l * r .
TAB. II.
ACROST ICHUM SUCCI SÆFOLIUM.
F ILICES.— G y r a t æ . B r. P o l y p o d ia c e æ . Kau lf. F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd.
Gen. Char. A C R O S T I C H U M , L in n . S o r i am o rp h i, s e u C a p su la p e r to tam p a g in am in fe rio rem
fro n d is ( in te rd um dive rsæ) ve l a d e jus p a r tem sp a rsæ . In d u sium . m d lum (n is i sq u am u læ , v. se tæ
in q u ib u sd am c ap su lis in te r s tin c tæ ) . B r .
suc c isæfolium I fro n d e s im p lic i o b lo n g a c o ria c e a o b tu s is s im a s tip ite q u e fe rru g in e o -
sq u am o sis, sq u am is la n c e o la tis sp in u lo so -s e rra tis .
A c ro s tic h um succiszéfolium. P e t. TIi. E s q . de la F lo r e de T r is t. d 'A c . p . 3 1 . Carm. D e s c r . o f
th e I s l . o f T r is t. d 'A c . in L in n . T r a n s , v . 1 2 . j». 5 1 0 . K a u l f . E n um . F il. p . 6 o . PoÌ7\ in
E n c y c l. M e tk . S u p p l. v. l . p . 1 2 0 .
H ab. In sylva in su læ T r is ta n d’A cu n h a . A u b e r t dit P e t i t T h o u a r s . Carmichael. In su læ
M a u r itii. A u b e i-t d u P e t i t T h o u a r s .
Caudex repens, hie illic fibrosus, paleis squamosis, subulatis, intense fuscis ubiqiie obsitus.
Stipes 6-poUicaris et ultra, erectus, crassiusculus, undique ferrugineo-paleaceus.
FroJis digitalis, coriacea, oblonga, costa medio instructa, basi apiceque valde obtusa, utrinque paleaceo-squamosa,
squamis lanceolatis, acuminatis, spinuloso-ciliatis, membranaceis, reticulatis, non raro subpeltatis
magis angusta basi apiceque obtusissima.
numerosissima^, totam inferiorem partem frondis tegentes, costa excepta, intense fuscoe, pedicellatæ j aimtdo
Semina subsphærica, reticulata, marginata.
Fig. 1. Squamoe. f. 2 . 2 . 2 . 2 . Capsulse. f. 3. Semina:— auct.
T h is ve ry d is tin c t spe c ie s o f A a -o s iic h um se ems to h av e b e e n fo u n d b y M . d u P e t i t T h o u a r s in
th e Is le o f F r a n c e , a s we ll a s in T r is ta n d’A cu n h a . O u r sp e c im en s a re from th e la tte r islan d , w h e re
th e y w e re g a th e re d b y C a p ta in Ca rm ich a e l.
P o ir e t h a s g iv en th is p la n t u p o n th e a u th o r ity o f Ju s s ie u ’s H e rb a r ium a s th e A . suc c isa fo lium
o f th a t a u th o r ; b u t h e p ro b a b ly o n ly a d o p te d th e n am e o f D u P e t i t T h o u a rs .