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T A B , C X I X .
A C R O S T I C H UM FOEN I C U L A C E UM.
F I L IC E S .— G y e a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. F i l i c e s v e ræ . TVilld., Spre?tg.
G e n . C h a r . A C R O S T I C H U M , L in n . S o r i am o rp h i, s eu Ca p su la p e r to tam p ag in am in fe
rio rem fro n d is (in te rd um dive rsæ) vel ad e ju s p a r tcm sp a rsæ . In v o b ic rum n u llum (nisi
sq u am u læ , vel s c tæ in q u ib u sd am c ap su lis in te r s tin c tæ ) . B r .
A crost ich um foe tiic u la c e um ; fro n d ib u s s te rilib u s rcn ifo rm i-rau ltifid is , la c iniis r e p e titim d ich o tom is
lin c a ri-fîlifo rm ib u s fe rtilib u s b ilo b is su p ra n u d is , m a rg in e d iap h an o d u p lic a to -c ren a to .
H a b. S u p r a tru n c o s p ú tr id o s a rb o rum , in sylvis a p u d E sm e ra ld a s , A m e r. S e p t, a ltit. 3 0 0 0 p ed.
D . P r o f. G u i. J am e so n .
Caudex longe repens, gracilis, squamosus, subtus radices plures, tenues, filiformes ramosas emittens.
Stipites 3—4. uncias longi, frondium sterilium et fertilium suboeque longi, erecti, graciles, squamosi.
Frondes stériles, circumscriptione reniformes, duas ad tres uncias latæ, repetitim dichotome ramosæ, lacinus divan-
catis, tenuissime linearibus, planis, obscure costatis, glabris, apicibus furcatis, acutis : fertiles vix unciam latæ,
biloboe, lobis rotundatis, fade superiore nudo, margine diaphano duplicato-crenato, subtus vix squamulosis.
Capsula numerosæ, bi'evi-pedicellatæ, globosæ.
Semina subglobosa.
Fig. 1. Froiis fertilis, subtus visa. f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3. Semina awcL
Re c e ived, a lo n g w ith o u r A . tr ip a r titnm , f rom W . J am e so n , E s q ., w h o s e love o f science has
ju s tly e n title d h im to th e h o n o u r w h ich h a s la te ly b e en co n fe rre d u p o n h im , o f th e a p p o in tm e n t to
th e P ro f e s so r sh ip o f N a tm a l H is to ry a n d C h em is try In th e U n iv e rs ity o f Q u ito . W e t ru s t th a t
th is s itu a tio n will give h im s till g r e a te r o p p o r tu n itie s fo r e x p lo r in g th e b o ta n ic a l ric h e s o f th e
m a g n ific e n t e o n n try In w h ich h is r e s id en c e is n ow fixed. T h e su c c e ss w h ich h a s a lre ady re c om p
e n s e d h is e x e rtio n s in p u r s u it o t p la n ts , is a su ffic ien t p ro o f o f h ow m u c h y e t rem a in s n n d is -
covered.