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GYMNOGRAMMA RUTÆFOLIA.
D e sv a u x . H o o k e r a n d G r e v il l e . M o o r e .
P L A T E X L V . A .
Gymnogramme ru\
G i'am m itis 7'utoefolia,
J . S m i t h .
R . B r o w n .
Gymn o g ramma— S a k e d writiog, in ailuaion to tho son.
Riitcefolia—llue-leaveti.
A CURIOUS dwarf F e rn , having somewhat the appearance
of our British Asplenium ruta-muraria.
An evergreen greenhouse species.
Native of Australia.
Raised from spores both by Mr. Joseph Henderson, of
M-'entworth, and Mr. Y^oung, of Taunton.
The fronds are simple, hirsute, and pinnate, having flabellato-
cuneate pinnæ, lobed and cuneated.
I.ength of frond from two to three inches.
Sori in several lines, sometimes forked on either side of tho
small pinnæ.
Fo r a plant and fronds my thanks are due to i\Ir. Joseph
Henderson, of Wentworth, Yorkshire.