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T A B . X X I .
ACROSTICHUM H Y B R ID UM.
F I L I C E .S . G v r a t 4!. B r . P 01.Y PO B IA C EÆ . K e /iilf. I ' l l i c e s v e ræ . f f i l l i / .
G e n . CIIAII. A C M O S T I C H U M , L in n . S o r i am o rp h i, s e u Capsula: 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 ejus p a r tem sp a rsæ . In vo lu c rum im lhtm (n isi sq u am u læ , vel
se tæ 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 hyb r id um ; fro n d ib u s o b lo n g o -lan c eo la tis su b a cum in a tis , m a rg in e c o s ta s tip ite q u e
p a le a c e o -h irsu tis , fe rtilib u s m u lto m in o rib u s glabris.
A c ro s tic h um h y b rid um . B o r y dc S t . V im . V o y a g e , v .Z . p . ÿ i . Sw a r tz . S y n . F il. p . U . W i l ld .
S p . P l . v . h . p . 1 0 7 .
A c ro s tic h um c ilia re . P e t. T h . T rial. d lA m g n . p . 3 2 ? Carmichae l in D e s c r . o f the I s la n d o f
T i i s la n da Cnnha, in L in n . T ra n s , v. 12. p . 510. (fide spc c im. e jus.)
A c ro s tichm ii v illosum. Sieber, S y n . F il. n . 2 ? . n o n Swa rtz ii.
H a d . In s u la B o rb o n iæ . B o r y . M a u r itio . Sieber, B o je r . T r is ta n da C u iih a . Carmichael.
C a u d a rep e n s , b rev is , sq u amis lo n g is , num e ro s issim i!, fiiscis, k n c eo la lo -su b u ln tis d e n se obsitu s, in fe tn e fibris p in -
rim is , ramosis, ferru g in eo -tom e n to sis in stru c tu s.
Slipgs 6 8-polllcavis, fusco-flavescens, sq u amis su b u la tis, fuscis, h o rizo n talib u s sp a rsin i te ctu s .
F ro n s o b îo n g o -la n ce o lata, 6 - 8 u n c ias io n g a , d a a s u n c ias e t u ltr a la ta , su bm em b ran a c e a , in d is tin c te m a rg in a ta ,
m e d io c o stata, n e rv is su b h o riz o n ta lib u s v e rsu s e o n im b a s in b is te rv e dich o tom is , co sta, su p e rfic ie rai'o, m a r g
in ib u sq u e d e nse sq u am o so -h irsu tis. Squaviæ su b id a tæ , p u ip u reo -ftiscæ , d u a s vel trè s lin e as lo n gæ , su b len te
m in u te se rru la tæ a tq u e p u lc b e rrim e re ticu la tæ , a reo lis ob lo n g is . F rom f e r til is s te rü i tr ip lo m in o r, sq u amis
nullis.
Capsulæ to tam in ferio rem p a rte n i, co sta ex c e p ta , teg en te s, fuscoe vel flavo-fuscæ, p ed ice lla tæ , a n n u lo cra sso mcom-
p le to c inctæ .
Semina ob lo n g a , su b ren ifo rmia .
Fig . I . Cap su læ . f. 2. Semina, f. 3. S q u am a , e m a rg in e frondis auct.
Thi.s sceius in eve ry cs,scntial p a r tic u la r to a c co rd w ith th e A . h y b r id um o f B o ry , w h o fo u n d th e
p la n t in th e Is le o f B o u rb o n , a n d w hose n am e wc h av e h e re ad o p ted . W c have re c e iv ed th e same
p la n t from D r. S ieb e r, u n d e r th e n am e o f A . v illo sum o f Sw a rtz , w h ich , be side s b e in g a na tiv e o f
Jam a ic a , is de sc rib ed as h a v in g th e s te rile fro n d s o n b o th sides, a n d th e fe rtile o n e o n th e n p p e r
su rfa c e , c lo th ed with h a irs ; a n d so P lum ie r figures th em . I t is a lso th e A . ciltare o f C a p t. C a rm i-
c h a d , iiiul p ro b a b ly o f D u P e tit T h o u a rs .