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GYMNOGRAMMA CHEILANTHOIDES.
F I L I C E S .— G y r a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c b æ . K a i i i / . E i l i c e s v e r æ . W i l l d .
G e n . C h a r . O Y M N O O R A M M A , D c s ï. S o r i o b lo n g i vciiis fro n d is s im plic ibus fu rc a tlsv c
in s e rti, /» ¿ « sm m n u llum . iV o n rf« p in n a tæ , b ipm n a tæ d e c om p o s itæ q u e ; rarficer cæspitosæ.
G yM n o o r am m a c / i r í& n íW e s ; fro n d e p in n a ta , p in n is sn b -b lp in n a tlfid is, la c iniis o b lo n g is ob tu sis
ra ch iq u e pilosis.
G ym n o g ram m a c h e ilan th o id e s . K a u l f . E n u m . F i l .p . 7 IG
y m n o g r am m a f il ip e n d n læ f o li a . D e s v . J o u r n . de B o t . \ S \ 3 . p . 2b.
G ram m itis ch e ilan th o id e s . S w a r lz . S y n . F il. p . 23. 2 1 9 et 4 1 9 . W i l ld . S p . P l. v. 5. p . 143.
Carmich. in D e s c r . o f th e I s la n d o f T r is ta n da Cunha, in L in n . T ra n s , v. 12. p . 510.
A sp le n ium filipcudulæfolmm. P e t. T h . T r is t. d 'A c u g n .p . 3 4 . t. 4.
H ab. I n In s u la M a u ritii. Sx vartz. T r is ta n da C u n h a . P e t. T h o u a rs. Carmichael.
Stipes gracilis, lævis, nitidus, hinc sulcatus, nigro-purpurascens, 4—5 uncias longus.
Frons, circumscriptione, lineari-lanceolata, pinnata, pinnis membranaceis, fltvo-viridibus, arete dispositis, ovato-
cordatis, vix poUicem longis, profunde pinnatifidis ; segmentis superioribus integris vel bifidis, inferioribus
iterum pinnatifidis, omnibus oblongis obtusis subincurvis, dorso venisque subtus pilosis.
Rachis superne pilosus, infeme glaber.
Sori oblongi, venis lateralibus simplicibus vel furcatis inserti, indusio omnino destituti.
Capsulæ brevissime pedicellatæ, annulo incompleto.
Semina parva, triangularía.
Fig. 1. Pinna cum portione rachidis. f. 2. Portio pinnæ cum capsulis. f. 3. Capsula dehiscens. f. 4. Semina:—
magn. auct.
In th o s e O ram m ilide s o f Sw a rtz and W illd en ow , which h av e m u ch divided fronds, th e ne rve s arc
m o re decidedly fu rc a te th a n in th o s e with s iin p le r fro n d s , a n d th e so ri have th is fo rk e d c h a ra c te r
lik ew ise . T h e s e spe c ie s a rc removed h y De sv au x , a n d wc th in k with p ro p rie ty , to th e gen u s
G ym nogramma. T h e p r e s e n t is o ne o f th e m o s t ra re a n d th e m o s t b e au tifu l o f th e g en u s . O u r
spc c lmcus we re re c e ived from C a p ta in Ca rm lch a c i, who g a th e re d th em a t a con sid e rab le e leva tion
o n th e face o f th e T aU c -la n d , and o n a d e ta ch ed h ill in th e middle o f th e p la in, iu T r is ta n da C u n h a .
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