TAB. XCI. 



GYMNOGRAMMA 



UBGLANDULOSA 



FILICES. — Gyratte. Br. 



Polypodiace^. Kaulf. Filices verre. Willd 



Gen. Char. GYMNOGRAMMA, Desv. 





inserti. Indusium nullum. 



Sori oblongi, venis frondis simplicibus furcatisve 



Frondes pinnata, bipinnata, decompositaque ; radices csespitosae. 



Gymnogramma subglandulosa ; fronde pinnata pubescenti-subglandulosa, pinnis pinnatifidis, lobis 



rotundatis integris vel incisis. 



Hab. In Nova Hollandia. D. Fraser. 



Radicem nondum vidimus. 

 Tota planta pilis succulentis, 



ad apicem 



succulentis, pellucidis, pallide fuscis ubique tecta. Hi pili semper obtusi 

 glandula abortiva vel imperfecta terminati : infra apicem, etiam, non raro constricti. 

 Stipes unciam vel duas uncias longus. 



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Frons, circumscriptione, lanceolata, 4, fere ad 6 uncias longa, pinnata, pinnis oppositis remotis submembranaceis 



plerisque ovatis (basi apiceque subcuneatis, minus divisis) breviter petiolatis, pinnatifidis, lobis rotundatis sub 



mcisis. 



Sori pallide fusci, simplices vel furcati. 



Capsulce sublonge pedicellatae. 



Semina parva, obscure limbata. 



Fig. 1. Portio stipitis. f. 2. Pili. f. 3. Capsulae. f. 4. Semina:— magn. auct. 



In what part of New South Wales this curious species of Gymnogramma was found we 



•st took the specimens for very luxuriant states of Gymn. rutafolia 



nformed. We at fi 



but 



a 



more careful examination s 

 of that species, the pinnae 



will afFord a still b 



convinced us of 



The plant is more than twice the 



distinctly pinnatifid, of a more membranaceous 



and (what 



the 



■ 



itter character,) the nature of the pubescence, although it may appear to 

 naked eye the same in both, is here not composed of short setiform hairs, but of obtuse linear ones 

 having what appears an abortive gland at the extremity ; that is, irregular in its shape, and not filled 



with any secreting fluid. Below the apex, too, are 

 mark. 



unfrequently a contraction and a brown 



