Puate 1685. 
GYMNOGRAMME CANTONIENSIS, Baker. 
Fiuices, Sub-order Potypopiacea, Tribe GRramMitives. 
(Sellignea) cantoniensis, oon ; Thizomate gracili 
Gymnogramme 
late repente, paleis lanceolatis adpressis membra 
clathratis, frondibus valde dimorphis, sterilibus par 
integris basi Seevcaheges vel subcordatis, stipitibus fro 
nudis viridulis $ inconspicuis immersis ¢ copiose anastomosantibus, 
frondibus fertilibus ticectane soris cylindricis cite confluentibus 
Polypodium ? cantoniense, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 304, 
aceis nigrescentibus 
Has. Banks of the North river, Canton, Ford. 
Lamina sterilis 2-8-pollicaris. Lamina fertilis 3 poll. longa, medio 
2-3 lin. lata. 
This very distinct species was discovered in 1878 by Mr. Charles 
Ford, of the Hong Kong Botanic Garden. It is on quite recently 
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that we have seen 7 ike tage frond, and it has lately been brought into 
cultivation.—J. G. Barr 
Fig. 1, Sterile fronds. 2. Fertile frond : both life sie. 3. Fertile frond: enlarged, 
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