— 1353 — 
efformantia; costa manifesta; nervi J—}“ distantes, obscure 
translucentes, sub angulo 18° decurrentes abbreviati, non 
imbricati, sori levissime impressi; margo sterilis vix 3‘ latus. 
Columbia, Tovar. (Moritz 464.) 
V. debilis Kuhn. Folia membranacea, firma, laete vi- 
ridia, 1“—1}‘ longa, 11‘ lata, linearia, obtusa, basi atte- 
nuata, sessilia, costata, costa supra leviter sulcata; nervi dis- 
tantes subimmersi oblique ascendentes, indivisi, apice Jibero 
non S. vix incrassati, superiores in receptaculum costae ap- 
proximatum confluentes s. receptaculum vix superantes, sori 
sulco inter parenchyma costale dilatatum et laminam mar- 
sine sensim attenuatum absconditi; parenchyma costale la- 
mina dimidio fere angustius; paraphyses? 
Pleurogramme Mett. Vitt. minor Hook. sp. V. 183 p. p. 
V. sulcata Kuhn. Rhizoma abbreviatum, paleis 3—4‘“ 
longis rufidulis lanceolatis squamosum; folia coriacea 1—2“ 
longa, 13‘ lata, spathulata s. linearia, utrinque bası longius 
attenuata, obtusa, plerumque falcata, costa supra leviter sul- 
cata nervi immersi, furcati, sori e medio ad apicem laminae 
extensi, sulco inter parenchyma costaie dilatatum et laminam 
absconditi; lJamina parenchyma costale saperans margine tu- 
mido incrassata. 
Pleurogramme Mett. — V, falcata Hook. et Bak. p. p. 
— V. elongata Thwait. 381. p. p. Ceylania. Ins. soc. — 
Tahiti. 
Gymogramme (Jamesonia) laxra Mett. Rhizoma? folia 
chartacea, laete viridia, supra glabriuscula, infra sparse cin- 
namomeo-pilosa, petiolus 2—6“ longus, cum rachi fusceus 
nitidus, sparse villosus, rachis apice dense ferrugineo-villosa, 
lamina 1—2“ longa, linearis, indefinita, pinnata, pinnae nu- 
merosissimae laxe dispositae e basi truncata, planae margine 
pallido levissime crenatae, nervi pauci 1— 93 jugi, furcati, 
infra impressi, apicem crenarum subretusum adeuntes basi 
ima sorifera; sporangia in basi costae nervorumque dense 
coacervata, pilis cinnamomeis subabscondita. 
Venezuela. (Engel 117. Funk et Schlim 118.) 
@. Sellowiana Mett. Rhizoma repens abbreviatum, setis 
fuseis numerosis dense vestitum, folia chartacea rigida supra 
glabra, infra pilis articulatis hispida; petiolus 2—3‘ longus, 
flexuosus, superne cum rachi strieta hispidus; lamina 6° 
longa, 8‘ lata linearis versus apicem attenuata, apice defi- 
nita, subbipinnatisecta, segmenta primaria numerosissima 
approximata, patentissima, brevissime petiolata, 5‘ longa, 
14° lata, lineari-oblonga s. ovata, paucidentata, margine 
involuto spurie subintegra, infima soluta, superiora adnata 
s. confluentia; nervi pauci, dorsum dentium adeuntes, e basi 
