GYMNOGRAMME, § EUG YMNOG R AM.M E. 141 



pinnatifid, tlie apex produced entire, segments semioblong 

 at the apex oliliquely rotundato-obtuse or subtruncatcd en- 

 tire, veins undivided all soriferous, sori oblong or linear ex- 

 tending nearly to the margin, capsules loosely aggregated 

 mixed with a few rigid set£B." Kze. in Linncea, xxiii. p. 

 310. Leptogramme, Kl. in Linncea, xx. p. 41, Phegopteris, 

 Metten. Hort. Fil. Lips, p, 82, Phegopt. p. 11 . 



Ilab. Tropical America : Columbia, Moritz, n. 241 (from Metteniiis) ; Vene- 

 zuela, Fcndler, n. 150, n. 307. — Y dr. major ; twice or thrice larger (a distinct 

 species ?), Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, w. 5285. A., and 5286, Jameson, (veins often 

 forked ; Caraccas, Linden, n. 540, very large, pinnae 14 inches long 1^ inch broad, 

 veins sometimes forked ; Bogota). — I fear too nearly allied to G. Linkiana. 



33. G. (Eugymnogramme) pilosa, Mart, and Gal. ; caudex 

 "creeping," stipites 3-4 inches long slender stramineous 

 scaly at the base villous as is the whole frond with longish 

 white hairs, fronds thin membranaceous 6-8 inches long 

 I5-2 inches wide oblong-acuminate pinnated below the upper 

 half or more, deeply pinnatifid, pintue (or segments) sessile 

 lower ones rather distant the rest very approximate 1—1^ 

 inch long 5-8 lines wide bluntly acuminate dentato-crenate 

 upper ones (or segments) nearly entire, the apex of the frond 

 subserrate, veins pinnated, veinlets lax distant undivided or 

 forked, sori ol)long very unequal in size and irregularly dis- 

 posed, — Mart, and Gal. Fil. Mex. p. 27. t. A.f. 1. Liebm. 

 Phegopteris, Metten. Phegopt. p. 18. 



Hab. Mexico, Peak of Orizaba, alt. 10,000 feet. Martens and Galeotti,n. 6267, 

 Linden,a\t. 10,000 feet, w. 47.— My specimens from Galeotti, which are fairly 

 represented by him, have the appearance of immature fronds, as indeed Mettenius 

 states them to be. 



34. G. (Eugymnogramme) anrita. Hook. ; caudex creep- 

 ing elongated paleaceous, stipites a span to a foot long dark 

 castaneous glossy, fronds li-2 feet long firm membranaceous 

 ovato-oblong acuminate pinnate rarely subbipinnate, pinnae 

 mostly opposite in distant pairs approximate (confluent at the 

 a|)ex)4-8 and more inches long ^-1 inch wide from a broad ses- 

 sile base (1 2-2 inches wide) oblong graduallyacuminated deeply 

 pinnatifid, lobes broader at the base oblongo-acuminate cre- 

 nato-serrate the lowest pair twice longer and larger especially 

 the inferior one and subpinnatifid, veins simple or forked all 

 soriferous, sori ()l)long simple rather nearer the margin than 

 the costule. — Hook. Ic. Pi. t. 974, or 74 of Cent, of Ferns, 

 and 989 (or t. 89 of Cent, of Ferns). Var. bipinnata ; pinnce 



