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from Gin. to 9in. long, barely lin. broad, and are densely clothed on both 

 sides with minute scales of a bright rusty colour. The fertile fronds are much 

 contracted, and are borne on longer stalks. — Hooker, Synopsis Fill cum, p. 521. 

 Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 196. 



A. stenopteris — sten-op'-ter-is (narrowly winged), Klotzsch. 



A stove species, of somewhat large dimensions (although its fronds, 

 of a particularly soft texture, are nearly stalkless), but possessing little 

 decorative value ; native of Columbia and Venezuela. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 402. 



A. (Elaphoglossum) stigmatolepis — El-aph-og-los'-sum ; stig-mat-oh- 

 ep-is (scale-marked), Fee. 

 This greenhouse species, of medium dimensions, is a native of the 

 Neilgherries and the Anamallay Mountains, where, according to Beddome, 

 it is common in ravines at no great elevation, and grows indiscriminately on 

 rocks and on trees. Its barren fronds, of quite a leathery texture, are 

 lanceolate (spear-shaped), Sin. to 12in. long by about lin. broad, borne 

 on stalks 2in. long ; their upper surface is naked, while over their lower 

 one are thickly scattered very minute black dots simulating scales, which, in 

 this species, are only found covering the stalks, and the stout, short- creeping- 

 rhizome (prostrate stem) from which they are produced. The much smaller 

 fertile fronds are borne on longer stalks. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 521. 

 Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 199. 



A. stramineum — stra-min'-e-um (straw-coloured), Mettenius. 



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

 native of New Granada. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 403. 



A. striatum — stric'-tuui (straight), Baddi. 



This stove species, of small dimensions, although rendered very distinct 

 by the presence of numerous ciliated (fringed) scales of a dark chestnut- 

 brown colour on its short- creeping rhizome (prostrate stem), as well as on 

 the upper surface of its fronds, is of little decorative value. It is a native 

 of Brazil and Columbia. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 225. 



