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guous spreading, 1^-3 in. 1. f - 1 in. or over w. lower ones usually re- 

 duced ; pinnulae very freely and deeply cut, ultimately into delicate- 

 spreading 2-fid-cuneate segments with narrow emarginate linear divi- 

 sions 2^-^ li. w., costoo filiform and brown at the base, the outer part 

 flat, margined and green, as are ihe ribs of the other divisions; veins 

 pellucid, forked, simple in the final segments ; sori copious, medial, one 

 to each segment. Hook. Icon. t. 1682. 



Infrequent at 4,000-4,500 ft. altitude on open or shady stony ground; 

 rediscovered in 1875 at Old England, St. David, where it was collected 

 in 1853 by Miss Taylor, whose collection was not examined however 

 till 30 years later. It is found also in parts of the Government Cin- 

 chona Plantation. This is the most finely cut species of all. The 

 fronds resmble very much the pinnulae of Davullia fumarioides. They 

 sometimes extend considerably by the bud which is produced near 

 the top. 



8. G trifo ! iata, Desv. — Rootstock fibrous, scaly, erect or oblique; 

 stipites tufted, stiff, erect, 9-18 in. 1., blackish, polished, faintly chan- 

 nelled, fibrillose at the base; fronds 2-4 ft. 1., 4-6 in. w., erect, firm 

 or subcoriaceous, naked and dark bright green above, beneath coated 

 with yellow farina ; rachis stiff, coloured like the stipites, slightly scaly 

 and farinose at first, ultimately naked ; pinnae numerous, distant, peti- 

 olate, digitate composed of 1-3 spreading linear, acuminate, pinnulae, 

 "which are 3-4 in. 1. and £ in. w., those of the lower pinnae usually 

 barren, of the upper fertile, each with a prominent raised costa be- 

 neath ; the edge very finely crenate-serrate ; veins fine, curved, close, 

 dichotomously forked ; sori linear, confluent. — PI. Fil. t. 144. Hooker 

 Gard. Ferns t. 4. 



Common, gregarious in open marshy places below 2,500 ft. alt ; 

 generally by the sides of permanent trickling streams. The upper 

 pinnae are simple, the next below 2-foliate, those below these, which are 

 the large majority, 3-foliate, the central pinnule in each pinnae being 

 the largest. The veins are so close that the sori quite cover the surface. 

 It is a stiffly erect, tall and robust species, that forms generally large 

 communities, often crowded together from the plants which have grown 

 from viviparous buds produced on the roots. 



9. G. tartarea, Desv.. — Rootstock fibrous, densely scaly, erect or ob- 

 lique ; stipites caespitose, usually spreading, strong, % - 1\ ft. 1. casta- 

 neous or blackish, polished, channelled, deciduously scaly at the base ; 

 fronds 1-2^ ft. 1. \ - 1^ ft. w., subcoriaceous, naked and dark green 

 above, beneath densely coated with white powder, usually widest at the 

 base, varying from lanceolate to ovate-acuminate, bi-tripinnate ; pinnae 

 numerous, spreading or erecto-spreading, more or less distant below, 

 sessile, or the lower ones stipitate, lanceolate-acuminate, 3 - 9 in. 1. \ - 

 2\ in. w. ; pinnulae contiguous or apart, oblong, acute or rounded, adnate 

 to the costae or the inferior ones free, entire, auricled at the base, or more 

 or less lobed or pinnatifid, J - 1^ in. 1. 1^-6 li. w., the margins entire 

 and rather reflexed ; rachis strong, channelled, polished and coloured 

 like the stipites ; veins 1-3 times forked, sori copious, confluent and 

 often covering the surface. — G. dealbata, Link. Hemionitis, Willd. 

 Acrostichum, Swartz. 



Abundant in open places, banks and dry woods from 2,000-6,000 ft. 

 alt. ; very variable in size and cutting. The normal state is nearly 



