Portion of fertile pinna, under side. 



GYMNOGRAMMA JAVANICA. 

 Blume. Moore. 



PLATE VII. 



Coniogramma Javanica, 

 Ch/mnogramma variegata, 



Fee. J. Smith. 



Of Continental Gaedens. 



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

 Javanica — Javanese. 



A MAGNIFICENT Fern, 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; pinnae distant, lower pinnules 

 petiolate, upper ones sessile. Pinnae 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. 



