GLKICIIKNIA. '> 



colli so well with tlio iIfscrii)tion of Swaitz, tliiit I liavo liltlo liesilatioii in 

 referring il to the Mcrlensia ijlauca of that auliior. 



12. G. giyantea^ Wall.; primary pinuai opposite oblong 

 acuminate, its rachis above with a slightly elevated very ob- 

 tuse margin, secondary lanceolate acuminate alternate deeply 

 ])innatifid, segments oval oblong very obtuse entire with an 

 elevated crest at the base above forming an interru])ted mar- 

 ginal line to the rachis which beneath as well as the costa is 

 woolly scarcely glaucous, capsules 3 — 5. (Tab. III. A.) — 

 Wallich Cat. n. 157. 



Hab. Nepal, Wallich. Assam, i»/>-,«. Mrtt-A. — Dr. Wallich has rightly 

 jiulgeil this to be a distinct species. It is remarkable lor the longitudinal 

 crests at the base of the segments on the upper side. At the setting on of 

 the primary pinnas is a collection of leafy deeply laciniated persistent scales, 

 which I presume included the gemma before its development, and which 

 probably is found in all ol the present section. 



13. G. Bancroft ii. Hook.; primary pinna; opposite oblong 

 acuminate, its rachis above with a very acute margin, second- 

 ary lanceolate alternate deeply pinnatifid almost pinnated, 

 segments remote decurrent at the lower base linear obtuse en- 

 tire perfectly glabrous rather glaucous beneath, at the base 

 above slightly crested so as to form an interrupted margin to 

 the rachis, capsules 3 — 4. (Tab. IV. A.) 



Hab. Jamaica, Sioartz, Dr. Bancroft. — This also seems specifically dis- 

 tinct from G. glauca, and is no doubt the fern without fructilication which 

 Dr. Swartz detected in Jamaica, and referred doubtfully to that plant. 

 Perhaps the Filix ta.vifonnis minor of Plum. Fil. t. 25, may be the same as 

 this, although Swartz has placed it amongjhis dubious Aspidia. 



\'i. G. e.vcelsa, J. Sm.; primary pinnae opposite oblong acu- 

 minate, its rachis above with an acute elevated line, second- 

 ary alternate lanceolate acuminate deeply pinnatifid, segmiiits 

 linear-oblong obtuse glabrous slightly glaucous beneath, at the 

 base above with an elevated crest Ibnning a margin on each 

 side the furrowed rachis, cajisules 3 — 5. (Tab. l\'. 13.) — J. 

 Sm. Eiium. Fil. Philipp. in Hook. Journ. of Hot. iii. p. 420, 

 {icit/iont desoiptiou). 



Hab. Lu(;ou, Cumin;/, (n. 2(>5). — Intermediate, as it were, between (t. 

 liancroflii and G. (jhjantea. 



Obs. All the species of this group are large ferns, b — 6 feet long, in the 

 case of G. gitjanlea, according to Wallich, and probably in the others also, 

 " fonning impenetrable and extensive jungles." The caudex is very long 

 and creeping; the stipes at first forked, the branches of the forks bearing 

 doubly i)innale fronds, the ultimate jtinuic pinnalilid. The small juirlions 

 we see in our herbaria have- conse(|uiiilly litlle resemblance in stnulnre to 

 the following species; but the allinity would be more ajiparcnl if we yaw 

 entire specimens. 



