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ACROST ICHUM CRINITUM.
F IL IC E S .—G y r a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d ia c e æ . Kaulf. F i l ic e s v e ræ . Willd.
Gen. C har. A C R O S T I C H U M , Liiin . S o r i am o rp h i, s eu Capsuloe p e r to tam p ag in am in fe rio rem
fro n d is ( in tc rd um dive rsæ) vel a d e ju s p a r tem sp a rsæ . In d u s ium miUum (n isi sq u am u læ , v. sctæ
in q u ib u sd am c ap su lis in te r s tin c tæ ) . B r .
A c r o s t ic h u m c n n itum -, p a le a c eo -v illo sum , fro n d ib u s e llip tic is o b tu s is c ilia tis , fe rtilib u s m in o rib u s ,
J piupureo-nigris, h
stip itib u s villosissimis.
A c ro s tic h um c rin itum . L in n . S p . P I . p . 1523. S w a r iz . S p n . M l. p . 1 1 . W illd . S p . P l v . 5 . p . 108 .
L in g u a c e rv in a v illo s a am p lis foliis su b ro tu n d is . P lum . F il. p . 1 0 9 . t. 125.
H ab. I n M a r tin icæ a rb o rum tru u c is . P lum ie r . In s u la S a n c ti V in c e n tii. R e v . L . G u ild in g .
R a d ix e fibris ramosis, pubescentibus.
Comdex nuUus, nisi reliquioe stipitum vetustorum.
Stipes 6—8-pollicaris, crassitie pennæ anserinoe, semiteres, densissime villosus, villis 1
dilatatis, horizontaJibus.
Fronda steHUs non raro pednles, eüipticoe sen ovdes, basi apiceque obtusissimie, pnnluinm undulate, crassiusculoe.
luteo-virides, costa prominente percursæ, utriuque villis nigris margineque cillate. H i viUi insigniter fragiles
sunt et sub lente basi dilatate, reticulate, marginibus involutis. Fronda f a t i l a plerumque duplo minores,
supra margine villosoe, subtus fructiferæ.
Capsulæ totam inferiorem partem, costa excepta, tegentes, intense fuscoe, annulo vix completo cinctæ, pedicellatæ,
pedicello capsula suboeque longo.
Semina sphærica, subreticulata.
Fig. I. Capsula clausa, f. 2. Eadem dehiscens. f. S. Pedicellus. f. 4 . Semina auct.
A c i-ostichum c r in iium se ems to b e a p la n t o f ve ry ra re o c c u r r e n c e ; th e o n ly s ta tio n , h ith e r to
giv en , b e in g th e I s la n d o f M a r tin iq u e , w h e re in d e ed th e f ru c tific a tio n does n o t a p p e a r to h av e b e en
discove red. O u r f rie n d M r. G u ild in g h a s s e n t u s tru ly m a g n ific e n t sp e c im en s f rom th e Is la n d o f
S t. V in c e n t, in v a rio u s s t a t e s ; a n d from th e s e o u r fig u re s h av e b e e n made.