Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



GYMNOGRAMMA TOMENTOSA. Desvaux. Moore. 

 Kaulfuss. Swartz. Smith. Presl, 



PLATE VI. 



-B. 



Gymnogramme tomentosa, 

 Neurogramma tomentosa, 

 Neurogramme tomentosa, ' 

 Semionitis tomentosa, 

 JETemionitis Irasiliensis, 

 Ceterach loiatum, 

 Asplenium tomentosum, 



KujsrzE. 

 Link. 



Fee. 

 Raddi. 



WiLLDENOW. 



Peesi. 

 Lamakck. 



Gymnogramma — ^N^aked writing. 



Tomentosa — Downy. 



An ornamental evergreen stove species, requiring care to 

 cultivate it successfully, being a delicate and tender Fern. 



It is found in Brazil, and in the West Indies. 



The stipes and rachis are black and densely covered with 

 reddish brown hairs, terminal, and rising out of an erect fas- 

 ciculate rhizoma. 



The sori, which are linear, medial, and obliquely branched, 

 are very copious, covering all the veinlets of the pinnte. The 

 colour of the sori is of a reddish brown. 



The fronds, which attain a length of two feet, are hairy and 

 membranous. In form they are bipinnate, with oblong-obtuse 

 pinnules; the lower ones, and sometimes three-fourths of the 



