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ACROSTICHUM AITREUM. 



Acrostichum marginatum, 



" maritimum, 



" juglandifolium, 



" scalpturatiim, 



Urvlllei, 

 " 'rn(equale, 



" WigJdianum, 



" Cayennense, 



Chrysodhim aureum, 



" vulgare, 



" liirsutum, 



*' scalpturaium, 



" Urinllei, 



" incequale, 



" Cayennensis, 



" speeiosum. 



ScHKUHR. Meter. 



{Not 0/ Wallich or Linnjeus.) 

 guienzius. 

 Kaulpuss. Kunze. 



PrESL. {Not of KUNZE.) 



Presl. 



WiLLDEXOW. DeSVAUX. 



Blume. Presl. Kunze. 



Presl. {Not 0/ Wallich.) 



Presl. 



Fee. Mettenius. 



Pee. Mettenius. 



Fee. 



Fee. 



Fee. 



Fee. 



Fee. 



Fee. 



Acrosiichitm — From the Greek, ahros — liigli, stichos — order. 

 Aureiim — Golden. 



A HANDSOME species, growing in very damp places, and by 

 no means common in cultivation. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Raised from spores in the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, in 1838. 



Mr. Moore mentions the following varieties: — Minus y rigens, 

 liirsutum, marginatum, scalpturatiim, Urcillei, incequale, and 

 speeiosum. 



The normal form is found in the West Indies, Cuba, 

 Jamaica, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, 

 Panama, Venezuela, Philippine and the Inlands of Tongataboo, 

 Feejee, Society, Galapagos, and New Holland. 



Variety minus, — A native of Java, Ceylon, India, Philippines, 

 Sunderbund, Bourbon, Brazil, the Island of Sidhee, and 

 Neilgherries. 



Variety rigens. — Native of Bourbon, Mauritius, Madagascar, 

 Natal, Fernando Po, and Marianne Isles. 



Variety liirsutum. — Native of Brazil, Guiana, Guatemala, St. 

 Domingo, Jamaica, and the Cape of Good Hope. 



Variety marginatum. — Native of Brazil, Venezuela, and 

 Essequibo. 



