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FILICES.—G y e a t ® . Br. P o l y p o m a c e ® . Kaulf. F i l i c e s v e r æ . mtld., Spreng.
G e n . C h a p . G Y M N O G R A M M A , D e „ . S o r i o b lo n g i , v e n ia fro n c li., .s im p lic ib u s f n r c n tls v e
in s o r t i. I n d u s i u m m il l iim .— F r o n d e s fm n a l a t , U p in n u ta : ie c o m p o s itoe q u e . D e s v .
G y m n o g r a m m a L o v o i i ; fro n d ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is o b lo n g o -la n c e o la tis p in n a tifid is sum m is co n -
fln en tib n s u n d iq u e p ilo s is , la c in iis o v a lib n s o b tn s is in te g e rrim is , s tip ite r a d iiq n c p u b e s c en -
tibiis.
H a il I n ru p ib u s m adidis In su lin M ad e ira ; ; m o n tib u s , ad a lt. 2 0 0 0 p c d . le g it R e v . R . T . L o w e .
Cauda longe repens, teres, glaber, nigro-fnscus, hic illic fibras ramosas tomentosas emittens.
SUpite, plurimi ex eodem caudioe, spitliammi et ultra, semiteretes. hinc sulcati, hasi dilatati, undique pubescentes,
fusci.
» « 1* S , circamscriptione, ovato-l.nccolaloe, spithamaiæ, fere ud pednles, pinnatæ, pinnis lato-lanceolatis, acutis,
sessihbus, pinnatifidis, utrinque hirsutis, inferioribus remotiusculis alternis, superioribus conHueiitibu,!, costatis,
pmnatun nervosis, laciniis ovalibns obtusis bitegerrimis, ciliatis, pilis ad marginem smpe basi unitis. Bachi,
pube fusco obtectn.
S o n numerosi, lineari-oblongi, in singulo nervo, simplices, omnino nudi.
Capsulæ globosæ, fuscæ, reticulatoe, annulo articulato lato, fere completo cinctæ, breviter pedicellatæ.
Semina subglobosa oblongaque, loevia, fusca.
I ig . I. Ponto pinute, cum soris. f. 2. Pili e margine ludniarutn. f. 3, Capsulæ. f. 4. Seminai-am g ii. aarf.
I n th e a u tum n o f la s t y e a r ( 1 8 2 7 ), to g e th e r w ith m a n y o th e r e x c e llen t p la n ts we were fav o n red w ith
sp e c im en s o f th is F e rn b y th e Rev. M r . Lowe , g a th e re d in th e I s la n d o f M ad e ira , “ n e a r P '" F a rg o ,
m a n a r row ravm c , a u d m o th e r p la c e s in th e in te r io r , g row in g a t an e lev a tio n u p o n th e m o u n ta in s
o f m o re th a n 2 0 0 0 f e e t* u p o n ro c k s , a n d s te e p a n d m o is t b a n k s , w h e re th e r e is b u t a th in s tra tum
o f v eg e tab le m o u ld :— th e ro o t o r c au d ex c re e p in g e x ten s iv e ly ju s t b e n e a th th e surfa c e ." T lic
p la n t is a ssu red ly n o t de sc rib ed in a n y w o rk to w h ich I h av e h a d a c c e ss : b u t M r. L ow e su g g e sts,
th a t It m ay p ro b a b ly bo th e A c r o s t i c h u m p i lo s u m o f V o n B u c h 's L is t o f P la n ts o f th e C a n a ry Is le s ;
a n d th a t th e s am e n am e (b u t eq ua lly w ith o u t d e s c rip tio n o r ch a ra c te r) lik ew is e e x is ts in a m a n u s
c r ip t c a ta lo g u e o f M a d e ira P la n ts , w h ich h e h a s scon in th e Island, p u rp o r tin g to bo ta k e n from th e
B im k s ia n L ib ra ry , a n d p ro b a b ly le ft th e r e by M a s s o n ; b u t th e id e n tity o f th e two p la n ts we have
n o m e an s o f d e te rm in in g . A n A c r o s t i c h u m tlic p la n t assnreffly Is n o t ; a n d th o u g h we have pla c ed
It 111 th e g en u s G ijm n o g r u m s n a , it se em s to fo rm a c o n n e c tin g lin k be tw e en it a n d G r a m m i tis ,
h a v in g tlic h a b it o f th e fo rm e r, a n d th e c o n s ta n tly simple so ri o f th e la tte r.
T h e spe c ie s wc have iiimied in c om p lim e n t to th e g e n tlem a n who s e n t u s su ch fine sp e c im en s, and
w h o ha s a c coinpimied th em by som e v a lu ab le o b s e rv a tio n s : a n d wc fe e l th a t h e is ju s t ly e n title d to
tliis lioiioiir, n o t m e re ly hc c an sc h e ha s b ro n g lit so in te r e s tin g a p la n t u n d e r o n r n o tic e , b u t be c ause ,
still r e s id e n t in M ad e ira , h e is fu r th e r in g th e c ause o f s c ienc e hy c o lle c tin g m a te ria ls , wh ich h e svill
so o u he c iiahled to give to th e w o rld , fo r a F lo r a a n d F a u n a o f tlio Island. A lre ad y he posse sse s
m an y n o v e ltie s in th e diftoreiit d e p a rtm e n ts o f n a tu r a l h is to ry ; a n d p e rh a p s n o sp o t c o u ld he
p o in te d o u t, w lic th c r its g e o g ra p h ic a l s itu a tio n o r its g eo lo g ic a l fe a tu re s and s tru c tu r e h e co nside red,
wh ich b e tte r de se rve s to have its p ro d u c tio n s doscrihod, tlia ii th a t island.
W c have o n ly ve ry re c e n tly re c e ived S ch le eh tem l.irs A d a m h r a t io n e s P l a n l a r u m , in w h ich we find
a spcelos o f C r y p to g r a m m a from th e C a p e o f G o o d H o p e , r e p re s e n te d a n d d e sc ribed, wh ich h a s a
v ery n e a r a ffinity with th is , O y m m g r a m n m lo tto , Schle e lit. T h a t, h ow eve r, ha s ve ry m u c h lo n g e r
iiml n a rrow e r p in næ , and th e lowe r la c in iæ e ro s e i w h e re a s th e y a rc q u ite e n tire i
• Since the aborc was ivritten, wc have rccciwil more spcciiiicns of the same plant, sathered ii
ele.nlion of 3000 feel above llie level of the sen. It scarcely descends below 2000 feet.
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