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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. 



calomelanos (beautiful black), sti. tufted, 6in. to 12in. 

 ng, fronds 1ft. to 3ft long, 6in. to 12in. broad, tripinnatifld ; 

 pinnae 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. chrysophylla (golden-leaved).* Very like G. e. peruviana, 

 but with darker rachis and bright yellow powder. See Fig. 158. 

 Others included in this species by Mr. Baker are : Srackenridaei, 

 intermedia, L'Herminien, Martensii, and Massoni. 



G. C. peruviana (Peruvian).* sti. and rachis castaneous. fronds 

 smaller ; lower pinnae deltoid ; lower pinnules often cut quite 

 down to the rachis. See Fig. 159. 



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FIG. 159. GYMNOQRAMME CALOMELANOS PERUVIANA. 



G. candiformls (tail-like), rhiz. woody, creeping, scaly, sti. 6in. 

 to 9in. long, frond* 6in. to 9in. long, ovate-oblong, acuminate ; 

 sterile ones Sin. to 4in. broad ; others lin. to 2in. broad. Malay 

 Archipelago, &c., 1862. 



G. ohaaropnylla (Chervil-leaved), sti. tufted, slender, Sin. to 

 6m. long, fronds Sin. to 6in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, quadri- 

 pinnatifld ; lower pinnae and pinnules deltoid ; the segments 

 flabellately cut. Cuba to Paraguay, 1825. An elegant annual, 

 producing an abundance of spores. 



G. decomposite (decompound).* sti. 1ft. long, fronds lanceolate- 

 deltoid, lift, long, 1ft. broad, four or flve-pinnatifld ; pinna close, 

 lanceolate, the lowest largest ; pinnules close, stalked, deltoid 

 powder yellow. South America, 1873. See Fig. 160. 



G. ferrnginea (rusty) sti. tufted, 6in. to 12in. long, tomentose. 

 fronds about 1ft. long, Sin. to 4in. broad ; pinnze 2in. to 3in. long 

 Jin. to lin. broad, cut to the rachis into oblong or linear-oblon-* 

 entire or slightly toothed lobes ; lower surface and rachis densely 

 tomentose. Tropical America. 6. lanata is a variety with fronds 

 less woolly beneath, and larger pinnules ; the lower ones bluntly 

 lobed half way down. 



G. 



. flexnpsa (wavy), sti. 6in. to 18in. long, flexnose, slender. 

 fronds 3ft. to 4ft. long, scandent, three to four-pinnate pinnte 

 reflexed, outline sub-deltoid ; segments flabellately-branched 

 rachis zigzag, branched. Central America to Peru, 1865. 

 G. Hamiltoniana (Hamilton's), rhiz. wide-creeping, woody 

 fronds dimorphous; barren ones 1ft long, Sin. to 4in. broad 

 snathulate ; fertile ones 4in. to 6in. long, IJin. broad; stems more 

 than 1ft. long, slender, son in broad continuous rows. Sub- 



G. hlspida (hairy), rhiz. creeping, sti. 3in. to 6in. long, pilose 

 fronds deltoid, tripinnatifld, 2in. to 3in. each way ; lower pinnae 

 much the largest, cut down to the rachis ; upper pinnules close 

 ligulate, blunt ; under surface with pale brown tomentum ; rachis 

 scaly. New Mexico. 



FIG. 161. GYMNOGKAMMK JAVANICA. 



