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FINE-LEAVED GYMNOGRAMMA. 



GYMNOGRAMMA LEPTOPHYLLA. 

 [Desveux.] 



THIS delicate little fern resembles at first sight 

 very small specimens of the Curled Allosorus (Allo- 

 sorus crispus). The fronds are in little tufts, ovate, 

 twice pinnate, fragile ; the pinnae roundish, wedge- 

 shaped, three-lobed ; the lobes cut and toothed, 

 obtuse. The whole plant is from two to six inches 

 high, with slender black stalks. The sori are oblong, 

 nearly covering the under surface of the segments on 

 which they are borne. 



From the recent discovery of this little fern in the 

 island of Jersey, it is now included in the British 

 Flora, although there are but few localities where it 

 is found in Great Britain. It is a native of the 

 South of Europe and of the Atlantic Islands. A 

 correspondent of oiirs says that it has lately been 

 seen in Devonshire. A diligent search for it in 

 warm sheltered places in our southern counties 

 would, doubtless, repay a collector by its discovery. 

 It is found in a light loamy soil, among mosses and 

 Marcfiantia, near springs, and on shady banks. In 



