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Foi’tiou of mature Frond, irpper side, witli young plant growing upon it.
ACROSTICHUM AURITUM.
S w a r t z . (N o t o f P o i r e t . )
P L A T E S L I I A N D L I I I . A’OL. V I I .
Aerosticlmm fo r id iim ,
Stenosemia aurita,
Polyhotrya aurita,
P o ie e t .
P e e s l . J . S m i t h . P e e .
M o o e e . B u m p i i i e s .
P l u m e .
Acrostichum—From the Greek, ahros—high, and siichos—order.
A u r itum—Ear-leaved.
I n THE S e c t i o n S t e n o s e m i a o f A u t h o i i s .
A n exceedingly p re tty dwarf F e rn , and scarcely yet known
in ordinary collections.
A n evergreen stove species.
Native of Java.
Fronds ternately-pinnate; the pinnæ oeing laciniatcly-lobed
and bulbiferous, giving the plant a very interesting appearance;
short-stalked, prostrate in habit, and three inches in width.
I'e rtile segments linear, rachiferous, convolute, and n early
wholly sporangiferous; long-stalked, erect in habit, and much
contracted.
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