P o rtio n of m a tu re F ro n d—u n d e r side.
POLYPODIUM CxPvACILIS.
L owe.
F I . A Ï E I X . A . V O L . I I .
Goniopleris gracilis, M o o k e a s d I I o u l s t o n .
Pohjpodium—Polypody. Gra c ilis—Slender.
I x TH E S e c t i o n G o n i o p t e r i s o f A u t h o r s .
I ’m s pre tty little F e rn lias only lately been b ro u g h t into
notice; it is not unlike Pohjpodium reptans in general ap p e a rance,
having slender weeping fronds. A somewhat ra re species.
Fro n d s erect and narrow-elongate-lanccolatc in form, being-
pinnate below, b u t pinnatifid and prolilerous above. Lower pinnæ
scarcely stalked, distant, deflexed, and obliquely subhastate;
central pinnæ oblong-obtuse, falcate, adnate, and scarcely sub-
liastatc; near the base slightly crenate-lobate, otherwise en tire ;
up p e r pinnæ shorter and confluent.
Bachis and the nerves beneath pubescent, with diminutive
forked hairs; b a rre n fronds more spreading, shorter, and the
pinnæ placed closer together. F ro n d s termina l and adhe ren t;
b o th b a rre n and fertile fronds b earing proliferous buds from
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