110 



FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



1. xt. peltata, Scliott. Acrostichum pcltatumj Rciue. Fil. t. 12 

 (Plum. Fil. t. 50,/. A). Acrostichurn fcenieulaccnm, 

 Sooh. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 119. — West Indies and 

 Tropical America. 



34. MICROSTAPHYLA, Presl. 



Vernation decumbent, subfasciculate ; sarmentum short, 

 squamose. Fronds numerous, contiguous, 3-8 inches high, the 

 sterile linear-lanceolate, sub-entire, unequally crenate or laci- 

 niately pinnatifid, glandulose, segments and lacinise cuneiform, 



Gcnns 34. — Portion of fertile and barren fronds, nattvil size. No. 1. 



entire or bi-trilobed. Veins simple or forked. Fertile fronds 

 contracted, shorter and less divided than the sterile, sporan- 

 giferous on the under side. 



1. M. bifurcata, Presl. Epim, Acrostichum bifircatum, Sw.; 

 Hook. 2nd Cent, of Ferns, t. 91 ; Sclik. Fil t. 2— Bt- 

 Helena. 



