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preference to forming another genus, a plan which has been
adopted by Schlechtendal, Kun z e , etc.
In Oymnogramma villosa the fronds are two feet long; in
form they are bipinnatifid, reclining, with linear-lanceolate
acuminate pinna;, and ra th e r egg-shaped b lu n tly acuminated
segments.
T h e sori are medial, oblique, and oblong.
T he rhizoma is csspitose and creeping, and the fronds are
lateral.
I t is a rare species in cultivation in E n g la n d , and requires
to be grown in a stove.
G. villosa is a native of Brazil.
I t requires plenty of pot-room to cultivate it successfully.
The above species is not included in any of th e E nglish
N u rse rym en ’s Catalogues; it can be p rocured from Messrs.
Booth, of Hamburg.
I am indebted to Mr. H en derson, of W en tw o rth ; and to
M r. Norman, of H u ll, for fructified fronds of this species.
The illustration is from a frond kindly forwarded by Mr.
Norman, to whom I am indeb ted for many plants and fronds
o f ra re Eerns, as well as for th e loan of several valuable
foreign works upon the different Filices.