G YMNO GRA MME. 



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G. choerophylla is a rare exception among Ferns, being an annual instead 

 of a perennial ; but although of only short duration it j)i'oduces fertile fronds 

 in abundance, and as the spores germinate freely, it makes its reappearance in 

 various parts of the house where the plants have grown during the previous 

 season. 



Fig, 57. Frond of Gynmogramme cliserophylla 

 (nat. size). 



G, (Eugymnogramme) cheilanthoides— Eu-gym-nog-ram'-me ; cheil- 

 anth-o-i^-des (Cheilanthes-like), Kaidfuss. 

 A stove species, of small dimensions, native of Mauritius and Tristan 

 d'Acunlia. Its fronds are ligulate (strap-shaped), three times divided half-way 

 to the midrib, Gin. to lOin. long, lin. broad, and borne on slender, wiry. 



