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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



A. acrocarpum — ac-roc-arp'-um (pointed fruit), Martens. 



A species of dwarf dimensions, and of only botanical interest, native of 

 Central Brazil.' — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 522. 



A. (Polybotrya) acuminatum — Pol : yb-ot'-ry-a ; ac-u'-min-a'-tum 

 (taper-pointed), Hooker. 

 On account of the drooping character of its light green fronds, of a firm 

 texture, which are abundantly produced from a thick, climbing rhizome 



Fig. 21. Aci'ostichuin acuminatum 

 (i nat. size). 



(prostrate stem), this Brazilian, stove species may be considered one of the 

 most decorative kinds comprised in the genus. The barren fronds, borne on 



