262 FERNS: BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



2. S. elegans, Sw. LopHdium elegans, Presl. Schizae-a 

 elegans ; a latifolia, Hoolc. Gard. Fems, t. 3 k — 

 Tropical America. 



Genns 146. — Porlion of barren and fertile frond, natural size,- 

 fertile spikelet enlarged. No. a. 



3. S. rupestris, B. Br. ; Hooh. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 48 ; Hook. 

 Gard. Ferns, t. 42. — Australia. 



147. ACTINOSTACHYS, Wall. 



. Vernation uniserial, contiguous ; sarraentum short. Fronds 

 linear, simple, stipitiform, compressed, triquetrous at the base, 

 9 -18 inches high. Costa prominent, continuous. Fertile appen,' 

 dices terminal, digitato-nabellate, cristseform ; segments iridu- 



