluni. Fil. p. 109. 

 t. 125. 



Ilab. West Indian Islands, freqnent. Mexico, Oaleotti. — A noble aid very 

 remarkable species, very much confined to the islands of tropical America. 



140. A. (Chrysodium) pac/n/p'iij!lu n, Kze. ; "caudex thick 



