ACROSTICHUM. 



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Gardening, i., p. 19. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, vii., t. 63. Beddome, 

 Ferns of British India, t. 112. 



Fig. 27. Acrostichum flagelliferum 

 (■^ nat. size). 



A. (Chrysodium) fluviatile— Chry-so'-di-um ; fluv-i-a'-til-e (floating), 

 Hooker. 



A stove species of little decorative value, native of the Gruinea Coast. 

 Its fronds — of a thin, papery texture, 1ft. to 2ft. long, borne on stalks lft. 

 to lift, long — are produced from a firm, wide-creeping or long-trailing 

 rhizome (prostrate stem). — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 422. 



A. (Rhipidopteris) foeniculaceum — Rhi-pid-op'-ter-is ; foe-nic-ul-a'-ce-um 

 (Fennel-leaved), Hooker. 

 A stove species of small dimensions, native of Ecuador, and closely con- 

 nected with A. flabellatum (fla-bel-la'-tum) and the better-known A. peltaium 

 (pel-ta'-tum). The dichotomous (repeatedly-forked) character peculiar to these 

 species it also shares to a smaller degree. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 253. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 19. 



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