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New Zealand Fekns 
XXIV. GYMNOGRAMME 
GYMNOGRAMME (gymnos, naked; gramma, 
a line — referring to the seeds). A genus of over ioo 
species, with 2 very small ones in New Zealand. Seeds 
scattered along the veins without any covering. 
G. LEPTOPHYLLA 
( 136) G. rutaefolia (rue-leaved). A small fern, cov- 
ered all over with woolly hairs, growing in crevices on 
exposed cliffs. 
Description.— Root short, thick, erect or ascending, clothed 
with blackish-brown scales. Stalks ^in. to 1 inch long, everywhere 
densely woolly. Fronds 1 to 3 inches long by about -gin. broad, 
firm in texture, dull-green, both surfaces densely clothed with 
woolly hairs. Seeds oblong, occupying most of the veins on the 
under surface. 
North Island: Hawke’s Bay — Petane, Kuripapanga; Welling- 
ton — cliffs in Cook Strait, Cape Terawhiti. South Island: Marl- 
borough — D’Urville Island, Brothers Island; Canterbury — Banks 
Peninsula, Upper Ashburton, Upper Rangitata. Southern Alps, 
Otago, Blacks. Sea-level to 3,500 feet. 
A rare fern, though widely distributed in Australia 
and Tasmania. 
