136 GYMNOGRAMME, § EUGYMNOGRAMME. 



pinnatifid, below bipinnatifid, primary segments 8-9, the in- 

 ferior segments broad cuneate 3-4-iid intermediate ones bifid 

 the superior ones and all the ultimate segments oblong 

 rounded obtuse entire, veins forked ultimate ones in the 

 segments soriferous, sori oblong simple (not forked) .^ — Kaulf. 

 En. FU. p. 71. Hook, mid Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 24. Grammitis, 

 8w. Sijn. Fil. pp. 23, 219, and 419. Wllld. Sp. PL v. p. 143. 

 Carm. in PL of Trist. d'Acunha, in Linn. Trans. xW. p. 510. 

 Gymnogramme filipendulfefolia, Desy. Asplenium, P. Thou- 

 ars, FL Trist. d'Acugne, p. 34. t. 4. 



Hal). Mauritius, Swartz. Tristan d'Acunha, Pet. Thouars, Carmichael. 



23. G. (Eugymnogramme) leptophyJla, Desv. ; root a small 

 annual tufted mass of fibres, stipites tufted slender filiform 

 2-4-5 inches long, fronds small delicate membranaceous 

 subdimorphous 2-4 inciies long ovate or oblong; sterile ones 

 shorter than the fertile all bi-tripinnate, pinnules 3-4 lines 

 long [sterile ones generally the largest) ofjovato-cuneate de- 

 current bi-trifid or lobed, lobules obtuse, secondary rachises 

 winged, veins dichotomous, sori simple oblong on the ulti- 

 mate segments of the pinnules often subconfluent. — Desv. 

 Journ. Bat. \. p. 26. Kaulf. Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 25. 

 Hook, and Am. Brit. FL ed. 8. p. 580. Hook. Brit. Fer?is, 

 t. 1 . Grammitis, Stv. Sijn. Fil. p. 23. t. l.f. 6. Willd. Sp. PL 

 v. /?. 143. Polypodiuni, Li/?/?. Ylem'iomtis, La(/asca. Ano- 

 gramme, Link, Fee. Asplenium, Cav. Acrostichum, Decand. 

 Osmunda, Lam. 



Hab. Frequent throughout the south of Europe, Azores, basin of the Mediter- 

 ranean. Its northern limit seems to be Jersey, the only locality in the British 

 Isles. In India it is found at Mussoorie and in the Nilgherries ; in Abyssinia, 

 Schimper ; in the Gulf of Persia, Kotschi/. In bouth America: Cuba, C. U'right ; 

 Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, n. 5290 ; Mexico, Galeotti, n. 6249. South Africa. 

 Australia: Victoria, Robinson, Mueller ; in Tasmania and in New Zealand. 



24. G. (Eugymnogramme) chcerophylla, Desv. ; root 

 scarcely to be called a caudex a small descending tuft of 

 fibres as in G. lepiophylla and equally annual, stipites tufted 

 3-4 inches to a span long slender stramineous glossy, fronds 

 membranaceous glabrous 2-6 inches long ovate or subdeltoid 

 yellow-green subtripartite bi-tripinnate, primary pinnae (espe- 

 cially the lowest pair) long-petiolate remote, pinnules 2-3 

 lines long ovate or ovato-lanceolate inciso-pinnatifid, the 

 segments linear entire or bifid; sterile pinnules broader and 

 more cuneate, ultimate rachises winged, veins taking the 



