?8. ELAPttoeLOSSUM. § 2. ^n-ElAi'HOGI.O&SIJil. ?i? 



* (12) E. petiolatunt., ]Urh., C. Chr., Ind. Pil. ; E. viscosumf Schott, 

 Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 59; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab CXGVI ; f^lcrosfocAum visco- 

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

 latum, Sw.. boldest namel ^ .«!wv:*v9 .„ 



h small 

 [. broad, 

 Texture 



arrower 



Trop. Asia, Africa, America. 



* (13) E. birtum, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; E. squamosum, J. Sm., Christ, 

 Farnkr., d. Erde, 36, fig. 83; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CXCVII; Acroslichum 

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

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



Rhizome w.oody, short-creeping, the scales ovate to lanceolate, ciliate, 

 blackish-brown. Stipes tufted or approximate, 2*4 — 10 c.M. long, densely 

 clothed with lanceolate, ciliate, pale, brown and blackish scales. -Fronds IS — 30 

 c.M. long, 2 — S'/i 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. Coprlandi, Christ, Philipp. Journ., It, 176. 



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

 setulae. Stipes approximate, to 35 c.M. long, with the fertile fronds on the 

 longest stipes, rufo-slramineous, clothed with black, flmbriato-lacerate squamU' 

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

 Barren fronds linear-lanceolatei, to .± 42>/2 CM. long, ± Vl^ 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 



