Segment of barren Frond— under side. 



HEMIONITIS PALMATA. 



LiNN^us. Plumier. Hooker. Schott. J. Smith. 



WiLLDENOW. LlEBMANN. LiNK. KaULFUSS. KuNZE. 



SwARTZ. Sprengel. Lamarok. Petiver. Plukenet. 



MORISON. SlEBER. SlOAN. FeE. PrESL. 

 PLATE XXXVII. VOL. VII. 



Gymnogramma palmata, 

 Semionitis aurea-hirsuta, 



Link. 

 Plumiee. 



Semionitis — Deriyed from hemionos, a mule. JPalmata — Haiid-sliaped. 



An extremely beautiful Fern when well grown, and requiring 

 to be cultivated in a very moist atmosphere. 

 An evergreen stove species. 

 Native of the West Indies, Brazil, and Mexico. 



