Pinna of barren Frond. 



ACROSTICHUM CRISPATULUM. 



Wallich. {Not of Fee.) 



PLATE XLVI. VOL. VII. 



Pcecilopteris crispatula, 

 Cyrtogonium crispatulum. 



J. Smith. Mooee. 



MOOEE AND HOULSTON. 



Acrostichum — From tlie Greek, akros — liigli, and stichos—ov^QY. 

 Crispatulum — Curled. 



In the Section Pcecilopteris of Authors. 



An exceedingly handsome uncommon species. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the East Indies and the Island of Ceylon. 



The fronds, which are somewhat erect, are pinnate, lanceo- 

 late-acuminate in form, the pinnse being petiolate, undulated, 

 glabrous, and linear-acuminate in form, the margin crenate, 

 with a row of spinulose teeth. The fertile pinnse narrow. 



Stipes scaly. 



Lateral, and adherent to a creeping scaly rhizoma. • 



Sori amorphous. 



