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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
ACROSTICHVM— continued. 
A. appendiculatum. 
From a firm, woody, prostrate stem this highly 
decorative stove species produces barren fronds, l^ft. 
to 2ft. long and 6in. to Sin. broad, simply pinnate, with a 
stalk having on each side membranous expansions, and 
proliferous at their apex; they are borne on erect stems, 
4in. to 6in. long, naked or slightly scaly. The leaflets. Sin. 
to 4in. long .and nearly lin. broad, are very variable, some 
being nearly entire, while others are cut half-way down to 
Fig. 43. Acrostichum Aubertii, a distinct and well 
characterised species for the stove. 
the midrib of the blunt lobes, the upper side being frequently 
eared, the lower one terminating abruptly, and dark green. 
The fertile fronds, besides being narrower, are on a longer 
spike, with roundish or oblong, often distinctly-stalked 
leaflets. A free-growing species, found in various parts of 
India. 
A. Aubertii. 
This very distinct and well-marked stove species is a 
native of Bourbon, Natal, Guatemala, Venezuela, &c. The 
barren fronds, 1ft. or more in length, are borne on stems 
4in. to 6in. long, clothed with rough, linear, brown scales. 
The fertile ones, only 2in. to Sin. long, are suddenly 
