GO. ACROSTICHUM, **** ft CIIRYSODIUM. 421 



in. ]., i-1^ in. br., tlie point bluntish, the ed.cjc entire, the lower half tapeiin;; 

 very ^n-adnully to the base or a short stem ; texture pai)yraceous ; surfaces naked ; 

 no main veins ; areoUn very copious, with abundant free veinlets \ fertile fr. G-12 

 in. 1., 1-3 lin. br., flexuose, on a stem 1-G in. 1. — Ilk. Sp. 5. f. 270. 



Hab. Himalayas, Neilgherries, Philippine, and Malay Y.sles. 



111. A. (Clirys.) aiireo-nitcns, Ilk. ; st. tufted, that of the barren fr. very 

 short, the latter ol)long-spathulate, o-i in. 1., 1 in. br. a short distance from the 

 blunt apex, thence narrowed gradually to the base, the edge entire ; texture 

 coriaceous ; under surface densely clothed with ovate-acuminate ferruginous 

 scales ; areolce fine, copious, hexagonal, without free veinlets ; st. of fertile fr. 

 3-5 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly ; fertile fr. pinnate, with 2-3 distant ligulate-oblong 

 pinnae on each side. — Hk. Sp. 5. /». 270. Ic. t. LI33. 



Hab. Galapagos. — A very distinct species, remarkable for the combiaation of an 

 entire barren with a pinnate fertile frond. 



112. A. (Chrys.) reticulatum, Kaulf. ; cmid. erect, woody, with large narrow 

 lanceolate ferruginous scales ; st. of barren fr. 1-3 in. 1., firm, erect ; barren fr. 

 G-9 in. 1., \\ in. br., the point bluntish, the edge entire, the base subcuneate ; 

 texture coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; veins indistinct, fine, anastomosing copiously ; 

 fertile fr. like the other, but the st. 6-9 in. 1. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 2G7. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. 



113. A. (Chrys.) pac7ivphj/llum, Kze. ; st. nearly 1 ft. 1., strong, erect ; barren 

 fr. 2 ft. 1., G in. br., oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, the edge entire ; 

 texture very coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; veins fine, subparallel, anastomosing 

 in areolae several times as long as br. ; fertile fr. 9 in. 1., 2| in. br. — Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 2G8. 



Hab. Peru, Pceppig. — This and the preceding have quite the habit and texture of 

 Elaphoglcssum. 



114. A. (Cluys.) crinitum, L. ; caud. woody, erect ; st. of barren fr. 4-8 in. 1., 

 densely clothed with long, slender, squarrose fibrillose purplish-brown scales ; 

 barren fr. often 12-18 in. 1., G-9 in. br., broad-oblong, the apex blunt, the base 

 rounded, the edge entire ; texture subcoriaceous ; the edge densely fringed and 

 both sides scattered over with scales like those of the stem ; areolce large, 

 hexagonal, without free veinlets ; fertile fr, like the other but much smaller, 

 the St. longer.— //-t. Sp. 5. p. 267. Hk. c^- Gr. t. 1. Fil. Ex. t. 6. Hymeno- 

 dium, Fee. 



Hab. West Indies and Mexico. 



B. Barren fronds sometiines simple, but forked, or pinnatifid or pinnate at thehase 

 tchen fully developed. Sp. 115 — 118. 



115. A. (Chrys.) bicuspe, Hk. ; rhi::ome woody, short-creeping, densely clothed 

 ■with yellowish silky hairs ; st. of barren fr. 1 ft. 1., firm, naked ; barren fr, 5-6 

 in. br. in the entire portion, the base rounded, the apex consisting of two broad 

 divaricated acuminate lobes with a broad rounded sinus between, the edge 

 entire ; texture coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; main veins radiating from the apex 

 of the stem to the ujiper edge, with copious areola; (the larger ones distinct, the 

 smaller ones less so) between them ; fertile fr. G-9 in. 1., h, in. br., narrowed to 

 both ends with 2-3 prominent suljparail'el rib.s from the apex to the base, the st. 

 18 in. or more 1. — /3, integrifolium, Eaton ; /)-. ovate-acuminate, not forked. — 

 Hk. Sp. 5. p>. 271. Cheiropleuria, Presl, 



Hab. Java, Formosa, and Loo Choc Isles. 



