Actinostachys pennula (Sw.) Hook.

From THE HERBARIUM OF THE AMES BOTANICAL LABORATORY
PLANTS OF FLORIDA.
NO.	A. A. EATON, COLLECTOR.	1 »04.
Actinostachys Germani Fée, Mém. Foug. il : 123 .pl. 2Ç. f.
, j. 1866. (Type from Guadeloupe, Deshaies).
This remarkable discovery of Mr. A. A. Eaton in South
Florida adds a fourth member of this family to our flora, and
gives to a hitherto rare and local tropical species an unexpected
distribution. Like Schizaea pusilla, this new species, although
larger, îs étill so inconspicuous that it would be readily passed
over by any except the most careful collector of ferns, and quite
likely has a much wider range than has hitherto been attributed to
it. The genus is closely related to Schizaea but has penicillate
spikes.
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