Portion of fertile pinna, unde r side.
GYMNOGRAMMA JAVANICA.
B l u m e . M o o r e .
PLATE Yll.
Coniogravnma Javanica,
Oymnogramma variegata.
F e e . j . S m i t h .
O f C o n t in e n t a l G a r d e n s .
Gymnogramma—Naked writing, in allusion to tlie naked sori.
Javanica—Javanese.
A MAGNIPICENT F em , worthy of being in every collection.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Java.
The fronds, which are bipinnate and of good size, are tr iangular
in form, and spreading; pinnéc distant, lower pinnules
petiolate, u pper ones sessile. Pinna; entire, two inches wide
and eight inches long, smooth, colour light green, with yellowish
streaks above, pale beneath. Stem scaly at base, green above,
and brownish on under side.
L ength of frond from five to six feet.
Veins forked and free, their apices clnh-shapcd, and shewing
on the upp e r surface a row of pale yellowish-green dots near
the margin.
