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' herbaceous ; rachis and both sides densely villose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, 

 with 8-10 simple veinlets on a side, the sori in the lower part of each. 



Hab. Brazil. 



5. G. (Lept.) polypodioides, Spreng. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, 

 glossy, naked ; fr. 1 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br., bipinnatifid ; pinnae lanceolate, 3-5 in. 1., 

 1 in. br., cut two-thirds of the way down into entire falcate lobes J in. br., the 

 lower ones not reduced and with an entire wing at the base ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachis and both sides naked ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 8-10 simple veinlets 

 on a side, with the linear-oblong sori down the centre of each. Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 140. 



Hab. Brazil. 



6. G. (Lept.) diplazioides, Desv. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., glossy, scaly below ; 

 fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br., bipinnatifid ; central pinnce 3-4 in. 1., - in. br., cut 

 half to two-thirds of the way down into blunt entire lobes 2 lin. br., the lower 

 pinnae reduced gradually ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked or 

 slightly pilose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 6-9 simple veinlets on a side, the 

 sori oblong, often reaching nearly from the midrib to the edge. G. Linkiana, 

 Kze. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 140. G. nipestris, Kze. Hk. I. c. 



Hab. Mexico and West Indies to Peru and South Brazil. Pheg. Duchassagniana, Fe"e 

 Mem. 11-12. t. 14, must probably be referred here. 



7. G. (Lept.) grandis, Baker ; st. tufted, 1^-2 ft. 1., strong, naked, scaly only 

 at the very base ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 1^-2 ft. br., bipinnatifid ; pinnce 8-12 in. 1., 

 \\ in. br., cut three-quarters of the way down to the rachis into oblong falcate 

 finely serrated lobes 3-4 lin. br. ; lowest pinnce not reduced ; texture subcoria- 

 ceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with about 

 12 simple veinlets on a side ; sori linear, close to the midrib. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia, Notion 29, Linden 540 ; Ecuador, Spruce 5286 



8. G. (Lept.) gradlis, Reward ; st. 2-4 in. 1., glossy, scaly ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 1 ft. 

 or more br., bipinnatifid ; central pinnce 4-8 in. 1., l-l in. br., cut down very 

 nearly to the rachis throughout into entire slightly falcate lobes 1^-2 lin. br., 

 the lower pinnse distant and dwindling down very gradually ; texture herbaceous 

 or subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 

 10-15 veinlets on a side ; sori nearer the edge than the midrib. Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 139. t. 292. /?, G. consimilis, Fee ; fr. smaller ; texture herbaceous ; veinlets 

 6-8 on a side. 



Hab. Jamaica ; /3, Guadeloupe, L'Hei-minier. 



9. G. (Lept.) aurita, Hk. ; rhizome creeping; st. 1 ft. 1., naked, glossy, 

 chesnut-brown ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br., bipinnatifid or bipinnate ; pinnce in 

 distant pairs, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into lanceolate entire or 

 crenate lobes, the lowest on one or both sides longer than the rest and pinnatifid ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis glossy, castaneous ; both sides naked ; veinlets 

 forked; sori oblong, sometimes produced on both forks. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 141. 

 2nd Cent. t. 74. 



Hab. North India, up to 6,000 ft. This has altogether the habit and texture of Poly- 

 podium distans. , 



** Frond tripinnatifid. Sp. 10-11. 



*J 10. G. (Lept.) decurrenti-alata, Hk. ; st. 18 in. 1., brown, weak, slightly scaly 

 downwards ; fr. 18 in. 1., 1 ft. br., subdeltoid ; lower pinnce the largest, lan- 

 ceolate, 6 in. 1., 2 in. br., cut down to the rachis below into oblong bluntly lobed 



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