Portion of mature Fiond— upper side. 



ACEOSTICHUM LAUEIFOLIUM. 



D. Petit-Thouars. Sprengel. Fee. 



PLATE LIX. A. VOL. VII. 



Olfersia laurifolia, 

 Acrostichum lingua, 

 Elaphoglossum laurifolium, 



Peesl. 



XUNZE. 

 MOOEE. ? 



Acrostichum — From the Greek, alcros — liigli, and stichos^ovdiew 

 Laurifolium — Laurel-leaved. 



In the Section Elaphoglossum of Authors. 



A VERY pretty dwarf species, almost unknown in cultivation. 

 Mr. Moore seems inclined, from seeing the fronds here figured, 

 to consider it as the Elaphoglossum stigmatolepis. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Brazil. 



The fronds, which are oblong-obtuse, are glabrous on both 

 sides, the sterile ones being widest in the middle, pointed at 

 apex, very narrow at the base, and coriaceous. The fertile 

 fronds contracted to only half the width of the sterile ones. 



