O GYMNOGRAMMA TARTAREA. 



naked; the pinnee are nearly flat, so that the midrib is not in 

 a hollow, as with G. calomelanos. The base of the frond and 

 the upper portion of the rhizoma are thickly studded with hairs, 

 or thin brown scales. The young frond is of a pale green 

 colour, and covered with white farina. The fronds are placed 

 more horizontal than in G. calomelanos, yet leaving the centre 

 hollow. 



The farina is a purer white than that of G. calomelanos. It 

 requires the same cultivation as the former species. 



A tolerably abundant species, and easily propagated from 

 spores. It is in the Fern catalogues of most nurserymen. 



I am indebted to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for some 

 beautiful fronds of G. tartarea. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



