/ 



52. GYlCiOGSAMlCB, § T.y.PTftn K A \rtf T, 377 



herbaceous ; radus and both sides densely -rillose ; vans pmnate in the lobes, 

 vith 8-10 sfanple veinlets on a Ais, the soil in the lower part of each. 



Hab. BraziL 



5. G. yLefi;.) po'ypod'oiJti.-;, Spren;. ; rlizone creepins ; St. 6-9 in. 1.', firm, 

 glossy, naked ; jr. 1 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br., bipinnati&d ; pimiw lanceolate, 3-5 in. L, 

 1 in. br., cut two-tiiird5 of the way down into entue falcate lobes J ip. br., the 

 lower ones not rednced and with an entire wing at the base ; tecture herbaceons ; 

 radds and both sides naked ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with &-10 simple reinlets 

 on a side^ with the linear-oblong son down the centre of each. — Bi. Sp. 5. 

 p.l40. 



'Hah. Sra^L 



6. 6. (Lept) diplasioides, Desr. • St. tnfted, 3-4 in. L, glossy, scaly below ; 

 Jr. lf-2 ft. L, 6-8 in. br., bipinnatifid ; central pimuB 3-4 in. L, |-J in. br., cat 

 half to two-diirds of the way down into blunt entire lobes 2 lin. br., the lower 

 pinnae rednced gradoally ; fsxftw herbaceons ; racJdt and b-nth odes naked or 

 slightly pilose ; vmts pinnate in the lobes, with 6-9 simple yelnlets on a side, the 

 sori oblong-, ofien reaching nearly from the midrib to the edge. — G. Tiinkiana, 

 Kze. Hi. Sp. 3. p. 1^. G. mpestris, Kze. HI. I. e. 



Hab. Mexico and West ladies to Pern and Sontli BiasiL — Pieg. Daduasagmiana, Tie 

 Mem. 11-1 2. t. U, most probably be referred here. 



7. G. (Lept.) ffran^. Baker ; a. tufted. l|-2 ft. 1., strong, naked, scaly only 

 at the Tcry base ; Jr. 3-4 ft. L, 1^2 ft. br., bipinnatifid ; pimuB 8-12 in. L, 

 \\ in. br., cat three-quarters of the way down to tile rachis into oblong falcate 

 finely serrated lobes 3-4 lin. br. ; lowest pamm not rednced ; texture snbcorian 

 ceons ; rackis and both sides naked ; nans pinnate in the lob^ with about 

 12 simple veinlets on a side ; sori linear, dose to the midrib. 



Hab. Andes of Colombia, HoUon 29, LiadeH 5^0 ; Ecuador, Spnux o236 



8. G. (Lept) gradlis, Heward ; ?f . 2-4 in. 1., glossy, scaly ; Jr. 2-4 ft. L, 1 ft. 

 or more br., bipinnatifid ; central pimuB 4-8 in. L, 1-1^ in. br^ cut down Terr 

 nearly to the rachis tiironghont into entire slightly falcate lobes 1^2 lin. br., 

 the lower pinns distant and dwindling down very giadnally ; texture herbaceous 

 or snbcoriaceous ; racMs and both sides naked ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 

 lO-lo Teinlets on a side ; sori nearer the edge than the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 139. t. 292. — p, G. eonsimilis. Fee ; Jr. smaller ; texture herbaceons ; vanlets 

 6-8 on a side, 



Hab. Jam^ca ; /3, Guadelonpe, L'Bermituer. 



9. G. (Lept.) aurita, Hk. ; rhizome, creeping ; #. 1 ft. L, naked, glossy, 

 chesnut-hrown ; Jr. 1^2 ft. L, 8-1 2 in. br., bipinnatifid or bipinnate ; phmcB in 

 distant pwr^ cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into lanceolate entire or 

 cienate lobeE^-the lowest on one or both sides longer than the rest and pinnatifid ; 

 texture snbeoriaceous ; racMs glossy, castaneous ; both sides naked ; vanlets 

 forked ; mri oblong, sometimes produced on both forks. — Hi. Sp. 5. p. 141. 

 Ztid Ceia. t. 74. 



Hab. Xortb India, np to 6,000 ft. — This has altogether the habit and teztnre oiPolg- 

 podium disttuis. 



** Frond tnjnnnaUJid. Sp. 10-11. 



10. G. (Lept.) deeurrenti-alata, Hk. ; jf. 18 in. L, brown, weak, slightly scaly 

 downwards ; Jr. 18 in. L, 1 ft. br., subdeltoid ; lower pinntB the largest, lan- 

 ceolate, 6 in. L, 2 in. br., cut down to the rachis below into oblong bluntly lobed 



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