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PERNS: BRITISH ANH POREIGIT, 



43. GYMNOPTERIS, Bm^ih.; Presl. 



Vernation nniserial and sarmentose, or contiguous sub- 

 fasciculate and decumbent. Fronds simple^ lobed or pinnate; 



Genas 43. — Portion of sterile frond, under side. No. 9, 



from 6 inches to 2-3 feet higb. Prvmary veins costseform; 

 venules compound anastomosing, with free variously directed 

 veinlets terminating in the areoles. Sporangia amorphous. 



1. G. quercifolia, Bemh.; Presl; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 905; 



HooTc. Fil. Tjxot. t. 80. Acrostichum queroifolinm, 

 Retz. ; 8w. ; ScKk. Fil. t. 3. Gymnopteris Nicnerii, 

 Hort. — Ceylon. 



2. Cr. nicotiansefolia, Presl ; Fee, Acrost. t. 46. Acrostichum 



'nicotianssfolium, 8w. ; HooJe. Gcwd. Ferns, i. 26. — 

 West Indies. 



3. G. acuminata, Presl. Acrostichum acuminatum, Willi. ; 



{Fhim. Fil. 1. 115).— West Indies. 



4. G. aliena, Presl ; EooTe. Gen. Fil. t. 85. Acrostichum 



alienum, Sw. ; Pl/wm. Fil. 1. 10. — Tropical America. 



5. G. Gaboonense, J. 8m. Acrostichum (Gymnopteris) 



Gaboonense, Hook. 8p. Fil. 6, p. 270. — ^Tropical 

 West Africa. 



