Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



ACROSTICHUM GARDNERIANUM. 



KuNZE. Fee. 



PLATE LVIII. VOL. VI L 



Elaijhoglossum Gardnerianum, 



MOOEE. 



Acrostichum — From the Greek, alcros — high, and stichos — order, 

 Gardnerianum — Named after Mr. Gardner. 



lis THE Section Elaphoglossum of Authors. 



A VERY pretty and scarcely-known species. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Tropical America. 



Fronds simple; sterile and fertile different, the sterile being 

 of a lengthy oblong, and having a pointed apex, and the 

 fertile ones being linear and lengthy. 



Veins internal and forked. 



Substance of the frond thick. 



Sori amorphous, and covering the whole under side. 



Length about seven inches, of which the basal two inches is 

 naked. 



