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GYMNOGR AMMA L E PTOPHYLLA.
F I L I C E S .— G y e a t ® . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u lf. E i l i c e s ve ræ. Willd.
G e n . C h a » . G Y M N O G R A M M A , De sv. S o r i o b lo n g i, ven is fro n d is sim p lic ib u s fu rc itia v e
in s e rti. In d u s ium n u llum . F ro n d e s p in n a tæ b ip in n a tæ d c c om p o s itæ q u c ; r a iie e s cæsp ito sæ .
D e s v .
G y m n o g r a m m a leptophylla-, f ro n d ib u s b ip in n u tis , pinnuli.s cu n e a tis d e c u rre n tib u s su b tn lo b is , lobis
o b tu s is bifidis bid en ta tisv e .
G ym n o g ram m a le p to p h y lla . D e s v . .J o um . de B o t . 1813. p . 2 6 . K a u l f. E n um . F il. p . 81.
G ram m itis lep to p h y lla . S w a r lz . S y n . F il. p . 23 e t 218. l. 1 . / 6 . W U U . S p . F l . v. t,. p . 143.
W e b . et M o lli' F l. Q y p t . Gcì-m. p . 2 6 .
H em io n itis le p to p h y lla . “ L a g a s c a Gen. e t S p . p . 33.
P o ly p o d ium ? le p to p h y llum . L in n . S p . P l . p . \ b b 3 . S c h k u h r F il. p . 2 6 .
A c ro s tic h um le p to p h y llum . D eC a n d . F l. F r . v. 2 . p . 36ô.
A sp lé n ium le p to p h y llum . “ Cav. in A n n a l . S c . N a t . v . 5. p . 13. t . A l . f . 3 . m ala.
O sm u n d a lep to p h y lla . L a m . D ie t. v . A. p . 6 5 7 .
H ab. I n E u ro p a a u s tra li, lo c is h um id is .
R a d ix parva, cæspitosa, e fibris nigrescentibus arachnoideo-tomeiitosis.
Stîpites erecti, glabri, nitidi, gracües, hinc sulcati, basi castanei, supernd virides.
Frondes circumscriptione ovato-lanceolatæ, bipinnatæ, teneræ, membranaceæ, pallide virides, pinnis ovatis, altenus,
dbtantibus, patentibus, pinnulis cuneatis alternis decurrentibus U'ilobis, lobis nuiic bifidis, plerumque emarginatis
obtusis, pinnulis frondium sterilium majoribus.
Sori in singulo segmento pinnularum venulis inserti, oblongi, non raro basi uniti, e capsulis numerosis fuscis, brevissime
pedicellatis, annulo fere completo cinctis.
Semina numerosa, triangularia.
Fig. 1. P in n o k ab inferiore parte visa, cum lineolis fmcüficanübiis. f. 2. Sorus, capsulis plurimis abdoctis.
f. 3. Capsula debisceus, cum ejus seminibus. f. 4. Semina:—mag«. auct.
A species confined, we believe, wholly to the South o f Europe.
The specimens from which our figures and description were made, were gathered by M. Thomas
of Bex, in the Pyrcnuos. f i l i a l
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