52. GYMNOGRAMME, EUGYMNOGRAMME. 383 



8-12 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., elongate-oblong, tripinnatifid ; pinnce distant, alternate, 

 erecto-patent, 1-1 \ in. 1., |-f in. br., the lower pinnl. stalked, as broad as lonir, 

 cuneato-flabellate, deeply lobed, the lobes oblong, blunt ; texture herbaceous ; 

 both sides and the castaneous r acids pilose ; veins and sori one to each lobe, the 

 latter confluent in the centre of the pinnules. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 134. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. 



42. G. myriophyUa, Sw. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., reddish-brown, more or less villose ; 

 fr. 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; pinnce distant, lan- 

 ceolate, 2-3 in. 1., 1 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below into 

 suborbicular or oblong toothed or pinnatifid segm. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis 

 and both sides pubescent ; veins 1 to each ult. division ; sori oblong, confluent in 

 the centre of the segments. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 134. 



Hab. Brazil. 



43. G. pedata, Kaulf. ; rhizome creeping ; st. distant, 6-12 in. 1., fragile, glossy, 

 bright chesnut- brown ; fr. 4-6 in. each way, lower pinnce much the largest, 

 the upper ones lanceolate, with linear-oblong entire or slightly toothed lobes 

 ^-f in. 1., J in. br. ; lowest pinnl. 1-2 in. 1., with similar divisions ; texture herba- 

 ceous ; upper surface slightly hispid, lower pubescent, especially on the midrib ; 

 sori confluent, forming an intramarginal band. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 131. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. Distinguished by its pedate habit. 



44. G. leptophylla, Desv. ; st. 1 -4 in. 1., tufted, slender, glossy, chesnut-brown ; 

 fr. 2-4 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., ovate or deltoid, bi- or tripinnate, the barren ones 

 smaller and on shorter stems ; segm. cuneato-flabellate, cut from the circum- 

 ference to the centre into linear or oblong lobes | lin. br. ; texture pellucido- 

 herbaceous ; a single vein and line of fruit carried into each ult. lobe. Hk. Sp. 

 5. p. 136. B. F. t. 1. Hk. $ Gr. t. 25. 



Hab. Jersey and shores of the Mediterranean, Barbary States, Azores, Madeira, Cana- 

 ries, Abyssinia, Cape Colony, Persia, Neilgherries, New South Wales, Van Diemen's 

 Land, New Zealand, Andes of Mexico and Ecuador. This and the two next are annual, 

 and form the genus Anogramma of Link. 



45. G. Ascensionis, Hk. ; st. 1-2 in. 1., tufted, slender, almost filiform, greenish 

 or chesnut-brown ; fr. 2-3 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., deltoid, bi- or tripinnatifid ; lower 

 pinnce deltoid ; segm. rhomboidal, flabellately cut, the lobes short and rather 

 acute ; texture thin-herbaceous ; veins and linear sori 1 to each ult. lobe. Hk. 

 Sp. 5. p. 137. 2nd Cent. t. 67. 



Hab. Ascension Island, Dr. Hooker, Dr. Curror. This comes very near some of the 

 forms of the next species. 



***** Fronds quadripinnatifid. Sp. 46-50. 



46. G. ckasrophyUOi Desv. ; st. tufted, slender, 3-6 in. 1., green upwards, 

 chesnut-brown near the base ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., 2-4 in. br., ovate or deltoid, quadri- 

 pinnatifid ; lower pinnce and pinnl. deltoid ; segm. flabellately cut, the ult. 

 divisions short, oblong, subacute ; texture pellucido-herbaceous, a vein and sorus. 

 to each ult. division, the latter confluent in the centre of the segments. Hk. Sp. 

 5. p. 131. Hk. $ Gr. t. 45. 



Hab. Cuba and Guatemala to Buenos Ay res and Paraguay. 



47. G. microphylla., Hk. ; st. densely tufted, 2-4 in. 1., slender, fragile, glossy, 

 chesnut-brown ; fr. 3^-3 in. 1., 1-1 in. br., deltoid, quadripinnatifid ; pinnae 

 close, the lower ones deltoid ; pinnl. deltoid ; ult. divisions under 1 lin. 1., half as 



