Mature Frond -uppei" side. 



ACROSTICHUM MELANOPUS. 



KUNZE. 



PLATE LIX. B. VOL. VI] 



Elap Ji og 1 OS sum melanojptis. 



MooEE. 



Acrostichum — From the Grreek, alcros — high, and stichos — order. 

 Melanopus — ? 



In the Section Elaphoglossum of Authors. 



A DWARF, rare species. An evergreen stove Fern. 

 Native of Venezuela. 



