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pinnatipartita; segmenta numerosa, approximata, patentissima, 
subsessilia, media ad 2“ longa, a basi inaequale superiore 
latiore truncata, inferiore subrotundata, elongato -oblonga, 
versus apicem paullum attenuata, laciniae contiguae, oblongae 
apice obliquo subtruncato obtusae, obtuse serratae Ss. integer- 
rimae, inferiores subsolutae, superiores ala lata confluentes, 
primae plerumque in latere externo, nervi pauci plerumque 
anadromi. Fertilia folia desunt. Brasilia, S. Gabrieli. (Spruce.) 
Vittaria pumela Mett. Rhizoma abbreviatum, paleis 
vix 14“ longis, rigidulis, nigricanti-fuscis, lanceolato -subu- 
latis basi serrulatis vestitum; folia coriacea, vix 2“ longa 
(margine explanato vix 2° Jata) spatulato-linearia, basi lon* 
gius attenuata, obtusa, falcata; costa infra valde proöminens, 
inferne obtusa (truncata, non dilatata) superne carinata; nervi 
omnino immersi, cireiter 2 distantes, obliqui, abbreviati, 
sori margine ad costam revoluto subvelati, nervorum an- 
astomosi mediae inter costam et marginem impositi. Bornea 
(Wallace). 
V. Silkkimensis Kuhn. Rhizoma repens paleis membra- 
naceis, teneris, fuscis, 1—1}’“ lanceolatis subulatis, serratis 
vestitum; folia subeoriacea, tenuia 1—4“ longa, vix 1 lata, 
linearia, flexuosa obtusa vel obtusiuscula basi longius atta- 
nuata, sessilia, costa infra immersa, supra prominula, nervi 
immersi, distantes; sori intramarginales, subtecti; paren- 
chyma costale paullum dilatatum, indusium angustum eflor- 
mans, margine revoluto sorum subtegente denique explanato 
indusium ter superante. 
Pteropsis minor Movre. 
V. Orbignyana Mett. Rhizoma repens paleis imbricato- 
appressis minutis 1“ longis, castaneis vel ovato-lanceo- 
latis vel subulatis sensim attenuatis acuminatis e cellulis 
4-seriatis, formatis, marginalibus minoribus vel cellularum 
seriebus 6—8 formatis, dense obtuse denticulatis vestitum; 
folia coriacea, tenuia, 2’ longa, 1—1}“ lata, flexuosa, line- 
aria, basilongissime attenuata, petiolata, petiolo purpurascente, 
1" longo compresso ; costa nervique distantes, immersi; sori 
intramarginales, impressi; margo soros superans incrassatus 
vix | latus, stomatibus destitutus. Bolivia, Yungas. (D’Or- 
bigny 229.) . 
V. gracilis Moritz msc. Rhizoma abbreviatum, paleis 
2—23‘* longis, membranaceis, fuseis, lucidulis, subovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis, integerrimis vel subintegerrimis e 
cellulis irregularibus ad 12 seriatis formatis vestitum; folia 
membranacea, siceitate olivacea, falcata, ab 8“ longa, 21-3 
lata, linearia, utrinque acuminata, basi longius attenuata pe- 
tiolum alatum ancipitem purpurascentem 1—1 longum 
