ACROSTICHUM. 



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A. pygmaeum — pyg-mse'-um (small), Mettenius. 



This stove species, of very dwarf habit, is of little decorative value. 

 It is a native of the Andes of Columbia and Ecuador. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 520. 



A. (Gymnopteris) quercifolium — Gym-nop'-ter-is ; quer-cif-ol'-I-um 

 (Oak-leaved), Retzius. 

 This is a very uncommon, stove species, of small dimensions, native 

 of Ceylon and South China ; its barren fronds, borne on stipes (stalks) 

 about 2in. long, are Gak-leaf- shaped, little more than lin. broad, and covered 

 with short, brownish hairs. The fertile fronds, which are nearly twice the 

 length of the barren ones and very much contracted, are halbert-shaped, erect, 

 and borne on lengthy footstalks. — Hooker, Species Filicum, p. 279. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 20. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, vii., t. 49. 



A. (Chrysodium) Raddianum — Chry-so'-di-um ; Rad-di-a'-num (Raddi's), 

 Kunze. 



This stove species, native of Brazil and Guiana, better known perhaps 

 under the name of Polypodium guianense (Pol-yp-od'-i-um gui-a-non'-se), of 

 Aublet, is very decorative, for its barren fronds, sometimes 2ft. in length 

 and l-| : ft. in breadth, and borne on naked, firm stipes (stalks), are furnished 

 on each side with numerous pinna? (leaflets), which are Gin. to Sin. long, and 

 have their edge toothed. The fertile fronds are like the others, but much 

 smaller. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 264. 



A. rampans — ram'-pans (trailing), Baker. 



A stove species, of small dimensions and of purely botanical interest, 

 native of Cuba. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 518. 



A. (Gymnopteris) repandum — Gym-nop'-ter-is ; rep-an'-dum (spread- 

 ing), Blume. 



This robust-growing, stove species has a very wide range of habitats, as 

 it is known to exist in a wild state in the Philippine, Malay, and Polynesian 

 Islands, also in New Caledonia, Queensland, the Seychelles, &c. Its barren 

 fronds, which are very decorative, are from ljft. to 2ft. long and Sin. to 12in. 



