Portion of mature Fro n d -u p p e r side.
ACROSTICHUM CRASSINERVE.
K u n z e . F e e .
P L .V l'E I .V I I . T O L . V I I .
Flaphoglossum crassinerve,
Acrostichum conforme,
“ simplex.
M o o r e .
E a d d i . {Not 0/ B l u m e or S w a e t z . )
S p r e n g e l . {Not 0/ S w a r t z op P r e s l . )
Acrostichum—From tlie Greek, ahros—high, and stichos—order.
Crassinerve—Thick-nerved.
I n t h e S e c t i o n E e .v e h o g l o s s u m o f A u t h o r s .
A F e r n of somewhat the character of Acrostichum conforme,
yet more gigantic in size, and thicker in substance.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the We st Indies.
Fertile and sterile fronds different. T h e sterile fronds glabrous,
simple, oblong-ovate, or lengthy lance-shaped in form;
apex bluntly acuminate; attenuated at the base, thick, coriaceous,
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