Mature Frond, under side. 



GYMNOGRAMMA RUT^EFOLIA. 

 Desvaux. Hooker and Greville. Moore. 



PLATE XLV. A. 



Oymnogramme rutcefolia, 

 Grammitis nitcefolia, 



3. Smith. 

 E. Brown. 



Gymnogramma — Naked writing, in allusion to the sori. 

 RiUcefolia — Eue-leaved. 



A CURIOUS dwarf Fern, having somewhat the appearance 

 of our British Asplenium ruta-muraria. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of Australia. 



Raised from spores both by Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Wentworth, and Mr. Young, of Taunton. 



The fronds are simple, hirsute, and pinnate, having flabellato- 

 cuneate pinnae, lobed and cuneated. 



Ijength of frond from two to three inches. 



Sori in several lines, sometimes forked on either side of the 

 small pinnae. 



For a plant and fronds my thanks arc due to Mr. Joseph 

 Henderson, of Wentworth, Yorkshire. 



