60. ACBOSnCHTDI, **** -H- CHEl^ODnriL i2l 



in. 1., i-14 in- Ir.. the point blnntish, the ei^e entire, the lower hii'f tapering 

 very gradoally to tiie base or a short stem ; texture papyrace; ns ; xarfaea naked ; 

 no main veins ; areoliB Tery copions, with abundant feee veinlets : fertile fr. 6-12 

 in- L, 1-3 lin. hr^ flexnose, on a stem 1-6 in- L — Hi. Sp. 5. p. 270. 



Hab. Himalay as, Keilgheniea, Phi]ippiiie, and Malay Mea. 



111. A. (Cbrrs.) aureo^mteas, Hk. ; St. tufted, that of the barren fr. very 

 short, the latter oblong-rpathuiate, 3-4 In. L, 1 in. br. a short diitinee from the 

 blunt apex, thence narrowed gradually to the base, the edge entire ; texture 

 coriaceous ; under swrfaee densely clothed -ndth oTate-acuminate ferruginous 

 scales_^ arerjas fine, copious, hexagonal, without free veinlets ; ^. of fertile fr. 

 3-5 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly ; fertUe Jr. pinnate, with 2-3 distant lignlate-oblong 

 pinna on each side. — Hi. JSjp. 5. p. 270. I:: t. 



Hab. Galapagos. — A very distinct speraesL remarkable for the combinatioa of an 

 entire barren with a pinnate fertile frond. 



112. A. (Chrys.) retieulaium, Eaulf. ; eaud. erect, woody, with large narrow 

 lanceolate fermginons scaie; ; ^. of barren fr. 1-3 in. L, firm, erect; barren jr. 

 6-9 in. I., \\ in- br., the point bluntish, the edge entire, the base subconeate ; 

 texture coriaceous : surfaces naked ; tans indistinct, fine, anastomosing copiously ; 

 fertile fr. like the other, but the a. 6-9 in. L—Hi. Sp. 5. p. 267. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. 



113. A. (Chrys.) paelmphgUum, Kze. ; st. nearly 1 ft. 1., strong, erect ; barren 

 fr. 2 ft. L, 6 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to to*h ends, the ei^e entire ; 

 texture ver*- coriacconi ; surfaces naked ; cjins fine, subparallel, anastomrjsin:j 

 in areolas several times as Ions as br. ; fertile fr. 9 in. L, 2^ in. br. — Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 268. 



Hab. Fern, Pieppig. — This and the preceding hare quite the habit and texture of 



114. A. (Chrys.) erinitum, L. ; caud. woody, erect \ st. ai barren fr. 4t8 in. 1., 

 densely clothed with long, slender, sqnarrose fibrillose purplish-brown scales ; 

 barren fr. often 13-18 in. L, 6-9 in. br.. broaj-oblong, the apex blunt, the base 

 rounded, the edge entire ; texture snbcoriaceous ; the edge densely fringed and 

 both tides scattered over with scales like those of the stem ; areolce large, 

 hexagonal, without free veinlets ; fertile fr. like the other but much smaller, 

 the St. longer.— ^i. Sp. 5. p. 267. Hi. ^ Gr. t. 1. PH. Er.. t. 6. Hymeno- 

 dium. Fee. 



Hab. West Indies and Mexico. 



B. Barren fronds sometimes timpk, ha forked, orpinnatifid fOrpinnate.at the base 

 when fulh/ decebiped. Sp. 115 — IIS. 



11-5. A. (Chrys.) bieuspe, Hk. ; rhizome woody, short-creeping, densely clothed 

 with yellowish silky hairs ; St. of barren fr. 1 ft. L, firm, naked ; barren fr. 5-6 

 in; br. in the entire portion, the base Tonnded, the apex consisting of two broad 

 divaricated acuminate lobes with a broad rounded sinus between, the edge 

 entire ; texture coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; main reins radiating from the apex 

 of the stem to the upper edge, with copious areoltB (the larger ones distinct, the 

 smaller ones less so) between them ; fertUe fr. 6-9 in. L, \ in. br., narrowed to 

 both ends with 2-.3 prominent snbparaUel ribs from the apex to the base, the sr. 

 18 in. or more L — ^, integrifolium, Eaton ; fr. ovate-acuminate, not forked. — 

 Hk. Sp. -5. p. 271. Qieiropleuria, Presl. 



Hab. Java, Formosa, and Loo Cboo Isles. 



