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Porlion of mature Frond—upper side.
ACROSTIC HUM LAURIFOLIUM.
I ) . P e t it - T i io u a r s . S p r e n g e l . F e e .
P L A T E L IX . A . V O L . V I I .
Olfersia laurifoUa,
Acrusiichum lingua,
Flaphoglossum laurifolium.
P r e s l .
K u n z e .
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Acrostichum— From the Greek, and s tic h o s -o r ic r .
ZaMi'i/o/jam—Laurel-leaved.
I n t u b S e c t i o n E i . a e u o g l o s s c m o f A u t h o r s .
A VERY pre tty dwarf species, almost unknown in cultivation.
Mr. IMoore seems inclined, from seeing the ironds here ligured,
to Consider it as the Elaplioylossum stiymatolepis.
An evergreen stove Eern.
Native of Brazil.
The fronds, which are ohloiig-obtuse, arc glabrous on both
sides, the sterile ones being widest in the middle, pointed at
apex very narrow at the base, and coriaceous. The Icrtile
fronds contracted to only h a lf the width of the sterile ones,
