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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, : 
Gymnogramme—continued. 
of the fronds covered with a yellow powder are popularly 
known as Gold Ferns, and those with silver powder as 
Silver Ferns. For culture, &c., see Ferns. 
G. calomelanos (beautiful black). sti, tufted, 6in. to l2in. 
long. fronds lft. to 3ft. long, 6in. to 12in. broad, tripinnatifid ; 
pinne close, lanceolate, lowest largest, about 2in. broad ; lower 
pinnules distinct, often cut down nearly to the rachis; powder 
white. Tropics, 1790. A variable species. (H. G. F. 30.) 
G. c. —— — (golden-leaved).* Very like G. c. peruviana, 
but with darker rachis and bright yellow powder, See Fig, 158. 
Others included in this ies by Mr. Baker are: Brackenridgei, 
: intermedia, L’Herminiert, Martensii, and Massoni, 
a viana (Peruvian).” sti. and rachis castaneous. fronds 
— anaes eee Hate deltoid ; lower pinnules often cut quite 
down to the rac See Fig. 159. 
F Ri 
Fig. 159. GYMNOGRAMME CALOMELANOS PERUVIANA. 
G. caudiformis (tail-like). rħiz. woody, creeping, scaly. sti. 6in. 
to 9in. long. fronds 6in. to Yin. long, ovate-oblong, acuminate ; 
sterile ones Sin. to 4in. broad; others lin. to 2in, broad. Malay 
Archipelago, &c., 1862. 
G. cheero; lla (Chervil-leaved). sti. tufted, slender, 3in. to 
6in. long. fronds Sin. to 6in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, quadri- 
ss posuna, lower pinnæ and pinnules deltoid ; the segments 
flabellately cut. Cuba to Paraguay, 1825. An elegant annual, 
producing an abundance of spores. 
———— (decompound).* sti. 1ft. long. fronds lanceolate- 
deltoid, 14ft. long, 1ft. broad, four or five-pinnatifid ; pinnæ close, 
, the lowest largest; pinnules close, stalked, deltoid ; 
powder yellow. South America, 1873. See Fig. 160. ` 
G. —— (rusty). sti. tufted, 6in. to 12in. long, tomentose. 
fronds lit. long, Sin. to 4in. broad ; pinnæ 2in. to 3in. long; 
jin. to lin. broad, cut to the rachis into oblong or linear-oblong 
entire or slightly toothed lobes ; lower surface and rachis densely 
—— a rica. G. lanata is a variety with fronds 
ished hal — larger pinnules; the lower ones bluntly 
G. flexuosa (wavy). sti. bin. to 18in. long, flexuose, slender. 
fronds 3ft. to 4ft. —— three to four-pinnate ; pinnæ 
reflexed, outline sub- ; segments flabellately-branched ; 
rachis zigzag, branched, merica to Peru, 1865. 
. Hamiltoniana (Hamilton’s). rhiz. wide-creeping y 
A } -creeping, woody. 
fronds dimorphous ; barren ones lft. long, 3in. to 4in. broad 
ulate ; fertile 4in, Si. Jong, 1 in. broad; stems more 
: — — anea sori in broad continuons rows. Sub- 
G. (hairy). rhiz. creeping. sti. 3in. to 6i ilos 
Tronds deltoid, tripinnatifid, Zin to Sim. erch wor — — 
much the largest, cut down to the rachis; upper pinnules close, 
ligulate, blunt; under surface with pale N ‘ 
scaly. New Mexico. pale brown tomentum ; rachis 
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Gymnogramme—continued. 
Ge 
ace — 
Fic. 160, GyYMNOGRAMME DECOMPOSITA. 
