TAB. VIII. 
Gymnogramme pumila, Spreng 
Caudice repente fillformi parce fibroso, frondibus fasciculatis v 
IJ-biuncias longis ad basin setaceo - paleaceis sessilibus 
submembranaceis flabelliformi-cuneatis basi longe atten- 
uatis superne palmatim irregulariter subdicbotome in- 
cisis, segmentis acutinsculis integerrimis, venis flabellato- 
dicbotomis (costa nulla) liberis ante apicem evanescentibus, 
sorls linearibus elongatis non raro (cum venis) dicbotomis 
demum magis minusve confluentibus. 
Gymnogramme pumila, Spreng, Tent, Suppl. ad Syst. Veg. p, 
31.” Kze, Analecta Pterid, p. 11. t. 8. f. 1. Moore^ Ind, Fil. 
p. hcii, 
Hecistopteris pumila, J, Sm, in Land. Journ, of Bot, 1 p. 193. 
Fee, Gen, Fil p, 179. f. 16. B, 
Hab. Tropical America, Surinam, on trees in moist woods, 
Weigelt, French Guiana, Leprieur, Brazil, Para, R, Spruce, 
n, 57. and 58. Isle of Ooyba, coast of Veraguas, Seemann, 
Avery distinct and remarkable Fern; till recently, sup- 
posed to be peculiar to French and Dutch Guiana, now 
found in Brazil, and, still more recently even, oif the Coast 
of Veraguas in the Pacific. 
Fig, 1. Fertile frond, f, 2. Sterile frond, f, 3. Portion 
of a fertile frond, with sori partially removed from the 
receptacle magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 8. 
