Portion of mature Frond, upper side, with young plant growing upon it, 



ACROSTICHUM AURITUM. 



SWARTZ. {Not of POTRET.) 

 PLATES LTI AND LITT. VOL. VTT. 



AcrosticJium Jloriduw, 



Stenofiemia aurita, 

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Polyhotrya aurita. 



POIEET. 



Presl. J. Smith. Fee. 

 mooee. rumphtus. 

 Blume. 



Acrostichim — From the Greek, ahros — liigh, and stichos — order. 

 Aurifum — Ear-leaved. 



Tn the Section Stenosemia of Authors. 



An exceedingly pretty dwarf Fern, and scarcely yet known 

 in ordinary collections. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Java. 



Fronds ternately-pinnate; the pinnse being laciniately-lobed 

 and bulbiferous, giving the plant a very interesting appearance; 

 short-stalked, prostrate in habit, and three inches in width. 

 Fertile segments linear, rachiferous, convolute, and nearly 

 wholly sporangiferous; long-stalked, erect in habit, and much 

 contracted. 



