516 GYMNOGRAMME. 



87*. G. Jamesoni, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; main rachis stvaiglit, stout, 

 naked, dark-castaneous ; lower ^>m?ifB oblong-lanceolate, stalked, recurved, 7-8 

 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. close, patent, ligulate, blunt, i-f in. br,, lowest free, cut 

 down to rachis into entire close blunt scgm. 2-.3 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 upper surface naked, lower clothed with pale-brown cottony tomentum ; sori 

 mixed with the tomentum, covering nearly the whole surface. 



Hab. Pincbinchan Andea, Jameson. 



oS"'. G. scandms, Baker ; st. and racMses sul)scandent, naked, castaneous ;fr. 

 oblong-deltoid, 1-2 ft. 1., 5-6 in. br., tripinnatiful ; pinnce lanceolate-deltoid, fal- 

 cate, blunt, with castaneous winged slightly flex uose rachises ; lowest ^m?^^. free, 

 sessile, lanceolate-deltoid, cut down nearly to rachis into close cuneate-rotundate 

 or obovate inciso-crenate scgm. 2-3 lin. br, ; texture membranous ; under surface 

 sparsely pilose ; veining fine, distinct, flabellate ; sori filling the lobes, except the 

 edge. — Neurogramme scandens. Fee, Ftl, Bras. p. 2G3. 



TIab. Hio Janeiro, Glaziou, 3552. 



43". G. hispida, Mett. ; rldzcjme creeping ; scales minute, linear, pale-brown ; 

 St. 3-6 in., castaneous, faintly pilose ; fr. deltoid, 3-pinnatifid, 2-3 in. eacli way ; 

 lower j»Mm«? much largest, unequal-deltoid, cut down to rachis, the upper pinnJ. 

 close, ligulate, blunt, entire, the lowest oblique-deltoid, with close ligulate blunt 

 segin.; texture rather thick but fragile ; under surface matted with adpressed pale- 

 brown tomentum, and rachis clothed with linear scales ; vems obscure, immersed; 

 soiH slender, hidden beneath tlie tomentum. — Kuhn, Linn. 36./?. 72. 



Hab. New Mexico, C. Wright, 819 ; and v;illey of the Eio C4rande, collected in the 

 Mexican Boundary Expedition. 



41". G. BiarcUi, Baker ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., naked, slender, fragile, castaneous ; 

 fr. lanceolate, indefinite, 2-3 ft. 1., 4-pinnatifid ; racliis straight, naked, casta- 

 neous ; piiince distant, patent, lanceolate-deltoid, short-stalked, 1 \-2 in. br. ; pinnl. 

 the same shape, the rachis winged to base ; segm. deltoid, unequal-sided, cuneate- 

 truncate on lower side at base ; ult. lohes flabellate, ligulate, 1-nerved ; texture mem- 

 branous; surfaces bright-green, glabrous; veins distinct, one running into eacli 

 final lobe ; sori brown, confluent towards the base of the segments. — Anogramme, 

 Fee, Fil. Bras. t. 'JG.fig. 1. G. extensa, Baker, Fil. Bras. p. 509. 



Ilab, llio Janeiro, Glaziou, 2331. 



48'". G. caracasana, Klotzsch ; ,??. 4-G in., castaneous, densely pilose upwards 

 like straight rachis ;/r. 4-6 in., oblong-lanceolate, 3-4-pinnatifid ; pinna; crowded, 

 straiglit, patent, deltoid, short-stalked, lowest largest; lower piiinl, short- 

 stalked, deltoid, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base ; final lobes obliquely 

 broad ovate, blunt, close, l|-2 lin. br. ; texture membranous ; both sides densely 

 clothed with firm spreading hairs, especially the main ribs ; sori finally filling 

 up the whole of the lobes except a narrow border. — G. glandulosa, Karst. 



Hab. Andes of Venezuela and New Granada. 



48". G. Lechleri, Mett. ; fr. lanceolate-acuminate, 1 ft. 1., 3 in. br., 8-4-pin- 

 natifid ; rachis straight, castaneous, densely clothed with adpressed bristly hairs; 

 pivnce stalked, ovate-lanceolate, lower distant ; pinnl. short-stalked, patent, sub- 

 cordate-ovate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, lower ^ in. 1. ; scgm. 3-5-jugate, confluent, 

 blunt, 2-3-fid ; texture chartaceous ; both .rides shortly ])ilose ; veins raised above, 

 channelled below ; sori at base of final lobes. — Kuhn, Linn. 36./>. 71. 



Hab. Peru, Lccldo; 22C2. 



48*. G. insignis, Mett. ; rhizome short ; sccdes dense, brown, fibrillose ; st. 2 in.. 



