i s
> '
t
Portion of mature Froml, upper side.
GYMNOGRAMMA CALOMELANOS.
K a ü l f ü s s . M o o r e .
P L A T E H .
Gymnogramme calomelanos,
Ceropleris calomelcena,
Acrosticlium calomelanos.
“ ebennm,
“ album,
Gymnogramma—jSTaked writing.
K u n z e . S p e e n g e l .
L i n k . F e b .
L in n * u s . S c h k u h k .
L a n g s d o e f e a n d F i s o u e e .
K a d d i . W i l l d e n o w .
SwAETZ. H u m b o l d t .
L in n i e o s .
SOHKUHK.
Calomelanos—Beautiful black.
T h is graceful and fine species, known as one of the Silver
Perns, from the u n d e r side of the fronds being covered with
a farinose powder, is one of the most ornamental of the stove
species. I t is a native of the “West Indies, Jamaica, St.
Domingo, Guiana, Brazil, Mexico, the Island of St. Catharine,
the Caribbee Islands, etc. An evergreen P e rn .
I t is a much larg e r P e rn tlian Gymnogramma chrysophylla,
the fronds on my specimen exceeding three feet in length, the
G y Í/. K O G R A K M o ' a L O M E L A K O S .
II