Portion of vounff Frond— under side. 



GYMNOGRAMMA CHCEROPHYLLA. Desvaux. Smith. 

 Hooker and Greville. Swartz. Presl. 



PLATE VIII. 





Gtjnmogramm a Ch m-ophy limn, 



Eatjlfuss. 



" minor, 



Link. 



Gymnogramme cJiGerophylla, 



Ktjnze. 



Anogramma clKsrophylla, 



Link. 



Anogramme choero2)hjlla. 



Fee. 



Hemionitis clmropliylla, 



PoiEET. 



Grammitis scandicina, 



"WiLLDENOW. 



Gymnogramma — jSTaked writing. 



Chcerophylla — Chervil-leaved. 



Although the present species is placed amongst the Gym- 

 nograminas, on account of the manner of fructification being so 

 very similar to that tribe, yet in general appearance it differs 

 very materially from the plants already described, having the 

 delicate fragile semblance of the Cystopteris family. In habit, 

 this species approaches nearest to the Gymnogramma leptophylla, 

 but it exceeds it considerably in size, and in the number of 

 fronds which it bears at one time. 



This Fern is a native of the West Indies, Brazil, Paraguay, 

 Jamaica, Monte-Video, and various parts of South America. 



G. choerophylla, like G. leptophylla, is one of those rare ex- 

 ceptions in the Fern tribes, being an annual instead of a perennial, 

 and as this species lives but a single year, it is fortunate that 



