262 FEKNS: BEITISH AND FOEEIGN. 



2. S. elegans, 8w. LopHdium elegans, Pred. Scliizsa 

 elegans ; a latifolia, Hooh. Ga/rd. Ferns, t. 34. — 

 Tropical America. 



GenDS 14S. — Portion of barren and fertile frond, natoral 8ize> 

 fertile Bpikelet enlarged. No. 2. 



3. S. rupestris, B. Br. ; Sodk. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 48 ; Eooh. 

 Gard. Ferns, t. 42. — ^Australia. 



147. ACTINOSTACHTS, WaU. 



Vernation uniserial, oontiguons \ sarmentnin short. Fronds 

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

 9 -18 inches high. Costa proiuinent, continuous. Fertile appen- 

 dices terminal, digitato-flabellate, cristseform ; segments indn- 



