TAB. VIII. 



Gymnogeamme pumila, Spreng 



Caudice repente filiformi parce fibroso, frondibus fasciculatis 

 l|-biuncias longis ad basin setaceo - paleaceis sessilibus 

 submembranaceis flabelliformi-cuneatis basi longe atten- 

 uatis superne palmatim irregulariter subdichotome in- 

 cisis, segmentis acutinsculis integerrimis, venis flabellato- 

 dicbotomis (costa nulla) liberis ante apicem evanescentibus, 

 soris linearibus elongatis non raro (cum venis) dicbotomis 

 demum magis minusve coniluentibus. 



Gymnogramme pumila, " Spreng. Tent. Suppl. ad Syst. Veg. p. 

 31." Kze. Analecta Pterid. p. 11. t. 8. /. 1. Moore, Lid. Fit 

 p. Ixii. 



Hecistopteris pumila, J. Sm. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1 p. 193. 

 Fee, Gen. Fit. p. 179. t. 16. B. 



Hab. Tropical America, Surinam, on trees in moist woods, 

 Weigelt. Frencb Guiana, 'Leprieur. Brazil, Para, R. Spruce, 

 n. 57. and 58. Isle of Coyba, coast of Veraguas, Seemann. 



A very distinct and remarkable Fern ; till recently, sup- 

 posed to be peculiar to Frencb and Dutcb Guiana, now 

 found in Brazil, and, still more recently even, off tbe Coast 

 of Veraguas in tbe Pacific. 



Fig. 1. Fertile frond. /. 2. Sterile frond. /. 3. Portion 

 of a fertile frond, with sori partially removed from the 

 receptacle : — magnified. 



Cent. 2, t. 8. 



