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Acrostichum (Species number upwards)

The species number upwards of 180. To those described on pp. 18-20, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

A. Lechlerianum (Lechler's). rhiz. woody, wide-scandent, scaly. sti. 6in. to 12in. long, firm, erect, scaly downwards. fronds 3ft. to 4ft. long, 1in. to 1 1/2in. broad, the barren one quadripinnatifid; lower pinnae 6in. to 9in. long, 4in. to 5in. broad; pinnules close, lanceolate; segments oblong, deeply lobed; rachises pubescent; fertile pinnules narrower, distant, the segments oblong-cylindrical, with a space between them, the lower ones rather beaded. Peru and Ecuador, 1886. Stove. SYN. Polybotrya Echleriana (G. C. n. s., xxv., pp. 400-1).

A. magnum (large). rhiz. sub-erect, the basal paleae small, nearly black. sti. tufted, those of the barren fronds 3in. to 4in. long. barren fronds 2ft. to 3ft. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad, narrowed gradually to both ends, the paleae of the upper surface numerous, minute, whitish, those of the under side ferruginous. British Guiana, 1880. Stove. SYN. Elaphoglossum magnum.