Portion of fertile pinna -under side. 



GYMNOGRAMMA JAVANICA. 



Blume. Moore. 



I'LATE YU. 



Coniogramma Javanica, 

 Gyinnogramma variegata, 



Fee. J. Smith. 



Of Continental Gabdens. 



Gymnogramma — Naked writing, in allusion to the naked .sori. 

 Javanica — Javanese. 



A MAGNIFICENT Fcrii, worthy of being in every collection. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Java. 



The fronds, which are bipinnate and of good size, are tri- 

 angular in form, and spreading; pinnse distant, lower pinnules 

 petiolate, upper ones sessile. Pinnee entire, two inches wide 

 and eight inches long, smooth, colour light green, with yellowish 

 streaks above, pale beneath. Stem scaly at base, green above, 

 and brownish on under side. 



Length of frond from five to six feet. 



Veins forked and free, their apices club-shaped, and shewing 

 on the upper surface a row of pale yellowish-green dots near 

 the margin. 



