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* (12) E. petiolatum., Urb., C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; E. viscosum, Schott, 

 Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 59; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab GXCVl;^;Acrostichum visco- 

 sum, Sw., Rac, Flor. Btz , I, 46; Hk. & Grev., Ic. Fil., tab, LXI; A. petio- 

 latum, Sw., (oldest name). 



Rhizome woody, short-creeping, the scales dense, linear-lanceolate, dark- 

 brown. Stipes approximate, 7—15 c.M. long, firm, erect, covered with small 

 scales and stellate hairs. Barren fronds 15—30 c.M. long, 1 — -2 '/j c.M. broad, 

 the apex acute or acuminate, the lower part narrowed gradually. Texture 

 thinly coriaceous; under surface covered with stellate hairs, upper naked or 

 hairy too; midrib conspicuous; veins visible, fine. Fertile fronds narrower 

 and longer stalked. 



Trop. Asia, Africa, America. 



* (15) E. hirluiu, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; E. squamosum, J. Sm., Christ, 

 Farnkr., d. Erde, 56, fig. 85; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CXCVII; Acrostichum 

 squamosum, Sw., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 411; A. paleaceum, Hk. ^ &rev., Ic. Fil,, 

 tab. CCXXXV; A. hirtum, Sw., (oldest name). 



Rhizome woody, short-creeping, the scales ovate to lanceolate, ciliate, 

 blackish-brown. Stipes tufted or approximate, 2V2 — 10 c.M. long, densely 

 clothed with lanceolate, ciliate, pale, brown and blackish scales. Fronds 15 — 50 

 c.M. long, 2 — 5V2 c.M. broad, elongate-ligulate, acute or short-acuminate at 

 the point, the base narrowed gradually. Texture thick but flaccid; surfaces 

 densely covered with ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, brown scales, the scales on the 

 midrib are longer and those on the under surface intermixed with polished, 

 blackish-brown ones; midrib conspicuous; veins hidden. Fertile fronds narrow- 

 er and longer stalked than the barren ones, the edge more or less mem- 

 branaceous, 



Sumatra; Ceylon, South. India, East. Africa, Madeira, Azores, Trop. Ame- 

 rica, Hawaii. 



(14) E. Copelandi, Chrtft^ Philipp. Journ., II, 170. 



Rhizome creeping, woody, sparingly clothed with black-brown, subulate 

 setulae. Stipes approximate, to 55 c.M. long, with the fertile fronds on the 

 longest stipes, rufo-slramineous, clothed with black, fimbriato-lacerate squamu- 

 lae, the base black-brown, provided with scattered, brown, lanceolate scales. 

 Barren fronds linear-lanceolate, to + 42^2 c.M. long, + S'/j c.M. broad, 

 narrowed towards the acute apex and base, not decurrent on the stipe. Tex- 

 ture firm-charlaceous ; colour dark-brown ; upper surface sparingly scaly, lower 



