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Gymnogramme (To the species and varieties)

To the species and varieties described on pp. 104-5, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

G. calomelanos chrysophylla grandiceps (large-crested). A fine, crested variety.

G. farinifera (farina-bearing). cau. short. sti. quadrangular, channelled, blackish, minutely white-dotted. fronds white beneath, mealy above. 1886. One of the numerous varieties of G. calomelanos. (I. H. 1886, 604.) G. Laucheana grandiceps (Lauche's, large-headed). fronds elongated, bipinnate, terminating in a broadly tasselled, drooping apex, the under surface clothed with palish-yellow meal; segments blunt at the end. 1882. A garden form of G. calomelanos. The most striking of all the Gold Ferns. G. Pearcei robusta (stout).* fronds narrower at the base and more elongated towards the apex than in the type. 1888. Plant larger in all its parts.