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ACROSTlCnVM— continued. 
ones are narrower than those bearing fructification; they 
are erect, from 6in. to 9in. long, and borne on short, slightly 
scaly stalks. To this species — found in Mexico and Brazil, 
in the Sandwich and Fiji Islands, on the Himalayas and the 
Neilgherries — many other species are closely related — A, 
laurifolium, A. marginatum, and A. ohtusifolium being the 
chief. 
Fig. 45. Acrostichum Coenopteris, a useful species for clothing 
a dead Tree Fern stem, and one of the easiest of the genus 
to cultivate. 
A. crinitum. 
Of all stove Ferns in cultivation, this West Indian 
species is undoubtedly the most curious, as also, when well 
grown, one of the handsomest of the genus to which it 
