84. 
Fil. (1829 
Hook. f. 
KERMA 
IsLaAnps: A 
Plentifu 
islands. 
Rhizom 
scales. Sti 
once or se\ 
in the fork 
branches p: 
broadly ov: 
Veins free. 
veinlet, of 2 
vertically, ¢ 
Species bi 
Japan, and 5 | 
3 extend to A 
* KUGLEIC 
apex of a vei 
Segments of th 
near the upp 
Segments of tl 
the rhachis, | 
** MERTEN 
the previous s 
tT Noa 
Fronds umbrella-shaped, rigid and coriaceous. Segments of the 
pinnae entire, glaucous beneath. Sporangia 2-5 
-—- ——~ sert8 
3. G. Cunninghamii. 
Fronds fan-shaped, submembranous. Segments of the pinnae 
serrulate, green on both surfaces. Sporangia 3-5 .. .. 4. G. flabellata. 
+} A pair of spreading or deflexed accessory pinnae at the base of the lower 
forks of the frond. 
Fronds repeatedly dichotomous, the ultimate branches ending 
in a pair of pinnae 3-12 in. long. Pinnulés lanceolate, obtuse, 
glaucous beneath. Sporangia 6-12 5. G. linearis. 
7 te 
l. G, eireinata Swartz Syn. Fil. (1806) 165.—Very variable in size 
and mode of growth, sometimes stiff, erect, 1-3 ft. high ; sometimes weak 
and scrambling among other vegetation and attaining a length of 3-5 ft. 
or more. Rhizome long, slender, wiry, often much branched, more or 
less clothed with reddish-brown fimbriate scales. Stipes smooth, slender, 
cylindrical, glabrous or more or less densely scaly and woolly. Fronds 
usually repeatedly dichotomous and proliferous from the lower axils; 
branches zigzag, spreading, often interlaced ; rhachides generally clothed 
with rusty-red stellate hairs often mixed with fimbriate scales, rarely 
glabrous. Pinnae numerous along the branches, spreading, 4-2 in. long, 
za} in. broad, narrow-linear, uniformly pinnatifid to the base. Segments 
