24 GYMNOGKAMMA l' HERMINIERI. 



sequently, as Kunze says, more dense than in G. chrysophylla. 

 They are linear, and after a time become confluent. 



The form of the frond is broadly triangular, caudate, or 

 attenuated at the apex, bipinnate, pinnee alternate, attenuated 

 at the apex, pinnules oblong, obtuse or acutish, the lower ones 

 cuneate at the base, pinnatifid, with obovate, often bifid, seg- 

 ments. 



This is a stove species, and apparently a delicate Fern, and 

 will probably require considerable care in its cultivation. 



It is a native of the Island of Guadaloupe, one of the largest 

 of the Caribbee Islands, a range of Islands in the West Indies, 

 which divides the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea. 



I am indebted to Sir William Hooker, of the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew; to Mr. Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens; and to 

 Mr. G. Norman, of Hull, for fronds of this interesting Fern. 



Gymnogramma V Herminieri is not in the catalogues of any 

 of our English Nurserymen, it is, however, contained in that 

 of Messrs. Booth and Son, of Hamburgh. 



The present illustration is from a frond communicated by 

 Mr. Norman. 



