■92 I, — PILICES. [Gymnogramme 



-brown, scaly hairs, some of which are glandular and are continued 

 down the slender, brittle stipes ; pinnae obliquely ovate or almost fan- 

 shaped, ^-^ in. long and broad, with a few deep, blunt lobes ; veins 

 flabellate. Sori chiefly in the middle of the pirmse, sometimes almost 

 •covering the whole surface. 



Synonyms. — -G. rutsefolia, Hooh. ; G. papaverifolia, Kunze ; G. sub- 

 glandulosa. Hook, and Gr. ; G. alpina, T. H. Potts ; Grammitis 

 rutsefolia, B. Br. 



Distribution. — -The typical form only occurs in South-eastern 

 Europe, but var. rutcefolia ranges over the whole of Australia and 

 Tasmania. A variety with more deeply cut pinnse (G. papaverifolia) 

 -occurs in Chili. 



The range of the species in New Zealand is veiy restricted. It 

 was originally found by Colenso "on cliffs near Cook Straits." but 

 I do not know the exact locality. It also occurs sparingly on the 

 •Southern Alps, at about 3,000 ft. elevation. This alpine form has 

 recently ("Trans. N.Z. Inst.," vol. x. p. 361) been described by Mr. 

 Potts as a new species. 



3. G. leptophylla, Besvaux. (Pi. III. fig. 9.) 



A slender annual. Stipes 1-4 in. long, slender, glossy, chestnut- 

 brown. Fronds tufted, perfectly glabrous and thinly membranous in 

 texture, 2-6 in. long, 1-1 1 in. broad, ovate or deltoid, the outer smaller 

 and often barren, 2- or 3-pinnate ; pinnae obovate-cuneate, cut to the 

 •centre into obtuse linear or oblong lobes ; veins flabellate. A single 

 vein and linear sorus carried into each ultimate lobe. 



Synonym. — Grammitis novse-zselandise, Golenso. 



Distribution. — Widely dispersed over the temperate and sub- 

 tropical regions of both worlds, occurring in various parts of Europe, 

 Africa and Asia ; also in the Andes, and over great part of Australia 

 -and Tasmania. 



Occurring rather locally in various districts of New Zealand, 

 ■chiefly in hilly or rocky places at no gi'eat distance from the sea. In 

 the North Island it is found commonly at the head of Manukau 

 Harbour ; also, wore rarely, near Auckland, near Napier and Cape 

 Kidnappers on the E. Coast It also occurs about the Thames and 

 near Wellington. In the South Island it is abundant near Lyttel- 

 ton, and in some other parts of the Canterbury district. In Otago 

 it occurs in the Upper Clutha district, near Cromwell, and sparingly 

 near Dunedin. 



Gends XXVI.— TODEA,* Willd. (PI. III. fig. 10.) 



Rhizome erect. Fronds tufted, large, 2- or 3-pinnate. Capsules 

 :2-valved, globose, opening across the apex, furnished with a short, 



* In honour of Henry Julius Tode, a mycologist of Mecklenburg. 



