516 GYMNOGRAMUE. 



37*. G. Jamesoni, Baker ; fr, ample, tripinnate ; main rachis straight, stout, 

 naked, dark-castaneous ; lower pinnae oblong-lanceolate, stalked, recurved, 7-8 

 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. close, patent, ligulate, blunt, 7^-f- in. br., lowest free, cut 

 down to rachis into entire close blunt segm. 2-3 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 upper surface naked, lower clothed with pale-brown cottony tomentum; sori 

 mixed with the tomentum, covering nearly the whole surface. 



Hab. Pinchinchan Andes, Jamison. 



38*. G. scandens, Baker ; st. and rachises subscandent, naked, castaneous ;fr. 

 oblong- deltoid, 1-2 ft. 1., 5-6 in. br., tripinnatifid ; piiince lanceolate-deltoid, fal- 

 cate, blunt, with castaneous winged slightly flexuose rachises ; lowest pinnl. free, 

 sessile, lanceolate-deltoid, cut down nearly to rachis into close cuneate-rotundate 

 or obovate inciso-crenate scgm. 2-3 lin. br. ; texture membranous ; under surface 

 sparsely pilose ; veining tine, distinct, flabellate ; sori filling the lobes, except the 

 edge. Neurogramme scandens, Fee, Fil. Bras. p. 203. 



Hab. Ilio Janeiro, Glaziou, 355*2. 



43*. G. hispida, Mett. ; rhizome creeping ; scales minute, linear, pale-bvown ; 

 st. 3-6 in., castaneous, faintly pilose ; fr. deltoid, 3-pinnatifid, 2-3 in. each way ; 

 lower pinnae much largest, unequal-deltoid, cut down to rachis, the upper pinnl. 

 close, ligulate, blunt, entire, the lowest oblique-deltoid, with close ligulate blunt 

 segm.; texture rather thick but fragile ; under surface matted with adpressed pale- 

 brown tomentum, and rachis clothed with linear scales ; veins obscure, immersed; 

 sori slender, hidden beneath the tomentum. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 72. 



Hab. New Mexico, C. Wright, 819 ; and valley of the Eio Grande, collected in the 

 Mexican Boundary Expedition. 



41*. G. Biardii, Baker ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., naked, slender, fragile, castaneous ; 

 fr. lanceolate, indefinite, 2-3 ft. 1., 4-pinnatifid ; rachis straight, naked, casta- 

 neous ; pinnae distant, patent, lanceolate-deltoid, short-stalked, ]|-2 in. br. ; pinnl. 

 the same shape, the rachis winged to base'; segm. deltoid, unequal-sided, cuneate- 

 truncate on lower side at base ; ult. lobes flabeliate, ligulate, 1-netved ; texture mem- 

 branous ; surfaces bright-green, glabrous ; veins distinct, one running into each 

 final lobe ; sori brown, confluent towards the base of the segments. Anogramme, 

 Fee, Fil. Bras. t. ?&fy. 1. G. extensa, Baker, Fil. Bras. p. 599. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Glaziou, 2331. 



48*. G. caracasana, Klotzsch ; st. 4-6 in., castaneous, densely pilose upwards 

 like straight rachis ;fr. 4-6 in., oblong-lanceolate, 3-4-pinnatifid ; pinncc crowded, 

 straight, patent, deltoid, short-stalked, lowest largest ; lower pinnl. short- 

 stalked, deltoid, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base; final lobes obliquely 

 broad ovate, 'blunt, close, l|-2 lin. br. ; texture membranous ; both sides densely 

 clothed with firm spreading hairs, especially the main ribs ; sori finally filling 

 up the whole of the lobes except a narrow border. G. glandulosa, Karst. 



Hab. Andes of Venezuela and New Granada. 



48*. G. Lechleri, Mett. ; fr. lanceolate-acuminate, 1 ft. 1., 3 in. br., 3-4-pin- 

 natifid ; rachis straight, castaneous, densely clothed with adpressed bristly hairs; 

 pinnae stalked, ovate-lanceolate, lower distant ; pinnl. short-stalked, patent, sub- 

 cordate-ovate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, lower ^ in. 1. ; segm. 3-5-jugate, confluent, 

 blunt, 2-3-fid ; texture chartaceous ; both sides shortly pilose ; veins raised above, 

 channelled below ; sori at base of final lobes. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 71. 



Hab. Peru, Lcchkr, 2262. 



43*. G. insignis, Mett. ; rhkome short ; scales dense, brown, fibrillose ; st. 2 in., 



