110 



EEENS : BEITISH AlTD FOREIGN. 



1. R. peltata, Sclwtt. Acrostichum peltatum, ScKle. Fil. t. 12 

 (Plwm. Fil. t. 60,/. A). Acrostichum foeiiiculacenni, 

 Book, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 119. — West Indies and 

 Tropical America. . 



34. MICROSTAPHYLA, Fresl. 



Vernation decumbent, subfascioulate ; sarmentnm stort, 

 Bquamose. Fronds numerous, eontiguous, 3-8 inches high, the 

 sterile hnear-lanceolate, sub-entire,- unequally orenate or laci- 

 niately pinnatifid, glandulose, segments and laciniae cuneiform, 



Genus 34.— Portion of fertile and barren fronds, natural size. No. i . 



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, FreM. Fpini, Acrostichum bifurcatum, 8w.; 

 ^ooTcind Gent, of Ferns, «. 91 ; BclHc. Fil. t. 2.— St. 

 Helena. 



