OYMNOGRAMME, § E UG YM NOG RAM M K. 14-') 



41. G. (Eui^yiniiogramine) rw/)/, Desv. ; c.iudex short erect 

 or ascending, stipites l-G rarely I'J inches long tufted dark 

 ebeneous-purple and as well as tiie rachis of the same colour 

 ferrugineo-patenti-pilose, fronds subcoriaceo-membranaceous 

 G-18 inches long 2-44 inches wide pilose with appressed 

 ferruginous hairs pinnated, pinnuc 1-2 inches long suboppo- 

 site petiolate horizontal, from an obtuse base oblongo-ovate 

 obtuse or acuminate entire, veins parallel close two to three 

 times dichotomous extending to the margin and covered for 

 their whole length with the narrow lines of sori. — Desv.in Berl. 

 Mag. V. p. 304. Hemionitis, Siv. Syn. Fil. y.p. 20 and 210. 

 Schk. Fil. p. 8.t.\7 and 21. TVilld. Sp. PL v. p. 130. Neu- 

 rogramme, Lk. Acrostichum, Linn. Sp. PL p. 1525. Sloane, 

 Jam. i.p. 87. t. 45./. 1. 



Hal). Tropical America: Jamaica, Sloano, Wilson, n. 524, Hartwe(/,n. 1579. 

 Cuba, Linden, n. 2023; N. Granada, Linden, n. 509, Ilolton, n. 22; Venezuela, 

 Fendler, n. 302 (lowest pair of pinnae with an acute lobe at the base, as if dis- 

 posed to be compound) ; Panama, Cuming, w. 1200, Seemmin, n. 375 ; Guatemala, 

 Skinner ; Brazil, rocky shores of the Amazon, Santarem, Spruce, n. 401, and Ta- 

 rapota, Eastern Peru, n. 3992.— The simply-pinnated ramification of this chiefly 

 distinguishes it from G. tomentosum, Desv., and its close affinity with that plant 

 is alluded to by Willdenow. 



42. G. (Eugymnogramme) Javanica, Bl. ; caudexan ascend- 

 ing rhizome scarcely creeping, stipites varying extremely in 

 length and thickness from the size of a crow's to that of a 

 swan's quill and from 1-4 feet long, frond ample equally va- 

 riable in size 1-4 feet long ovato-lanceolate (simple when 

 young) piiinate generally with the basal pinnee geminate or 

 ternate to bi-tri- and almost 4-pinnate the extremity always 

 pinnate, pinnules or ultimate pinnee extremely variable in 

 size and shape from 3 inches to 12-16 inches and more long 

 h an inch to 3 inches wide lanceolate or oblong or elliptical- 

 cuneate and acute or obtuse, the margins entire or more or 

 less serrated finely acuminate gradually or often suddenlv 

 caudate or cuspidate, veins very close parallel simple or once 

 or twice dichotomous, sori copious narrow-linear following 

 the course of the veins from the costa and branching with 

 them but never extending to the margin. — BL Fi/.Jai\ p.9j. 

 /. 41. Coniogramme, Fee. G. serrulata, BL FiL Jav. p. 95. 

 L 42 {less comjjound and larf/er plnufp). Grammitis procera, 

 IValL Cat. n. S. G. affinis, U'a/L Cat. n. 11. G. caudata, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 4. Gynmogrannne pilosa, Brack. Fil. U. S. 

 Expl. Exp. p. 22. t. 4 [slightly pahesccnt beneath). Diplazium 

 falcatum and D. fraxincum, Don. according to IMuore. 



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