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§ 3. Acrostichce. Vernation fasciculate. Fronds pinnate, 
4-8 feet high ; pinnae adherent. Veins uniform, reticulated ; 
areoles small subquadrangular, or large hexagonoid. 
44. NEUROCALLIS, Fee. 
Vernation fasciculate, decumbent. Fronds pinnate, 3-4- feet 
high, smooth; sterile pinnae elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, 
entire, 8-10 inches long, 2 inches wide, sessile, adherent with 
Genus 44.— Portions of fertile and barren fronds. No. I. 
the rachis. Veins uniform, reticulated ; areoles oblong, hexa- 
gonoid. Fertile fronds contracted ; pinnae linear, acuminate, 
plane, wholly sporangiferous on the under side; sporangia 
destitute of indusoid scales. 
1. N. prsestantissima, Fee, Acrost. t. 52; Fee, Gen. Fil. 
t. 4 A. Acrostichum praestantissimum, Bory, Hb. ; 
Hoolc. Gard. Ferns, t. 58. — Dominica and Guadeloupe. 
45. ACROSTICHUM, Linn, {in part) ; J. 8m. 
Vernation fasciculate, erect, caudiciform. Fronds pinnate, 
smooth, 2-8 feet high ; pinnae entire, broad, the upper densely 
sporangiferous on their under side. Veins uniform, reticu- 
