110 
FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 
1. It. peltata, Schott. Acrostichum peltatum, Sclik. Fil. t. 12 
(Plum. Fil. t. 50,/. A). Acrostichum foeniculaceum, 
Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 119. — West Indies and 
Tropical America. 
34. MICROSTAPHYLA, Presl. 
Vernation decumbent, subfasciculate ; sarmentum short, 
squamose. Fronds numerous, contiguous, 3-8 inches high, the 
sterile linear-lanceolate, sub-entire, unequally crenate or laci- 
niately pinnatifid, glandulose, segments and latinise cuneiform, 
Genus 34.— Portion of fertile and barren fronds, natural size. No. 1. 
entire or bi-trilobed. Veins simple or forked. Fertile fronds 
contracted, shorter and less divided than the sterile, sporan- 
giferous on the under side. 
1. M. bifurcata, Presl. Fpim, Acrostichum bifurcatum, Sw. ; 
Hook. 2nd Cent, of Ferns, t. 91 ; Sclik. Fil. t. 2. — St. 
Helena. 
