ACROSTICHUM. 



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seldom measure more than Sin. in length, including their stalks, which are 

 covered with small, linear (much longer than broad) scales of a ' dark 

 chestnut-brown colour. — Hooker, Synopsis Mlieum, p. 400. 



A. (Chrysodium) minus — Chry-so'-di-um ; inin'-us (small), Mettenius. 



A stove species, of small dimensions, and of botanical interest only, with 

 fronds barely 4in. long, including their stalks. It is a native of the Philip- 

 pines, but has been also gathered by Hooker and Dr. Thomson on the Khasya 

 Hills, at an elevation of 2000ft. to 3000ft. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 420. 



A. Mulleri — Mul'-ler-i (Muller's), Fournier. 



A greenhouse, Mexican species, of small dimensions and of little decorative 

 value, but very peculiar through its spear-shaped fronds, only 4in. to Gin. 

 long, having both surfaces densely clothed with reddish, stellate (star-shaped) 

 scales. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 522. 



Fig, 28, Acrosticluim muscosum 

 U\ nat. size). 



A. niUSCOSUm — mus-co'-sum (mossy), Sioartz. 



In this very distinct, stove species, which is a native of tropical America, 

 from Mexico and the West Indies to Peru and Brazil, the barren fronds, 



