FILICES NOVjE CALEDONIjE 



A Cl. Vieillard collectae. 

 Elaboravit U. METTEKIUS. 



ÀCROSTICHUM. 



1. A. glabratum, M. 



Rhizoma repens, paleis minutis ferrugineis oblongis acutis 

 squamosum, mox denudatum ; folia disticha subdensa coriacea, 

 siccitate alutacea, glabra, in petiolo paleis paucis minutis ferrugi- 

 neis ovatis répandis obsita , difformia ; sterilium petiolus 3-5"' 

 longus, marginatus ; lamina 1 1/2-2" longa, 4-5"' lata, spathulata 

 vel spathulato-elongato-oblonga obtusa, margine revoluto inte- 

 gerrima ; costa prominula ante apieem evanescens ; nervi subim- 

 mersi, infra submanifesti, laxi,furcati, sub angulo A5°decurrentes, 

 supremi flabellati; fertilium petiolus 1" longus, tener; lamina 

 k 1/2" longa, 2'" lata, spathulato-elliptico-oblonga obtusissima, 

 infra sporangiis obtecta. 



?... «Poila» (1535 et 1594 partim). 



Habitu A. piloselloidis, a quo vero rhizomate repente, foliis 

 coriaeeis glabris, diversissimum , proximum A. aphlebio, Kz. 

 (Kl. Linn., 20, 419), a quo forma foliorum, prsesertim fertilium, 

 recedit. 



2. J. Vieillardii. 



Rhizoma repens médiocre abbreviatum , paleis 6'" longis, basi 

 l/3'"latis, ferrugineo-fuscis lanceolato-subsubulatis integerrimis 

 densissime vestitum; folia dense coriacea, infra paleis minutissi- 

 mis ovatis dilaceratis sparsim ruf'o-punctata, difformia ; phyllopodia 

 6'" longa; sterilium petiolus ad 3" longus, marginatus, paleis fer- 

 rugineis ovato-laneeolatis aliisque minoribus dilaceratis obsitus; 



