1990 CLVI. FILICES. [Grammitis. 



The genus is generally dispersed over the tropical and some temperate regions In both 

 hemispheres. 



Fronds simply pinnate. Pinnae thick, entire, scaly underneath, with free 

 veins, the sori crowded in a broad marginal line or band. 



Pinnse broadly ovate. Line of sori not 1 line broad 1. G. Beynoldsii. 



Pinnse ovate or oblong. Line of sori above 1 line broad 2. G. Muelleri. 



Fronds small, bipinnate, with lobed segments. Veins free. 



Pinnee covered underneath with scaly hairs '6. G. ruttefolia. 



Fronds simply pinna'e or pinnatifid with long lanceolate pinnse or seg- 

 ments. Veins netted. 

 Pinnae tapering at the base, quite distinct. Sori very irregular and 



unequal 4, G. pinnata. 



Segments connected by a winged rhachis. 



Sori long, mostly reaching to the margin .... 5. G. ampla. 



Sori short, central between margin and costa 6. G. membrmiacea. 



1. G-. Reynoldsii (after T. Eeynolds), F. v. M. ; Benth. Bl. Austr. vii. 775. 

 Khizome unknown. Fronds 3 to Bin. long, simply pinnate. Pinna in distant 

 pairs, broadly ovate or orbicular, obtuse, entire, about ^in. long, thick and densely 

 covered ori both sides with hair-like scales. Sori buried under the scales, oblong 

 or shortly linear, transverse and distinct but closely crowded near the margin, 

 forming a continuous line about 1 line broad. — Notholcena Reynoldsii, P. v. M. 

 Fragm. viii. 175. 



Hab.: Kecorded for Queensland by F. v. Mueller. 



2. G. IVEuelleri (after Baron Mueller), Hook.; F. v. M. Fragm. v. 138; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 775. Ehizome scaly, shortly creeping. Fronds 6in. to 1ft. 

 long, simply pinnate, the rhachis scaly. Pinnse in distant pairs, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse, entire, ^ to lin. long, thick, sprinkled above and densely covered under- 

 neath with ciliate scales. Sori nearly buried under the scales, very numerous, 

 mostly short, transverse but crowded in an apparently continuous line round the 

 margin, usually about 1^ line broad. A few short barren outer fronds often with 

 only 3 pinnsB or a single cordate one. — Bail. Litho. Ferns. Ql. 172 ; Gymnoyramme 

 Muelleri, Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 143, t. 295, Syn. Filic. 379. 



Hab.: Cleveland and Eookingharfl Bays, W. Hill, Bowman, N. Taylor; Gilbert River, Armit ; 

 Bockbampton, Bowman, O'Shanesy, Thozet. 



3. G. rutaefolia (Rue-leaved), JR. Br. Prod. 146 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 776 

 Fronds tufted, 3 to 6in. long, pinnate. Pinnse obliquely obovate or almost fan 

 shaped, 3 to 6 lines long and broad, toothed, lobed, or again somewhat pinnate, 

 contracted into a short petiole, sprinkled above and more densely covered under 

 neath as well as the rhachis with brown Scaly hairs occasionally glandular 

 Veins forked and radiating. Sori linear, mostly about the middle of the pinnai 

 sometimes almost covering the surface. — F. v. M. Fragm. v. 137 ; Bail. Litho! 

 Ferns Ql. 173 ; Gymnogramme rutmfolia, Hook. Spec. Filic. v. 137, Ic. PI. t. 93.5 

 Filic. Exot. t. 5 ; Hook, and Grev. Ic. Filic. t. 93 ; Kunze in PI. Preiss. ii. 110 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 151 ; Gymnogramme Pozoi, Kunze ; Hook, and Bak. Syn! 

 Filic. 379 ; Gymnogramme subglandulosa, Hook, and Grev. Ic. Filic. t. 91 

 Gymnogramme papaverifolia, Kunze; Bail. Ql. Ferns 34. 



Hab.: Port Denison, FiUalan; Dalrymple Creek, Hartman; Springsure, Wuth; Maranoa 

 Elver, Mitchell. 

 Also in South Western Europe, Chili and New Zealand. 



4. G. pinnata (pinnate), F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 124; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 

 776. Rhizome shortly creeping. Fronds 1 to 2ft. high, simply pinnate, glabrous. 

 Pinnaj 3 to 11 or reduced to the single terminal one, lanceolate, 4 to lOin. long, 

 J to lin. broad, contracted at the base into a short petiole, entire, the prominent 

 midrib and rhachis smooth and shining. Veins diverging from the midrib forked 

 and anastomosing. Sori linear or narrow-oblong, very unequal and irregularly . 



