52. GTHSOGRAlOtE, §§§§ KCGTMSOGRAiUIE. 379 



16. G. pamUa, Spreng ; rki~ome filifonn ; fir. tufted, l|-2 in. ]., palmatdy 

 forked at the apex, the nltiinate lobes narrow and acnte, the blade narrowed 

 bdow to an indistinct stem ; feaftirs snbcoiiaceous ; npper smfaee dark-green 

 and glossy ; reins flabellate ; son linear, inr^ular. — Hk. S^. S.p. 126. Hecis- 

 topteiis, Jl Sbk 



Hab. West Indi^ and Guatemala to the Amazon Valley. 



** IVmid sia^fy pmnate. Sp. 17-1?- 



17. G. MKeBerij Hk. ; s*. tnfled, &4in. I., wiry, densely dothed with small 

 linear fermginons scales ; fi^. 4-6 in. 1., 1-lJ in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 

 sesile, alternate, roandish or oblong, sometimes } in. I., ^ in. br., entire or the 

 lower ones aniided ; texture thick, coriaceous ; raehis and under sorface densely 

 matted with scales like those of the stem, upper surface pale-green, with scatter^ 

 scal^ ; tans flabellate ; sori linear. — Si. Sp. 5. p. 143. t. 295. 



Hab. X. E. An^'.ralia ; and gathered lately in Qaeensland by Mr. Hill. 



18. G. restUa, Hk. ; st. tufted, 3-6 in. L, wiry, more or less matted, the scales 

 at the base densely tufted, silky, bright-ferraginons ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., 

 dmply pinnate ; pbmtB in distant pairs, oblong or oordate-OTat^ entire, blnntish, 

 the lower ones distinctly stalked ; tejture thick, but flaccid ; both sides and 

 raiUs densely coated with fine Telrety fermginoas hairs ; vdas flabellate ; tori 

 forked.— jffit. 5>'. 5.J?. 14a 7c f. 115. 



Hah. X. W. Himalayas (np to 8,000 ft.) and Fekin. — ^Teii^s sometimes anastomosing 

 towards tlie edge. 



19. G. rt^i, Desv. ; s?. tufied, 4-12 in. I., firm, erect, chesnut-brown, clothed 

 with soft spreading hairs ; fir. 12-18 in. 1., 3-5 in. br., dmply pinnate ; pinna 

 distant, stalked, rounded or cordate at the base, 1-2^ in. }., V-l in. br., acnte or 

 blaati^ the edge entire ; texture herbaceous ; eastaneons racka pilose, and both 

 jwfes slightly so ; ceuis close, forked, or the lower ones subpinnate, the narrow 

 sori running aloi^ all of them all orer the surface. — Hk, Sp. o.p. 145. Nenro- 

 gramme, Lini. 



Hab. W^ Indies and Panama sonUiward to the Amazon Valley and Pern. 

 *** Frond biinmiat^d or bi[mimate. Sp. 2(>-3-5. 



20. G. eordata, Schlecht ; ^. tnfled, 1-2 in. L, glossy, ebeneons, more or less 

 scaly ; fi: 3-6 in. L, l|-2 in. br., OYate-lanceolate, bipinnatifid ; pinnae oblong, 

 with a broad centre and suborbicnlax deeply-toothed lobes ; texture snbcoriaceoos ; 

 Tems flaWFiate ; upper safiux naked, lower densely coated with orate acuminate 

 fermginons scales ; sori Imear, ultimately suhconfluent. — BJc, Sp. 5. p. 131. 



Hab. Cape Colony to Bourbon and Angola. — The less-divided forms resemble 

 AsplaihkK CfteraA in halat. 



21. G. Posoi, Kunze ; st. tufted, slender, clothed with soft brownish spreading 

 hairs ; fi: 2-3 in. 1.. 1 in. br., OTate-oblong, bipinnatifid ; pinna oblong-deltoid, 

 nnequal-^ded, J-J in. each way, with a few deep blunt lobes, and obliquely 

 truncate at the base on the lower side ; texture herbaceous ; radiis and both 

 sii(s clothed with long soft hairs like the stem ; reins flabellate ; sori linear. — 

 Hk. Ic t. 935. Hemionitis, Lag, Grammitis hispanica, Cosson, — fi, G, rutafidia, 

 HI, £ Gr. Jet. 90 1 fir. larger and stouter, some of the hairs gluidular. — Ht. 

 Sp. 5.p, 137. — ^7, G, paparer^dia, Kze. ; pinna; cut down to the raehis into 

 rotudish or spathnlate lobes, wiUi a space between them, the lowest sometimes 

 slightly toothed.— fil-. Sp, 6. p. 138. 



Hab. a, Spain ; fi, Australia and Xew Zealand ; y. Chili. 



