52. GYMNOGRAMME, §§§§ EUGYMNOGRAMME. "- 383 



8-12 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., elongate-oblong, tripinnatifid ; pinn(e distant, alternate, 

 erecto-patent, .l-lj in. 1., J-| in. br., the lo-fiei: pirml. stalked, as broad as long, 

 cuneato-flabellate, deeply lobed, the lobes oblong, blunt ; texture herbaceous ; 

 both sides and the castaneoiis rctcMs pilose ; veins and sori one to each lobe, the 

 latter confluent in the centre of the. pinnules. — EOc. Sp. 5. p. 134. 



' Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson, 



42. Gr. myriophyUa, Sw. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., reddish-brown, more or less villose ; 

 Jr. 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; pinnCB distant, lan- 

 ceolate, 2-3 in. l.j'l in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below into 

 suborbioular or oblong toothe4 or pinnatifid segm. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis 

 and both sides pubescent ; veins 1 to each ult. division ; sori oblong, confluent in 

 the centre of the segments. — Hh. Sp. 5. p. 134. Cheil. glandulifera, J'^e. 



Hab. Brazil. 



43. Gr.pedata, Kaulf. ; rhizome creeping'; st. distant, 6-12 in. 1., fragile, glossy, 

 bright chesnut-browD'; fr. 4-6 in. each way, lower pinnm much the largest, 

 the upper ones lanceolate, with linear-oblong entire or slightly toothed lobes 

 ^-j in. 1., |- in. br. ; \ovieai pinnl. 1-2 in. 1., with simUar divisions ; texture herba- 

 ceous ; upper swrface slightly hispid, lower pubescent, especially on the midrib ; 

 sori confluent, forming an intramarginal band. — Hk. Sp. 6. p. 131. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. — Distinguished by its pedate habit. 



44. G. leptophylla, Desv. ; st. 1-4 in. 1., tufted, slender, glossy, chesnut-brown ; 

 fr. 2-4 in. }., \-\\ in. br., ovate or deltoid, hi- or tripinnate, the barren ones 

 smaller and on shorter stems ; segm. cuneato-flabellate, cut from the circum- 

 ference to the centre into linear or oblong lobes \ Ijn. br. ; texture pellucido- 

 herbaceous ; a single vein and line of fruit carried into each ult. lobe. — Hk. Sp. 

 5. p. 136. / £. F. t. 1. Hk. 8f Gr. t. 25. 



Hab. Jersey and shores of the Mediterranean, Barbary States, Azores, Madeira....C!ana- 

 - ries, Abyssinia, Cape Colony, Persia, Neilgherriea, New South Wales, Van Diemen's 

 • land, New Zealand, Andes of Mexico and Ecuador. — ^This and the two next are annual, 

 and form the genus Anogramma of Link. 



45. G. Ascensionis, Hk. ; st. 1-2 in. 1., tufted, slender, almost filiform, greenish 

 or chesniit-brown ; fr. 2-3 in. I., 1-1| in. br., deltoid, hi- or tripinnatifid ; lower 

 pinnas deltoid ; segm. rhomboidal, flahellately cut, the lobes short and rather 

 acute ; texture thin-herbaceous ; veins and linear sori 1 to each ult. lobe. — Hk. 

 Sp. 6. p. 12,7.— 2nd Cent. t. 67. 



Hab. Ascension Island, Dr. Hooker, Dr. Cwror. — This comes very near some of the 

 forms of the next species. 



***** Fronds quadripinnatifld. Sp. 46-60. 



46. G. chaerophylla, Desv. ; **. tufted, slender, 3-6 in. 1., green upwards, 

 chesnut-brown near the base ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., 2-4 in. br., ovate or deltoid, quadri- 

 pinnatifid ; lower pinnos and pinnl. deltoid ; segm. flahellately cut, the ult. 

 divisions short, oblong, subacute ; texture pellucido-herbaceous, a vein and sorus 

 to each ult. division, the latter confluent in the centre of <the segments. — Hk. Sp- 

 6.^.136. Hk.SfGr.t.^b. 



Hab. Cuba and Guatemala to Buenos Ayres and Paraguay. 



47. G. mierophylla, Hk. ; st. densely tufted, 2-4 in. 1., slender, fragile, glossy, 

 chesnut-brown ; fr. 1^-3 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., deltoid, quadripinnatifld ; pinncB 

 close, the lower ones deltoid ; pinnl. deltoid ; ult. divisions under 1 lin. 1., half as 



