Portion of mature Frond — under side. 



POLYPODIUM GRACILIS. 



Lowe. 



PLATE IX. A. VOL. II. 



Goniopteris gracilis. 



Moore and Houlston. 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Gracilis — Slender. 



In the Section Goniopteris of Authors. 



This pretty little Fern has only lately been brought into 

 notice; it is not unlike Polypodium reptans in general appear- 

 ance, having slender weeping fronds. A somewhat rare species. 



Fronds erect and narrow-elongate-lanceolate in form, being 

 pinnate below, but pinnatifid and proliferous above. Lower pinnae 

 scarcely stalked, distant, deflexed, and obliquely subhastate; 

 central pinnae oblong-obtuse, falcate, adnate, and scarcely sub- 

 hastate; near the base slightly crenate-lobate, otherwise entire; 

 upper pinnse shorter and confluent. 



Rachis and the nerves beneath pubescent, with diminutive 



forked hairs; barren fronds more spreading, shorter, and the 



pinnae placed closer together. Fronds terminal and adherent; 



both barren and fertile fronds bearing proliferous buds from 

 VOL. n. D 



