TAB. VII. 
Gbammitis cordata, Sw. var. subbipinnata. 
Caudice brevi crasso copiose radiculoso superne paleaceo, stipi- 
tibus CfGspitosis 1-2-uncialibus rachique deciduo squamosis 
intense nigro-ebeneis nitidissimis, frondibus erectis flexuosis 
curvatisve subcoriaceis 3-4-uncialibus ad spithamasam supra 
viridibus nndis subtus dense imbricatis ferrugineo-paleaceis 
pinnatis, squamis ovato-lanceolatis magis minusve longis 
acuminatis subciliato-dentatis subintegerrimisque, pinnis 
semiunciam ad 1| unciam longis remotinsculis sessilibus 
cordato-oblongis oblongisve horizontabter patentibus iu- 
tegris lobato-pinnatifidis magis minusve profundis non 
raro iterum pinnatis rarius subauriculatis, venis liberis 
furcatis apice clavatis, soris oblongis. 
Grammitis cordata, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 23 and 217. Willd. Sp, 
PI. 5. p. 142. Gymnogramme cordata, Schlect. Adumbr. 
Pl.p. 16. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 156. Acrosticbum cor- 
datum, Th. FI. Cap. p. 732. 
Hab. S. Africa; throughout the Cape Colony, I believe, 
plentiful, extending eastward to Uitenhage, and the 
elevated mountains of Macalisberg {Ecklon and Burke) 
St. Helena, elev. above the sea, 2400 feet. Dr. Alexander , 
n u V 'A m IIerb A Nostr '> and Mr - Houghton, Herb., Trin. 
Coll. IJubl., et Nostr. 
Kunze and Mowing him, all succeeding authors have pronounced that 
the admirable figine of Gymnogramme “ cordata of Dr. Greville in Ic Til 
is not the Grammitis cordata of Swartz; but they refer it f n thn r r ' • 
Ark 
oblongis profunde pinnatifidis pinnatismie' Su } bl P nnata : P m nis angusto- 
w Zeyh. PI. Cap. (Herb Nostr £ !? Gymnogramme Capensis, Spr. 
De Gen. Fil. U. 30./ f (ItUb M 183 ' £ etera< * Ca P^is, 
subvariety of the latter, i. Nudiuscull 1 ma ? add > , a 4th state, or a 
mmonbus subintegerrimis. Gymnoeninme w“ dlbuS pal - 0e P aleaceis > squamis' 
fyn Fit. Afr. Austr. p. 42. This “is 1 f 01111f ] w\ qU + D +| S ’ P PPP e an dRawson, 
Helena. ma 13 tou M both at the Cape, and in St! 
Hg. 1. Scale of the frond /' o tv , 
cLtr lion> “ nd 3 - «“">• 
