52. GYMNOGRAMME, §§§§ EUGYMNOGRAMME. 383 



8-12 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., elono;ate-oblung-, tripinnatifid ; jnnnce distant, alternate, 

 erecto-patent, 1-1^ in. 1., j-^ in. br., the lower ^)2h«/. stalked, as broad as long-, 

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

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

 latter confluent in the centre of the pinnules. — Ilk. Sp. 5. p. 13-i. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. 



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

 fr. 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; piimce 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. — Ilk. Sp. 5. p. 134. Cheil. glandulifera, Fee. 



Hab. Brazil. 



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

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

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

 ^-| in, 1., I in. br. ; lowest />^?^?^/. 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. jc». 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, hi- 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- 

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



5. p. 136. B. F.i.l. Hk. S^- 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 Aiiogramma 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, hi- 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. 187.— 2nd Cent. t. 67. 



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

 forms of the next species. 



**'"** Fronds quadripinnatifid, Sp. 46-50. 



46. G. clmrophylla, 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. 



6. p. 136. Hk. S{ Gr. t. 45. 



Hab. Cuba and Guatemala to Buenos Ayres and Paraguay. 



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

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

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



